I tried this today and the first thing my trainer said was it looked like something had clicked for me at the canter. I’ve been having trouble recently where the horse speeds off and i just keep pushing forward to stay sitting and this completely changed my canter!!
The very best video I've ever seen on cantering. And free to boot. The scooping motion is how most of us are taught so this is truly an Ah-Ha lesson. I see a number of people complaining that you didn't ride in the video. There are zillions of videos on YT purporting to show how to ride the canter and many of them feature very good riders but trying to instruct from the saddle is -- for me at least -- totally ineffective. They tell you what they're doing but you can't see it. Or they tell you what they're doing but you couldn't do it yourself because your horse isn't highly trained like theirs. This will help literally everybody.
Not sure of your point. All horses have the same footfall at canter, which is what she's talking about. And the movement she's suggesting would be appropriate whether the horse is heavy on the forehand or light on the forehand. Certainly horses' canters vary, depending on their training and conformation, with some being so smooth the rider barely has to think about it. Lucky them, but that's not the case for most horses and riders.
Hi Judy, this is a snippet taken from our course 'The How of Riding' which contains ten 1hr lessons. This whole video is an hour long and is available for members of Dressage Training TV. We also cover canter transitions in lesson 10. You can find our more about the course @ dressagetraining.tv/the-how-of-riding-course/
I listened to this a couple of days ago and I have to say......I've cantered on many horses but the one I'm currently riding is a bit more difficult and today I tried this dip back and it was a game changer....just wow....thank you
omg yes ’kuh dah boom’ describes what I’m dealing with in the canter perfectly 😂😂 riding a huge 18.2 hh horse at my riding stable and all those movements are happening to me!! This video made soo much sense, thank you! Will definitley buy DT tv when I can afford ☺️
Good set-up, but the interesting part (a visual of a horse being cantered) was remarkably short. Not enough for me to see if the technique might have any effect.
Thank you Mary! Sincerely appreciate you putting this up! I really needed your visual and the horses biomechanics then bringing the entire piece together! Awesome 👍🤩 I’m using this from today in my training x ❤️
The explanation of what not to do and why is excellent, but the section on what to do and how to do it is frustratingly brief. I would have loved another minute or two at the end really demonstrating the correct motion in every way - live demo; graphics, slo mo etc. I can sense that you are teaching something really valuable but am left half-satisfied and intrigued. Thank you for your knowledge and dedication and please add!
What a brilliant explanation. I was also taught to polish the seat during canter. I wish my horse and I could take lessons at your centre. Thanks for sharing this video
Woah! I have been riding for about 9 years and i learnt the way you were saying we shouldnt do and this was so helpful! I will think of that until next time i ride
Her books are top notch and dismounted clinics are excellent goes into everything she writes about, beginner and advanced alike worth attending for sure.
I love to trot but when my dressage leader said gallop or canter im like nooooooooo I remember I crashed in the fence while galloping but cantering is not to bad I kinda like it
Janette Coleman thanks! Tell me pls how to specify that I would like to see this lady sitting on a horse, riding, not giving lessons to someone else. Thanks ! Dankeschön!
"This lady" is a bit of a legend :) To get a really great primer on where she is coming from, read Ride With Your Mind. She does a very good job of explaining the biomechanics of riding.
I have a question My horse when i am in an arena and when i go into canter my horse always puts her bum into the arena so its like there is two railways next to each other and her bum is on one and her head is on the other How do i teach her not to do this
For the half the video I'm like "well I've been doing it wrong!" Then I realise, when the photos go up, I'm doing it mor,ok than I thought, on acount of the video. My coach tells me I do it very well. So, hmph.
