Monday, December 5, 2011
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More photos will follow, perhaps on Wednesday, for now, here's Stan and I on Sunday jumping with the bareback pad. All you people who do this for real aka those with qualified lessons on jumping, what the hell should my elbows/arms be doing? I think they look funny. The rest of me is just latched onto him to avoid slippin' off! Proud of my boy.
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Woo! I know nothing about the form, but I love this picture. Kenai is so cute!
ReplyDeleteLooks fun! I fail at jumping bare back! Just keep your elbows tucked in closer to your sides :)
ReplyDeleteHave I ever told you I've never ridden (rode?) a horse? Your photos always make me sad about that. It's definitely something I need to do - especially when the boys can enjoy it!
ReplyDeleteI haven't taken many jumping lessons but I'd guess your reins are too long, you should be reaching forward, thumbs up, (You should see me trying to do this with my body as I type...), fairly straight line from hand, wrist to elbow. Parallel arms. lol BUT - I can see what my friend who coaches says...
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ReplyDeleteAndrea asked me to have a look and see what I thought. It's a little tough to say for sure from your pictures, do you have any more profile pics? However, I think you do need to shorten your reins a bit and reach a little further up your horse's neck ( but still pressing into the mane). Also try staying a little taller over top (don't close your hip angle so much). Hope this makes sense, please feel free to ask me if it doesn't.
One last bit of advice, don't worry about your jumps being fancy, horses need to learn to jump everything, however a ground pole on all your jumps is a really good idea, especially with green horses. It helps them a lot. Otherwise it looks like you've done a good job.
Best of luck, Jen
Hey,
ReplyDeleteAndrea asked me to have a look and see what I thought. It's a little tough to say for sure from your pictures, do you have any more profile pics? However, I think you do need to shorten your reins a bit and reach a little further up your horse's neck ( but still pressing into the mane). Also try staying a little taller over top (don't close your hip angle so much). Hope this makes sense, please feel free to ask me if it doesn't.
One last bit of advice, don't worry about your jumps being fancy, horses need to learn to jump everything, however a ground pole on all your jumps is a really good idea, especially with green horses. It helps them a lot. Otherwise it looks like you've done a good job.
Best of luck, Jen