We all know horse riding is a rather complex sport. The basic requirements for every rider are a correct position, an independent seat, balance and a good sense of feel. This article concludes information about a rider seat and position and how to get it right. We will discus subjects like: balance, rider feel, exercises, not releasing the reins, leaning to one side or collapsing in the waist and swinging lower leg.

You must train yourself before you can start to train your horse.

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The higher the intensity of the training, the more important the warming up and cooling down are. Most of the time we have more to do than we have time in one day, that’s why it’s so important to know that a good warming up and cooling down is very important.

In this article we give you information about why a warming up is important and we give you the key to a good-warming up. The most important thing about the warming up is the fact that your horse’s metabolism levels increase when you warm up. The elasticity of the muscles increases accodingly as the blood circulation in the muscles increases.

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How independent is your horse and does your horse respond immediately to a given aid? Improving tempo and posture can do wonders for your training. The horse becomes lighter and more responsive to the aids, wich makes riding more enjoyable for both you and him.

In this article we discus what tempo and posture control is and how a rider can improve this. You can find the three golden rules and we give you some execises you can use to better the tempo and posture control.

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Ask yourself the question, is your horse straight or skew? Assessing and correcting horses’ natural asymmetry. Staightening your horse not only solves many training problems, but also prevents your horse from getting injured due to this natural crookedness.

This article gives you information about why every horse is naturally  asymmetric and some typical situations. It also gives you some tools about straighten your horse and some exercises you can use.

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