What’s Stopping You Getting Back in the Saddle After a Break?

05/08/23 • 12 min

What stops riders from getting back in the saddle after a break? Returning to riding. I mean, if it was as easy as simply mounting up, everyone would do it, right? And yet, everyone doesn’t. In fact, so many riders sit on the sidelines of their proverbial horse-riding dream, forever wishing and waiting for the day to arrive when they will mount back up again. But that day, for many, never arrives. And for those who somehow do make it happen, the ‘return’ is often short-lived. A few initial rides. All motivation and inspiration. Rah rah excitement... Only for the whole dream to fizzle and burn out before it ever really got started. Getting back in the saddle after a break can seem daunting. However, understanding what’s blocking you and why can often highlight the way for riders to not only get started but to keep at it as well. Read the Full Article HERE https://stridesforsuccess.com/episode1283-whats-stopping-you-getting-back-in-the-saddle-after-a-break/

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Identifying Why You're Struggling as a Rider

Horse riding is essentially about how we can communicate with our horses – while riding our horses. However, as riders, in order to be effective we need to first master some basic coordination. And therein lies the challenge! It is often this part of communication, the one between our brains and our bodies, that can cause the greatest issues when it comes to our effectiveness when in the saddle.

Resulting in our lack of effective coordination creating havoc with our communication when riding our horse!

The lack of coordination really has a knock-on effect on all of the other parts of riding a horse. From our balance to our confidence. How we ask questions of our horses. And how we can respond when they answer. If any one of these elements is negatively impacted by poor coordination, it will cause challenges for both the rider – and their horse.

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Creating a More Responsive Transition into the Canter

Getting into the canter can be a challenge! For so many riders the transition into the canter can be a truly bumpy, hair-raising, rushed, and flat experience. There is none of the upward, poised, clean, and intentional 1 that leads to the 2, 3 for the canter stride. It is just a matter of creating enough momentum with a flat, running trot to finally, eventually, fall into the canter. Not good! But all is not lost...

I believe that by working on a few key elements in your riding and your training with your horse, you can literally transform your canter transition in a VERY short period of time.

The key to doing this is to first be very honest with yourself. Honest about both your abilities and what you are doing. And also, your horse's abilities. Is he actually 'able' to simply step from a trot into a canter, carrying you, at this level in his training? That there is a really good question and one that's worth getting clear on today.

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