This tip will blow your mind.... // Rider position
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- If you have a problem with your lower leg being too far forward, this tip might help!
Many of us have been instructed to ride with our heels down, but sometimes riders push their heels down too much causing their lower leg to jut forward. Instead of thinking "heels down," think more "heels back." If you bring your heels back toward your horse's tail, your legs will be under your body in more of a correct rider position. Heels back, everyone!
This video gives a tip to riders about the correct way to place their legs while riding. This video gives reasons why riders should ride with their heels back instead of their heels down. The position of the rider's leg position effects the rest of their body position. Riders riding with their legs in the correct position are able to ride more effectively because it effects the position of their seat.
Deanna Corby with Deanna Corby Dressage is a dressage trainer, riding instructor and dressage competition judge based out of Waxhaw, NC, just outside of Charlotte. Deanna offers riding lessons and horse training to students and horses of all ages and experience.
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Hello and thank you for posting this video! I started riding in a dressage saddle last year. I've had some lessons and repeatedly hear "heels down!". What happens when I try to do that is I actually lose my balance more. I am not relaxed in my bum. When I don't try to force my heels down I feel so much more connected with my horse. Forcing my heels down seems too tense for me. I DO want to keep my leg long, as it were. So that's what I focus on, not so much my heels. Thanks again! Like your videos very much!!
Thanks for sharing that!! Right on! Best of luck to you in your dressage journey! 💜
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As a hunter jumper... I just try to think about pushing my legs as long as possible. Rather than forcing the heels down, i almost imagine that the stirrups arent even there and think about reaching as far down with my legs as possible. Coming from someone who notoriously loses their stirrups, its been really helpful for me!
I was always getting yelled at about heels down and never understood, 😆
Haha! Heels down is great is you’re jumping but if you’re trying to work on your chair seat position thinking heels a little UP is helpful. Goes against everything I learned as a kid. 😂 But it’s helpful now!
I have an instinct to put my heels down...
@@britneyspearsisamazing same
"Heels down....." I heard that a few hundred times in my youth. LOL.
My physiotherapist was telling me that I should think about toes up rather than heels down in order to have my muscles engaged in a way that encourages my lower legs to lie quietly at the horses side. She used the term ' reciprocal inhibition'.
You helped me improve my whole riding journey from this vidio!! My teacher only screams to put my heels down…. Looks like your right! Thanks so much you made this vid!❤❤❤❤
I’m so happy to hear that! Thank you! 🥰
Yes!! I heard somewhere recently to think about keeping your toes up instead. Makes a world of difference!
This is coming from a western rider. (Barrel racing, reined cow horse)
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I just came across this video and decided you are my new best friend! Yes, quit jamming your heels down! I still get students who have been taught that outdated theory... It boggles my mind that it is still taught today. Thank you Deanna for bring it up!
Yaaasss, bestie!!! 🥰
My instructor yells at me to force my heels down even more than the already are and it always messed me up :/
Butt down. Heals back. Love this. Thank you.
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My mind was blown so hard that it scared the hell out of my horse, LOL! Now I have to go watch another video on how to calm down a spooked horse, LOL!
I recently started riding English after riding Western my entire life. This video helped me SO MUCH in getting my leg in the correct position! Love your videos. They are so helpful!
That makes me so happy to hear! Thank you for sharing that with me!
This was really helpful! I've gotten a bit of a habit of keeping my heels so far down... like really really down! It just feels normal when they're like that haha cause its a habit! Im working on making them a little flatter ;)
Yaaaaas! That’s exactly what I’m talking about! I’m so glad this video helped. Good luck to you in your journey. ☺️
I am a psg dressags rider training towards grand prix in the uk and i also find this tip very helpful: stand at the end of a table, with a book slightly off the end, move just your pelvis/hips to the book and that is your basic position in sitting trot
That’s a good tip too! 👍🏻👍🏻
I had this problem today with my lesson instructor. I can’t keep my legs under me for the life of me when I push my heals down but when they’re not pushed down I can keep my legs under my and post so much better. Idk how to convince her that this isn’t the move for me
I've been told to shoot my heels back and down towards the horses hocks and that helped me a lot!
MIND NOT BLOWN. I thought every rider was taughtt this??
thanks for pointing out i figured out my feet have been too far forward and now i can fix it. i haven't been riding for long this really helps
I’m so glad you found it helpful!
I showed this to my instructor, and pointed out that he teaches everyone to put their heels down but he doesn't do it himself. Guess who earned 2 hours of alone time with her horse- this gal!
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@@DeannaThompsonCorby Yeah, he kinda just shook his head with a grin on his face and left. I got to do whatever I wanted, so I went ahead and tried this trick! Then, of course, my friend came and wanted to show me off to her brother to prove her friends are so much cooler than his. Lol.
Great work. Love it.
I am so thankful I found this video, I have always been taught to ride in such a fashion that my lower leg is very far in front of me. While I was preparing one of my barn owner’s new horses to be used in the lesson program, I found that he responded to my leg much better when it was farther back, where it was supposed to be, though I didn’t know this at the time. My barn owner was watching me one day and asked if he went better with my leg in that position, I said yes. She told me that it was incorrect and just to tap his side behind my leg with a crop. Perhaps this is because I rode him in a forward cut jumping saddle, I’m not quite sure.
No wonder I’ve been having trouble posting!!! 😲😁This is so helpful!!!!!!!
Heels down is actually a very advanced concept. It can only happen when the hip joint is stretched open which is never evident on novice riders, so its time for riding instructors to stop saying put your heels down because it is this action that is closing the hip joint which is why so many riders take a long time to develop a good seat and the flexibility in the hip joint which is of course what is required for any level of dressage. Sadly it is still taught, thirty years on.
