Re: Fwd: [RC] Sore back while training - Truman Prevatt
A walker's trot can be difficult to learn to ride. In most cases it's
so smooth that if you are ued to posting you'll have a difficult time
posting it. If you post it needs to be subtle. However, it can be
difficult to sit - especially if the horse has a long - hard thrust off
its hind end. I've been there - I know the problem.
You also need your stirrups hung under you so if you stand up and the
horse disappears - you will land standing up balanced on the balls of
your feet. I'm not sure where the Tucker hangs has its stirrups hung.
In the case of your horse if your stirrups are too short you will not
be able to post at all. If they are too long your lower back takes the
brunt of the walkers considerable thrust. Start by moving your stirrups
up by small amounts. Get them to where if you stand up you are about
1/2 to 1 inche above the seat. Try this first by trotting and standing
and "hovoring above the saddle" - are you balanced? Then try posting
some. If you are thrown to high - raise the stirrups a little. If you
have to work to post, lower them 1/4 of an inch. Keep fine tuing this
till you get the comfortable lenght. With my walker and endurance if
the stirrups are too long my back hurt. If they were too short - my
knees hurt. If they were just right - I could ride forever and nothing
hurt.
I'm riding a Tucker endurance saddle. Let me be
a little clearer here. I have a walker. Here are his gaits. Runner walk
to a trot to a single foot or rack to a canter. I just have weight in
my stirrups but I'm not high enough to post. May be thats what I need
to do. And yes I do tend to lean forward. thanks Rod
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"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
