From the article: Sitting the Trot
How do you sit the trot? Share your tips and suggestions for taking the bounce out of a sitting trot. Share Your Tips
never
- Never give up you'll get it sometime just if you don't give up ! ! ! !
- —Guest Nikki
sitting the trot
- Put legs slightly forward heels down, put weight in heels. slightly lean back but not to far then RELAX and BREATHE!!! Its hard to get at first but soon you'll get the hang of it and it will be no problem.
- —Guest guest
sit trot
- Dont grip your butt muscles! Sit back in the saddle and allow your pelvis/pubic bone to lift forward and upwards. You butt stays in the saddle and you dont grip too tight with the knees..feel the rhythm..slow trot only...relax and feel the rhythm...only allow the front pelvis to move up and forward.
- —Guest jojo
sit that trot
- Never point your toes down this will only reduce the contact you have with your saddle. Grip with your knees and inner thigh and move you hips in a figure 8 patteren in rhythm with your horse. You can also control how fast your horse moves by how much you bounce. Slow your horse down by gripping tightly and " break" your horses rhythm by sitting harder in the saddle. Speed him up by making more movement in your seat. But all your worries will end in time what it all comes down to is muscle structure and conditioning. In time you will not even remember what it was like to not be able to sit a little trot.
- —Guest riderUSA
sitting the trot
- I am a professional rider/trainer/teacher of hunter seat equitation. (almost 40 years, yikes!) After reading some of the totally crazy responses, (also some good ones), my best advice is to find a qualified instructor and take a few lessons. If you were to follow some of the ridiculous advice given in some of the posts, your horse would likely dump you on the ground in protest! (and pain). Please, go find a good teacher and get some real help. It will be worth the cost and effort!
- —Zipper99
Sitting to The English Trot
- I Think that when you sit to the English trot, this can be bad, but if you put some weight in your heels, it can help. I'm sure you've heard this before, but also put your heels down. Sit back a smidge, and try and get the rhythm of the horse. NOTE: It WILL take practice.
- —Guest Horselover
loves horses
- Sit straight, heels down toes pointed toward the horse, use knees to grip, not lower legs or the horse will think u want to go faster. Start walking and feel the rhythym..cue the horse to trot and evry second beat lift your pelvis...choose a front leg to watch..either one it doesnt matter..evry time the leg goes forward lift your pelvis..when the leg comes back drop back down. Do this and you'll maintain a rhythym...I learned on a lunge pad with someone holding a lunge line so I didnt have to worry about stearing..no stirrups or reins..improves your balance..PRACTICE!
- —Guest jo
How to sit at the trot.
- When Trotting, to sit at the trot so your not bouncing all willy-nilly, you have to do the following things: 1. Heels down: make sure all weight is in your heels. 2. Lean back: only a little,don't over do it or you'll be off balance. 3. Relax: you bounce more when you're all tightened up.
- —Guest Clara
how to sit a trot
- i think that u should have ur chin up and shoulders up that alwys helps me sit a trot and u should use ur knees and keep them tiet but not that tiet u dont want to canter.good luck horseback riding i hope my info helped u alot.
- —Guest anonymous
the sitting trot
- awesome read. Keep up the good work. Here is another article I found very educational on the sitting trot http://malibuhorses.blogspot.com/2010/11/sitting-trot.html
- —Guest Greg
Rough Trot
- I found it helped to keep heels down, lean slightly forward (very slightly!), look forward and go. As I get more comfortable I try to sit up straighter by taking a deep breath that helps raise my shoulders. This is when riding western on very long legged and bouncy horse. On my older smooth western mare I can ride a trot bareback.
- —Guest Echo
sitting the trot
- stay as relaxed as possible, and smoothly rock your pelvis forward and back but as you rock forward do so when the horse moves his/hers front leg (whichever doesnt matter) and rock back when the horse moves (chosen leg)back! hopee i helped x
- —Guest ridinggirl
how to sit the trot
- Its all about balance and relaxation. Any tension you're holding in your body will make you bounce. Sally Swift's visualization and breathing techniques work to relax and balance both rider and horse for an enjoyable sitting trot. Each horse is an individual, though, and I have ridden the occasional "washboard." Or ride a Peruvian Horse: you'll never miss the trot!
- —Guest calirider
How to trot the trot
- Shift your weight back but not to back to make your weight uneven. Keep your knees locked but not to tight because it will encourage the horse to go faster. Always look confident even if you have no idea whta u r doing! hahahaha trust me. It is typical to feel soreness after a lot of horseback riding and it will soon not hurt once you do it enough! i learned the hard way!!!!
- —Guest Jessica Reddick
Sitting to the jog
- DO NOT LEAN BACK.... you want to distribute your weight evenly on your horse. Sit nice and tall. What you are looking for is a "deep seat". You want to sit on your seat bones and in the center of your saddle with your body nice and tall. You are holding on with your thighs, pin your knees in. You should look where you want to go. Chin up and looking through your horses ears. Now for the actual sitting... Tighten up your core, breathe and every time you feel that you are going to pop out of your seat, lift your pelvis. That is why you are sitting on your seat bones. Remember, the horse is now moving in a 2 beat gait. up, down, up down... If you want to feel how your pelvis should move, squeeze your butt muscles tight and release.. that is how you should be moving with a little bit of a rock to move with your horse. And of course heels, down to take the shock of the bounce. The slower you can get your horse to move the easier it is to sit... which is called the jog. Hope this helps.
- —Guest Western Instructor
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