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my instructor tells me to put my heels down, but we do jumping. i'm not sure if i do the chair seat or not lol
Yeh that's right! My instructor tells me to keep it down and move it forward when the horse is cantering, it is really hard, I lose my balance and jump on the saddle in a weird way 🙄 I really dont understand how some people do it.
Had this VERY issue ALL throughout my lesson today! I even worked a sore on my butt!
Thank you 😊 I think I need a longer stirrup too as I am 5'10" with 36" inseam!
Have some balance issues on my first riding lesson. I give it a shot because we work with the same sattle. Thanks for that tip!
I am 100 % sure that this works for literally known one only if they have that problem so this did not help me but thank you for posting this video anyway.☺️
I feel like the best rides are focused on oeness w the horse, not on heels down. When I am balanced w my horse, my body is naturally where it should be.
Thats quite different than what i learned so far , but i'll give it a try :)
The way I feel it is increasing contact between the ball of my foot and the stirrup. This seems to have the effect of greater activation and control of my whole leg, but without any need to squeeze with my knees or thighs (which are signals I want to reserve for communicating with my horse). I was taught heels down too, but when I went to longer stirrups, that no longer worked.
Sooo helpful, thanks
My leg tends to go the other way and I end up pushing my saddle to the opposite side trying to keep my leg on and my leg goes further and further back
When i trot i cant keep my heels down as i can feel my heels going up and its hard when i am trotting i have only been riding almost 2 years and this is still a problem lol 😂 how do i keep them down when i trot
I'll definitely try this at my next lesson. Last week though, I tried to keep my heels in position but twice my feet slipped out of the stirrups and I had to stop my horse. Are there any exercises you can recommend so that I can maintain a good position?
Tysm for this.
谢谢！clear，and easy to understand。thx！
Thanks for watching! 😁
thanks so much! it really made me realise
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I hope this works. I’m going to try it tomorrow.
Omg! Your horse looks like my horses twin😂😂
Just started riding and went into trot and they where yelling heels down and I am it just confused me
When I’m riding trot canter am I supposed to NOT use the stirrups as a crutch? It’s just I keep telling myself not use it as a crutch and then I keep on losing the stirrups, which is doable because I’m ok without them but how do I stop losing the stirrups because I’m not sure what’s right and what’s wrong.
If your weight is balanced in the stirrups, you should not lose them. My experience anyhow.
Softer heals are better it’s very uncomfortable with them hard down, I am working on that at the moment
I like the way you put that. “Softer heels”. Good word choice!
I have been told numerous times that I have a natural posture but yet last time I rode I was told to keep my feet in line with the horses shoulders? I am so confused.
When you ride, do you have to put your hands on the front of the saddle? Because if I don't than my hands start jumping around and I can't keep them in one position
I’m grateful my instructor doesn’t tell me to put my heels down. It tightens all your joints and is pretty bad for you.
I know this was posted in 2017 and no one will like ever see this but in my lessons my instructor is always telling me to put my heels down. Before we lunge i always have to stand up and get my heels down. By the end of the lesson my feet are in so much pain. And then gives me homework to 'walk on my heels' but it isn't helping. What do I do?
You shouldn’t be in pain in order to get your heels down. Maybe you need to work on the flexibility in your ankles. You can try writing out the alphabet with your toes every night to help with this. You can also put your toes on a stair and let your heels drop to get more flexibility in your calves. When I made this video, it was to help riders who struggle with a chair seat in particular. Those riders are shoving their heels so far down in makes their legs go too far forward. Talk to your trainer about the pain you’re feeling because you really shouldn’t be in pain.
Where state can I move to where there’s a lot of land trying to move to some place where there’s a lot of barns near so I can ride more
How about North Carolina!? That’s where I live! ☺️
That’s where I live!!
I have a BAD chairseat and i realized i sit back into the saddle with my heels down. So i should sit more forward in the saddle? And heels back, not down?
Yes, probably. Also riding without stirrups and holding on to the pommel will help. Try to work on bringing your heels back and sit closer to the pommel without leaning your chest forward. Lunge line lessons on a safe horse with a qualified trainer will help a great deal!
I have one big mistake I hold the saddle while riding
Can u make a video on how can we tone our bodyy and lose fat during riding
Heels down and back, toes in
Unless your student rides in a terrible chair seat because they have heard nothing but “heels down” their whole life and they have cranked their heels so far down they push them forward.... then tell them heels up and back, toes in!
how about heels even? cos my old instructor used to yeall at me and say HEELS DOWN!!! and i developed a bad habit of it😑😑😑
Oml thanks so much
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One instructor tell me to move my legs back and I just had a different one today who was telling me to move my legs further forward and to lean back more and I came here to find out wtf I’m meant to do :(
Conflicting instruction is sooo confusing.
Fine for dressage but try going xc without your heels down. People on UA-cam are ok for little tips etc but always just listen to your own instructor they probably know what’s best for you and your horse
Agree! Thanks for watching!
I have a three year old horse he’s still learning how to jump
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Your suppos to keep your heels down and if you have no ballance Squeeze the sattle pad a little bit , so dont hurt these kids your hurting them like this
Sorry, but it’s the unqualified instructors that tell kids to grip the saddle and to shove their heels so far down that they are in a chair seat that is hindering their progress.
Today I fell from my horse now I have no confidence
We’ve all fallen, so don’t feel like you’re the only one. Every master once started as a disaster. It make take some time to get your confidence back but keep working on it and you will be back better than ever soon enough ✨
@@DeannaThompsonCorby I have one big mistake I hold the saddle while riding
I have been told numerous times that I have a natural posture but yet last time I rode I was told to keep my feet in line with the horses shoulders? I am so confused.