Horse Riding Lessons | How To Get A Good Leg Position

[@BasicHorseTraining]

The position of your leg is vitally important to not only your balance but the consistency of your aids as well. Thank you for watching.

[@EmmaLouiseSmith12]

Such helpful tips! I am relearning how to ride as a nearly 50 year old and getting the right leg position is a constant challenge. My riding teacher said exactly the same about heels down - it makes me push my legs forward. Love the back pedalling analogy! Thank you!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I'm glad you found it useful. How good is getting back into horses!! They are so good for our souls. Best of luck Emma-Louise you will have a blast!

[@EmmaLouiseSmith12]

I’m absolutely loving it!

[@erynspeers]

OMG congrats for getting back into it. I'm 35 and getting back into it after over 15 years off. I'm SO excited, but anticipating a struggle in terms of my body and being out of riding shape. It is so cool and so encouraging to see other women getting back into it - makes me feel hopeful. All the best, from Canada

[@IT-zx5jc]

"It's a leg aid not a heal aid" that was great!! Never heard that before. So true. I ride Icelandic horses and keep saying its all about the leg, if you are normal sized naturally you can't even touch the horse with your heal (small horsebread). But the riders used to ride bigger horses keep moving their leg to try to get their heel in 🤣 I am going to use that to explain. I just THOUGHT ppl on big horse breeds were using their heels 🙈😆

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Love that!

[@rachelmacgowan86]

Loved that expression too. Really works for me. I use my heels all the time which unbalances my seat. So now have to focus on a leg aid which will give me greater stability

[@caprihorse.studios5054]

Ive always struggled with my toes and knees turning out because im trying not to grip with my knees. Im really glad i found this video. Thanks!

[@shannonclendon1424]

This video is GOLD! Turning my heels OUT really helped to turn my leg in. It HELPED everything within my ride. I’m amazed. I’m sure I will feel it tomorrow, but wow. Thank you so much for the tips!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You are very welcome 🙂

[@nikikiki6622]

Hello Josie, i want you to know that your videos helped me out SO. MUCH. I watched your seat video and i even told my trainer about your videos and i was able to control my horse with NO rein at all, even quite tight turns! your videos help me improve in almost NO time and it’s effective and correct. The seat clock analogy helped me A lot with understanding what to do eith my seat bones and it helped! thank you so much for doing these videos, i appreciate them so much. I want to be a good rider like you one day. Sincerely, your big fan Koko

[@sharnapowell5138]

I often get really sore knees and ankles and sometimes find that I am tensing my legs, I would love some advice on what I may be doing wrong!? Thank you for your helpful videos!!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Hi Sharna, without seeing you it is a little hard to give advice specific to you but check these things. If your ankles are sore just check where your weight is on the stirrup iron. Is it even across the ball of your foot or do you have more weight on the inside or the outside. This will mean you are rolling your ankle in or out and will cause pain. I'm just wondering where the pain is in your knees as that could be many things and as for your tense legs - pat yourself on the back for noticing they are tense and then get them to relax. You may need to take a breath in and then as you breath out relax all your muscles from your neck down to your toes. Your tense legs could be that you are trying to keep your balance with them. Our balance comes from our core - and that is a work in progress so don't expect it to be great straight away and the amount of time you can hold it is something that we build on like any other "muscle" strength.

[@christinecreeney4207]

I found this one helpful for my stiff hips . I have one leg that lays really well and one that doesn’t My right thigh doesn’t sit as close to my saddle whatever I do. My doctor says it’s due to wear in my hip.

[@johnriley9897]

Just found you today and have been binge watching all morning! But really loved this video as I’m definitely at fault for knees out due to a bad knee/ tibia fracture right side years ago. It has taken years to desensitize that knee and calf to try to maintain balance. I used to do endurance with Arabs. I now do leisurely trail riding on Tennessee walkers😁. So love this video of some good techniques and reminders to get that proper knee placement. And the reason why I commented on this video was your Rhodesian ridgeback! Ahhh! Love that breed! And my nickname is Rebel 😂. Thanks so much for your videos! And ps- thanks for tip on how to correctly tie rope halter!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

RR's are just the best aren't they! I'm glad you can still ride and enjoy your horses John. Thank you for leaving me such a lovely comment. 😊

[@rachelmacgowan86]

Very good, thank you very much

[@briiigiiijaureguiii]

Thank you!💓

[@BYTube86]

Very informative very helpful.. I’m so glad I came across this video.! Thank you so much 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You are welcome 😊

[@jewelweed6880]

"Heels down" had my weight rolled medially in my boot, ankle jacked towards the horse, toes pointed way out to the side, and pinching knees. My heels appear lower, but I was doing more than I needed to and I had no idea. No one noticed for years. Finally I ended up somewhere that picked apart my position, but I still had to figure out how things were connected because they didn't say anything about that. "Shoulders back" also screwed me up, but I won't go into that. I've got many old habits to break before I can move forward, but without riding time I can only work on it indirectly.

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I think we are always a work in progress Jewelweed. I hope you will be back in the saddle soon.

[@anabelagasparinho6408]

Thank you so much for your help. I'll be using your tips today when riding to keep my legs in place, my knees forwards and surely my horse will thank me for that. Thank you so much!!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You are welcome Anabela 😊

[@traceydelp7046]

I enjoy every one of your videos and find them so helpful! Thank you so much!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

You are welcome 🤗

[@jeannepetrillo9452]

Thank you, I have the same body type as you, so your tips helped.

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Glad I could help!

[@pariahmouse7794]

Very good as usual! Those boots are gorgeous, I love a light brown boot-may I ask who makes them? Love your videos, so informative!

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Thank you. I bought these from www.koenigs-reitstiefel.de/en/company2/ I had them custom made and have had them for nearly 5 years and I wear them every day :)

[@pariahmouse7794]

@@BasicHorseTraining Thank you, they are absolutely gorgeous! One of these days!

[@KingsMom831]

Do Spider & Rebel get turned out together? I would love to see them just being goofy geldings together 😂😂

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Umm you might not like the answer to this because Spider is quite horse aggressive so they don’t go out together since he hung Rebel up on a gate 😬. They are next to each other and play over the gates. Spider is forever ripping Rebel fly veil off and only yesterday he ripped a strap off Rebels neck rug. He is a little 😈 😆

[@KingsMom831]

@@BasicHorseTraining hahahhahaha lmao 😂 😂😂 Poor Rebel lol

[@KingsMom831]

Say hello to my guy Spider for me please!🙏🏼😁 maybe even slip him a bite of carrot 🥕 They are such good boys 😊💛

[@BasicHorseTraining]

I promise I will 🥰

[@KingsMom831]

@@BasicHorseTraining you’re a good horse mom & Im SURE you are an awesome grandmother too😊

[@BasicHorseTraining]

@Kings Mom831 thank you so much. That is very kind of you. 🤗. Loving having these boys in my life (very blessed) and my granddaughter is already the apple of my eye 💞

[@KingsMom831]

@@BasicHorseTraining sounds like you and your family have created a pretty nice life for yourselves☺️

[@KingsMom831]

Rebels looking sharp 💛

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Bored maybe 😂😂🤪

[@KingsMom831]

@@BasicHorseTraining sleepyhead