Using correct form is extremely important to communication with your horse.
December 8, 2009 – The importance of correct form and how it relates to communication with your horse cannot be emphasized enough. If your horse is not performing up to expectations, the first question you ask should be, “How is my position?” Correct something in your position and see if that improves your horse’s performance. If it doesn’t, then slightly change something in your communication and see if that works.
The Seat
Your seat is the foundation of your position and your main source of balance. It is also used as a communication aid to increase or decrease speed within a gait or during a change in gaits. These changes are called transitions.
How does your seat work to control speed? When you are in correct position and your seat is the main source of your balance, your pelvis should be slightly tilted forward. As the horse moves, your pelvis moves backward and forward, following the horse’s motion. This is very obvious at the walk and canter. At the trot, it may feel more like an up and down motion, but the pelvis still moves backward and forward but in a quicker motion with the two-beat gait. Read more> http://www.horsesinthesouth.com/article/article_detail.aspx?id=9251
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