| If you lack confidence for riding or working your horse, | | | | you will want to work on your seat. What that means |
| there are several quick fixes you can do to rapidly | | | | is you work on your riding position, your leg position, |
| develop confidence. | | | | how you hold your head, your arms, and so on. |
| For example, if you have feel uneasy riding your horse | | | | As you might've guessed, you don't just get on a |
| when he goes faster, then you likely have a riding | | | | horse and go. There is actually a method to the |
| confidence problem. Typically, most people are fine | | | | madness. |
| with riding the walk and the trot. It's when the horse | | | | One of the biggest advantages you can give yourself |
| starts going into a lope is where many people start to | | | | is to ride with your heels down. You do this because it |
| get nervous about it. | | | | forces you to sit in the saddle with your bottom |
| For many horse owners, the problem is you feel like | | | | instead of riding on the stirrups of the saddle. You will |
| you don't have that balance. Plus, you may think your | | | | develop much more confidence when riding with your |
| horse will suddenly take a sharp turn and you won't be | | | | heels down. |
| able to ride it out. Or perhaps you feel like your horse | | | | The next thing to do is relax your lower back. Your |
| will move too fast and bounce you off. Also, some | | | | lower back should act like a shock absorber. Picture it |
| people fear they won't be able to stop their horse | | | | like this. When you hold a glass of water while walking, |
| once he gets going fast. | | | | you use your arm to absorb the shock so you don't |
| Besides making sure your horse has the foundation | | | | spill. That's how you use your back when you ride. It |
| training where he can stop, go, turn and back easily, | | | | takes practice but you can do it. |