How to sit the trot

[@fullthrottttle]

“My ass is slapping in the saddle” I literally lol’d. Spoken like a true trainer 😂

[@heikkiwarma3267]

I started riding at 53. Always wanted to learn. Had to move all the way to Texas to finally get to it. I'm struggling with pretty much everything but making progress. Your videos have been super helpful. Thank you.

[@alexkennedy1820]

Your videos are so so helpful. I feel much more confident when I sit the trot. Your advice is clear and excellent. At first, I tried to be still, but then I watched this video.

[@eileendriscoll8115]

REALLY helpful video. Kept it simple, clear communication and addressed a few different aspects of this skill. Thank you.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ussamaabokhadra9802]

You are very helpful teacher, thank you Amelia.

[@globmonster7905]

This video helped. I am having trouble sitting the trot while try to ask for a canter

[@cherryblossom801]

Me too!!

[@alexkennedy1820]

Yes.

[@gayleudall7971]

I have struggled with sitting my mare's bouncy trot. I figured out that a big part of my problem was keeping my torso balanced over my hips and staying correctly centered over the horse's center of gravity and "relaxed". My masseuse gave me a great "exercise": When you get in your truck or car, adjust the rearview mirror so you have to stretch up to see into it. It makes you sit tall. You have to be mindful to not just tilt your chin up to see in the mirror. It really helps make the sitting tall feel normal. Feel how you want to collapse your ribs as you go over the bumps in the road!

[@N2Dressage001]

I recently discovered your videos and love them! I'm from Cave Creek, AZ, and am retraining my Quarter Horse in dressage, so the videos you share are super helpful. Thanks do much!

[@vickyelmes3558]

This is such a detailed and clear explanation, thank you. I felt this was the right way, with some upper inner thigh contact, from working without stirrups - it felt good and right - but I wasn't sure if I was 'supposed' to have thighs in contact. How you describe it is great confirmation. Sometimes how people explain things is not how they actually do it, and I've read so many conflicting explanations about sitting trot esp that it's been hard to know what's right and wrong. I find all your videos clear and specific, so very very helpful and much appreciated.

[@falconk9]

Wanted to let you know I kept this video in mind when I competed at the Arabian regionals this weekend. Little reminders like this make a big difference during the warm up and tests. Thanks.

[@TheStoicfish]

Great description! Appreciate how you teach with language that is understandable. Thank you.

[@stellachandler4719]

Lol, great video Amelia and in language we can all understand. Love it..

[@phburdett]

This is a super video. I am continuously working on my seat, and this detailed explanation is really helpful. I would only comment that you have a great deal of baseline core tone, and you certainly do not really ever let your middle go to "jelly," although it may feel a bit like that to you. If your average amateur, without your fitness and beautiful seat, lets her middle go to jelly it will be a very different result, and not helpful to the horse. I love all of your videos, and am a huge fan and supporter on Patreon.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad this is helpful! Thank you for your support.

[@AmyLouiseYT]

Nice explanation! Definitely understandable. Thank you for your videos.

[@minderellafox7906]

Thank you! Best description yet! I have tried to “find” my seat bones in the sit trot, but then all my weight is on my butt and not down into my legs, and they flop!

[@lynnes11]

Sitting trot I think it's tricky for riders because it LOOKS like you are sitting relatively still, but it's actually probably the MOST movement you do while in the saddle. Lots of flexing and moving with the horse, like you said that you let your belly go to jelly to some extent. It certainly feels like more movement to me than when I'm cantering.

[@Persian771]

Beautiful horse and nice tips.thanks for sharing.

[@falconk9]

Great topics Amelia. For those of us "22+" year olds ;-) it can be much harder to develop a good sitting trot. I have a jacked up back so I tend to get protective of it during sitting trot so my hips are not as free as they should be. My Arabian looks after me so if I become unsteady, he slows down until I regain my balance. Good Pony ! Teamwork makes the Dreamwork :-)

[@goettling]

Seriously? 22? Try 71!

[@susantreibs1405]

Nice. Thanks. I could not sit the trot because I did not have the inner leg strength to do so. I had to work in between lessons to build muscle strength. I am an middle age beginner rider, who has had a few lessons.

[@saskia_sj1334]

How are you doing now?😊😊*

[@susantreibs1405]

@@saskia_sj1334 The same, I have not ridden in over a year. Working on a way to get my own place and my own horse. I have a few more lessons sense the comment two years ago, I am an intermediate rider now.

[@Crystal-ge9gh]

@@susantreibs1405 I here ya, we have a similar situation. I've started stretching and pt to strengthen core and leg strength. Keep going girl!

[@robyncarroll9928]

How much of your knee blocks are helping keep you into the saddle andalso balancing you? How much do press down through the feet? In another video you describe it as "down, down,down" but how much of a shock absorber are your feet? Your arms, elbows and hands...how do you level them to keep them from jerking upwards with the motion? Leaning a little back or sitting straight up? Could you do another video and include all of these please?

[@joannatuczynska3508]

Is it really good that belly muscles are flapping? One person told me it is a mistake... According to her we should not even activate belly muscles to the point of flapping and rather yse hip joints... I feel really confused...

