| Horse riding is one of those activities that move quickly | | | | exercises such as making your horse back up, move |
| from being a hobby to becoming a real passion. Horse | | | | forward, and to the side with just a push of your hand. |
| activities have been shown to benefit children, people | | | | Lunge your horse, making sure she obeys your |
| with disabilities and those who need to gain confidence | | | | commands the minute you give them to her. Do some |
| in their athletic abilities. It provides a social venue as well | | | | kind of ground work every time before you ride, so |
| as an intensely satisfying human-equine relationship, | | | | she will trust you when you get on her back. |
| that affects personal discipline as well as relatedness | | | | When you have the trust from your horse you are |
| and tends to make people happier and more functional | | | | now able to begin your riding training, and here are |
| in other areas of their lives. | | | | some basic Tips about your horse riding: |
| In this article I will give you a few basic tips to bear in | | | | |
| mind when enjoying your horse riding: | | | | 1. Rule number one in horseback riding is keep your |
| First of all you really need to get to know everything | | | | heels down, because this make you much more |
| about your horse - your horse personality, likes/dislikes, | | | | secure. |
| etc.. One of the most important things is to make a | | | | 2. Rule number two is.... keep your head and shoulders |
| bond with them. You need to be able to trust your | | | | up and sit straight up and down or lean slightly back, |
| horse, and your horse needs to be able to trust you. | | | | because this puts you in a secure position for riding. |
| Therefore spend lots of time with your horse, just to | | | | 3. If your horse is going strong on the forehand or is |
| be around her - groom her, go into her stall and just | | | | lazy, you might want to try leaning back a little with |
| pet her for a while, or whatever you feel comfortable | | | | your shoulders behind the perpendicular. This will make |
| doing. This basic connection is important because the | | | | your seat stronger and push your horse forward into |
| horse then will be able to trust you later on, when you | | | | better movement. |
| are riding her, and the horse will be more willing to | | | | 4. My last tip is properly the most important advice |
| work with you. It also allows you to bond with her, and | | | | about horse riding.....I definitely suggest that you right |
| get to know what she's actually like. Just spend every | | | | from the beginning start to take riding lessons with an |
| day with her for a while like this. | | | | instructor. Riding instructors will teach you proper riding |
| After you and your horse know each other better, you | | | | techniques, ground handling, etc... that will benefit you |
| should start some ground training. You need to be able | | | | very much, so you don't from the start build in bad |
| to get respect from your horse on the ground before | | | | habits with your horse riding. |
| you even hop onto her back. Try some simple | | | | |