Rider Issues

Rider Issues

Everyone’s reason for having a rider assessment is different. Maybe you want to feel stronger and more secure in the saddle? Or you struggle with half pass on one rein over the other? You’re recovering from an injury? Or do your stirrups feel uneven?...
Motorways

Motorways

You don’t improve your riding position by just riding! Without conscious effort you will recruit the same muscles, in the same order, as these ingrained patterns have “motorways” for neural communication. These “motorways” keep the...
Receptors

Receptors

Where is your weight in your stirrups? Across the balls of the feet or more on the big or little toe? This will influence how balanced you feel and how well your ankle, knee and hip absorb movement. Our feet have millions of receptors telling our brain about the...
Core Stability

Core Stability

How do you expect to influence your horse if you can’t stabilise yourself and be independent from them? We need to be balanced and move with our horse but also be strong enough to control our body and give an aid.
Muscle Strength and Endurance

Muscle Strength and Endurance

Rider’s muscles have to work in many different ways. They hold us in position for substantial periods of time whether in or out of the saddle so they need to have endurance but must be quick to act to give a leg aid for example. Select a training program that creates...