9 Ways to get your riding confidence back after falling off your horse
Falling from a horse can be a scary experience and can often change the way we feel about our riding in the blink of an eye. Injuries are common from falls and it is true to say that physically we can potentially do a lot of damage from hitting the deck. Injuries from...
7 Stretches You Can Do On Your Horse To Improve Your Riding Position
Stretching whilst in the saddle can be highly beneficial for horse riders. It can help to improve suppleness, flexibility, and balance ensuring you have the ability to ride in harmony with your horse and be as one. Stretching whilst in the saddle is just as important...
5 stretches to improve balance, symmetry, and security when riding your horse
As so many of us try to fit our horses and riding in and around work, family life, and a whole host of other activities we often forget about working and improving on ourselves both mentally and physically. It is important we change our body from work, mucking out...
How Video Coaching Can Help With Dressage
Would you love to be able to improve your dressage marks or move up a level? Perhaps you would like some help introducing some lateral movements into your schooling sessions? Work on adjustability in the paces? Or get some pre-competition feedback on your dressage...
How Video Coaching Can Help With Showjumping
Would you love to be able to jump more double clears? Perhaps you’d like to achieve a more balanced, adjustable canter? It could be that you’re struggling to see a stride and need to improve this before you can move up a level. If you’re a rider who loves show...
15 Ways to get your confidence back when riding your horse
15 Ways to get your confidence back when riding your horse If you’ve lost your riding confidence, here are my top tips to help you get back on your horse, and feel more positive and confident. Start where you are right now Forget about comparing what you used to be...
How Video Coaching Can Help Horses and Riders
How Video Coaching Can Help Horses and Riders Video coaching and online video analysis offer horse riders the opportunity to improve their riding, their horse's way of going, and overcome challenges, from anywhere in the world. Remote video coaching allows any rider,...
What to look for in a horse riding instructor
It doesn’t matter if you are a complete beginner or a seasoned professional attending horse riding lessons can be highly beneficial for both you and your horse. Horse riding is a continuous learning phase and most definitely worth the investment. Many horse owners...
The Perfect Rider
Looks can be deceiving! As horse riders, we often consume a lot of our time and thoughts comparing ourselves to that of other riders. It is fair to say that we have all at some point come across what we would determine in our heads as the ‘perfect rider’. Maybe it’s...
6 exercises to help keep your heels down when riding
Maintaining a good lower leg position with the heels a little lower than your toes, is important for so many reasons: To be able to apply leg aids effectively and correctly To help you stay on board and secure if the horse is excitable To help build a balanced,...
How far have you come?
How often do you actually look back and see how far you have come? It’s really easy to get lost in the noise and lose perspective on your journey towards confidence. Start keeping a log/diary/journal of your achievements, so that you can reflect on all the hard work,...
Celebrate your wins
How often do you celebrate your riding achievements? I mean, really celebrate and acknowledge what you have done? I know many riders that will, when congratulated, reply with “Thank you, but {insert horse’s name] was brilliant today” or “Thank you, but it was...