Can you tell me the cm of the ball you use? Do you know the brand as well? I know these balls go by your height. May I ask how tall you are too please? Thanks
Tracy Black I own two balls, a 75cm “women’s” ball and a 90cm “men’s” ball. I’m 5’10” (or about 176cm) tall, and long legged (the seat in every car I drive is always as far back as it goes, to be comfortable), and the 90cm is a better size for me. Based on size charts, I got the wrong one, until a physical therapist pointed out that for me doing childbirth related exercises (similar pelvic movements to riding), my hips have to be higher than my knees. If you can try them at the store, that’d be the best. Now the smaller ball isn’t useless. It can be used to do planks and push-ups and stuff for better core balance, but it does take up room.
spent most of the video on what’s WRONG in riding the canter and basically No time on the building of and or ways of confirming when the rider has the proper seat and aide. frustrating to say the least.
Kaa daa **BOOOMMMMM**
Opridai 206 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I tried this today and the first thing my trainer said was it looked like something had clicked for me at the canter. I’ve been having trouble recently where the horse speeds off and i just keep pushing forward to stay sitting and this completely changed my canter!!
The very best video I've ever seen on cantering. And free to boot. The scooping motion is how most of us are taught so this is truly an Ah-Ha lesson. I see a number of people complaining that you didn't ride in the video. There are zillions of videos on YT purporting to show how to ride the canter and many of them feature very good riders but trying to instruct from the saddle is -- for me at least -- totally ineffective. They tell you what they're doing but you can't see it. Or they tell you what they're doing but you couldn't do it yourself because your horse isn't highly trained like theirs. This will help literally everybody.
I'm far from an expert, but have found in my personal experience that movement needs to be adjusted to each horse's individual canter.
Yep!
Not sure of your point. All horses have the same footfall at canter, which is what she's talking about. And the movement she's suggesting would be appropriate whether the horse is heavy on the forehand or light on the forehand. Certainly horses' canters vary, depending on their training and conformation, with some being so smooth the rider barely has to think about it. Lucky them, but that's not the case for most horses and riders.
kada **BOOOOOM** 😂🤣😂 that cracked me up
I hear these sounds every day in the arena..loud and I call it padaboom padaboom-loping horses....
Just wish more time was spent on doing the canter correctly instead of the wrong way. Otherwise good info. Thank you.
Hi Judy, this is a snippet taken from our course 'The How of Riding' which contains ten 1hr lessons. This whole video is an hour long and is available for members of Dressage Training TV. We also cover canter transitions in lesson 10. You can find our more about the course @ dressagetraining.tv/the-how-of-riding-course/
Great tips!! Thank you!!
I listened to this a couple of days ago and I have to say......I've cantered on many horses but the one I'm currently riding is a bit more difficult and today I tried this dip back and it was a game changer....just wow....thank you
omg yes ’kuh dah boom’ describes what I’m dealing with in the canter perfectly 😂😂 riding a huge 18.2 hh horse at my riding stable and all those movements are happening to me!! This video made soo much sense, thank you! Will definitley buy DT tv when I can afford ☺️
Good set-up, but the interesting part (a visual of a horse being cantered) was remarkably short. Not enough for me to see if the technique might have any effect.
This little nugget will help many riders make riding easier on their horses... cheers
Thank you Mary! Sincerely appreciate you putting this up! I really needed your visual and the horses biomechanics then bringing the entire piece together! Awesome 👍🤩 I’m using this from today in my training x ❤️
I would benefit from seeing more video of the rider actually riding the canter at the end, with Mary speaking/coaching as she does.
This is so helpful it definitely helped me to stop falling over the horse's head. Thank you!
The explanation of what not to do and why is excellent, but the section on what to do and how to do it is frustratingly brief. I would have loved another minute or two at the end really demonstrating the correct motion in every way - live demo; graphics, slo mo etc. I can sense that you are teaching something really valuable but am left half-satisfied and intrigued. Thank you for your knowledge and dedication and please add!
What a brilliant explanation. I was also taught to polish the seat during canter. I wish my horse and I could take lessons at your centre. Thanks for sharing this video
Woah! I have been riding for about 9 years and i learnt the way you were saying we shouldnt do and this was so helpful! I will think of that until next time i ride
Her books are top notch and dismounted clinics are excellent goes into everything she writes about, beginner and advanced alike worth attending for sure.