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

No you're right Joanna, the sides of your abs are the ones that are holding you in place, not the front ones! This video will show you exactly what I mean! kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqvSp6emea-Jp6c Also, if you want to really get clarity, understanding, and progress on your dressage journey, sign up to my FREE webinar on the Dressage Training Scale on March 13th. I’d love to see you there! www.ameliasdressageacademy.com/trainingscalewebinar I’m also on FB and IG (you might already know all this but I'm being super thorough today!) facebook.com/amelianewcombdressage & instagram.com/amelianewcombdressage/ Also, and this is super helpful too, join Amelia’s Dressage Club on Facebook, it’s a really active and engaged community of riders and no question goes unanswered! facebook.com/groups/ameliasdressageclub/ And finally, there’s my website! www.amelianewcombdressage.com/ And you can also sign up here for weekly dressage tips sent to your inbox www.ameliasdressageacademy.com/subscribe/ Ok that’s the lot I promise. Have an awesome day! 🐴

[@RichardPhilbin]

I thought it would be easy and comfortable but actually it took a lot of muscles especially in my abs and hamstrings. I probably should have warmed up in the rising trot first.

[@barbdawdy7698]

Amelia love your videos and what you are teaching. I also think your horses look happy and generally forward. I am a bit confused by the beginning of this video before you get going into the walk and trot. Also sometimes also during the video where the horse looks really behind the vertical. Please take this as feedback and not criticism as I am trying to improve and ride better and help my horses. I think that is the goal of your vids to help riders and horses with dressage. I want to work my horses so they are moving up properly and through from the back end through to the front with the pole being the highest point. I am sure it is hard to video, talk, think in a logical pattern to describe feel and how to, and ride a horse all at the same time. As humans we are very hand oriented. I am also seeing some habits in vids of myself which I am not brave enough to post. So this is about understanding what is correct and how to get that feel. I also have a horse that will get behind the vert (i feel like he is evading the contact) when I push him forward more he will go round and feel great and powerful but sometimes I feel like I am pushing him past his natural tempo or he feels like he is motoring and flat (just does not feel right). So something on how to develop that forward and contact would be great. I am also sure I am part of the issue. At the beginning just moving out of the second halt you seesaw your reins. That is what it looks like to me. Maybe I got that wrong. Then I see the horse gets really behind (way over flexed) then you raise your hands to try to correct (yes?) or help him not feel trapped with the contact. I think this fabulous horse did not trail out behind more than a step at the walk that I could see but my impression was that you were starting front to back not forward. I think that initially the horse did not move forward off your seat aids and instead of backing up that forward aid, you went to the rein. Or that is what it looked like to me. So help me out here with some understanding. So what is the right answer? It would be great to have a conversation about how to help horses and riders when behind (evading the contact/over flexed) or in front of the vert (bracing the contact/inverting)...or just moving forward correctly. How to we help a horse go from the halt and transition up round without using the reins? Or just move in a round way (poll highest point) where there is the correct contact not behind or in front? Also how do you train your eye to what is correct? LOL I know this is all so easy right. With a nice moving horse I think the head position becomes the easiest way to see but then we start to focus on the head frame too much. Sometimes even with a nice mover I can see a horse not tracking up at the trot. Are there other ways to see this where horses are not moving through from back to front? What is behind and over round or broken at the 3rd vert and what is correct to best help the horse? I hope you keep posting these videos. So helpful and with my young horse I am still mostly posting but now I need to get my sitting trot better. thanks and I look forward to what is next

[@Haru-eb3si]

that was sooo helpful thanks alot

[@tessadeakin6289]

I also loved the comment "my arse is slapping in the saddle" I have real trouble finding my seat bones

[@mariepelton]

Thank you! Great tutorial!

[@anne-mariespear4595]

I sometimes have to do sitting trot without stirrups to get the right muscle activation without gripping

[@jordanwhite5470]

Loved the video. Any chance you could do it again and use lots of slow motion? Three years of riding SaddleSeat style taught me riding trot well, but we Never sat! Have now changed to Hunter/Equitation, and look like a sack of potatoes when I try to sit. Did I mention, super "mature" rider, so not as easily flexed. I do sit the canter well, but it doesn't seem to be helping with the sit trot.

[@cindynoble2037]

Excellent!!! 🐴🐎 I like your shirt😉

[@UnicornCentaur]

4:07 Centaur shout out! 😄

[@majagulbrandsen9560]

Thanks for good tps

[@lauriebohanan2761]

I would like to a western dressage exercises

[@cherryblossom801]

So I'm really confused... Alot of people just says to "let go" of your legs and just be relaxed. Is it true? Do I have to be relaxed completley or have some sort of tension

[@joannatuczynska3508]

If you Relax completely you will start bouncing... You need some tension in your thighs. However, tension doesnt mean stiffness...

[@naunettemartin7450]

My is Nannette how do if I'm on my right and lift light

[@jordanwhite5470]

Meant Rising trot, LOL!

[@spiridoulaathanasopoulou9244]

perfect,,,,,,,,,, but too much iron,,,,, big bits, spurs................ why?????