Thaaank you! This literally opened my eyes, and helped stopping my horse from speeding up :)
I love to trot but when my dressage leader said gallop or canter im like nooooooooo
I remember I crashed in the fence while galloping but cantering is not to bad I kinda like it
@† libra subliminals † why would you doubt that? Arenas come in all sizes, I myself have galloped in an arena.
Best advice so far!
thanks to this video I finally understood how to canter!! No more problems loosing the stirrup, complete different feeling...
Excellent video! Thanks a lot
Love, thanks !
This video is very helpful, Thank you!
wow love this video and the explanation!! keep it up!
Excellent tutorial I ever seen
This was so helpful and very easy to understand too. :)
THANK YOU SO MUCH!! This helped me a lot!!!!
Thank you for your expertise and for a great video. It is detailed and well illustrated.
I just love this women
My old riding instructor used to yell out “stop humping the saddle” when I the horse I started out with.
How old r u
Must have been mortifying.
My trainer did that and I started laughing so hard which resulted in me sitting my canter 😭
How old where u!?
thanks so very easy to "get" love it... training my boy...he is very kadahboom right now
i laughed at 6:01
kadaboooom
As soon as she said that I scrolled to the comments to see what ppl said 😂
Is there any videos of this lady riding?
Difficult to 'ride yourself!'
Janette Coleman thanks! Tell me pls how to specify that I would like to see this lady sitting on a horse, riding, not giving lessons to someone else. Thanks ! Dankeschön!
Mmmm. We teach what we most need to learn! I do prefer to see an instructor ride. I have quite different theories.
"This lady" is a bit of a legend :) To get a really great primer on where she is coming from, read Ride With Your Mind. She does a very good job of explaining the biomechanics of riding.
I have seen her ride her own horses, she's quite incredible to watch, very toned and still, all her horses go beautifully.
So is the picture supposed to be correct? the last one
I have a 5 year old horse and he is pretty green. My problem is that i lean into the gates. Can you make vid about that ?
I have a question
My horse when i am in an arena and when i go into canter my horse always puts her bum into the arena so its like there is two railways next to each other and her bum is on one and her head is on the other
How do i teach her not to do this
The demo i couldn't tell the difference. Wish there was more detailed view of how to do the correct way
So I am conscious that I’m the person that sits on the last beat of the canter, however I don’t understand how to change this. Any help
That would just be half seat vs ful seat, if I'm not mistaken
For the half the video I'm like "well I've been doing it wrong!" Then I realise, when the photos go up, I'm doing it mor,ok than I thought, on acount of the video. My coach tells me I do it very well. So, hmph.
Can you tell me the cm of the ball you use? Do you know the brand as well? I know these balls go by your height. May I ask how tall you are too please? Thanks
Tracy Black I own two balls, a 75cm “women’s” ball and a 90cm “men’s” ball. I’m 5’10” (or about 176cm) tall, and long legged (the seat in every car I drive is always as far back as it goes, to be comfortable), and the 90cm is a better size for me. Based on size charts, I got the wrong one, until a physical therapist pointed out that for me doing childbirth related exercises (similar pelvic movements to riding), my hips have to be higher than my knees. If you can try them at the store, that’d be the best. Now the smaller ball isn’t useless. It can be used to do planks and push-ups and stuff for better core balance, but it does take up room.
6:17
I learned that u need to make like a scooping motion while sitting straight in the saddle.
Whether you sit up straight or slouch, her point is that that the scooping motion is counterproductive.
6:01 is it me or does the horses front foot look so weird
It's because she is wearing a black over-reach boot
Dressage Training TV I don’t know what that means but ok 😆
@@iziz5691 its basically like a human wearing big shoes, it makes its hooves look bigger than usual.
iz iz omgggg yeah
Don't know. I was busy actually listening to and watching for cantering info. No time to just look at the horse.
spent most of the video on what’s WRONG in riding the canter and basically No time on the building of and or ways of confirming when the rider has the proper seat and aide. frustrating to say the least.