Sitting The Trot | How To Sit The Trot & Move Your Seat

How To Sit The Trot & Move Your Seat | Sitting The Trot
In this video, I show you how to sit the trot! Learning how to sit the trot can greatly benefit other areas of your riding, so it's definitely worth learning.
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[@art_rant7144]

Sometimes, it depends on the type of horse you're riding! Horses have different trots as well as different movements. I've noticed it's easier to sit some trots on some horses than others

[@Right_LeadEquestrian]

Yes, like if your horse has a quick, bouncy, short strides trot it’s going to be a lot morse difficult than if a horse takes long, smooth strides

[@juliearmstrong7611]

Very true I found that as well

[@katieandnathanthecubers2100]

It also depends on the height

[@kareemmonzer7894]

Been struggling with the sitting trot a lot, the horse I'm doing lessons on is an Arabian. Is that a difficult horse to sit-trot with?

[@art_rant7144]

@@kareemmonzer7894 Normally, the trot does not depend on the breed of the horse. Some horses have a more pleasant trot beat, while others are a lot bouncier and messy. Most times, it's the way the horse was trained to trot.

[@AsteriaTherian]

6:10 her horse nodded with what she was saying, like he was agreeing, haha!

[@TiwaDidThat]

My mouth has been open this whole video cus not only did you NAIL the concept; you NAILED every mistake I was making 😮‍💨😮‍💨😮‍💨 pray for me! I’m heading back to the stables tomorrow !

[@Faceless_EQ]

When I started trying to ride my new horse I tried sitting trot but it helped me post in a way 😂 because I found his rhythm

[@juliak6622]

Thanks so much for the explanation 😊

[@Sophia_Equestrian777]

This helps so much! I will be applying all this stuff to my weekly lessons, and I’m exited to try it!

[@paardebloemxx]

Beginner learner here (have been trail riding my whole life but now doing formal lessons) but I love learning the rhythm of the horse while walking. It makes it much easier to get to trot. It was tough to do trot when they’d put me on a different horse that I hadn’t bonded with and/or learned their rhythm.

[@angelfoodcake1979]

Tucker looks so absolutely adorable with this length mane!!! For sitting the trot I find it helpful to imagine my hip going in an arch or a half circle in front of me, as in left down - forward up - right down - forward up - left down and so on.

[@mistychau6164]

tucker giving the camera the side eye like:

[@zuzanadubravcova1307]

I am still a beginner, but sitting trot for me is much more natural and easier than canter 😂 my trainer was also in shock, that first time I tried it I was pretty good at it. 😊 I am so proud to myself about it. Canter is a different story, but getring there 😂

[@CDN_Bookmouse]

Canter is always a huge step up, keep working at it!

[@zuzanadubravcova1307]

@@CDN_Bookmouse thank you, working on it, for me it is more of a psychology problem than psychical one 🤷🏻‍♀️ I fell multiple times while trying to canter first times, so.. but I am over it and it is slowly coming to me 😊

[@Esperanza..]

I used to be so scared of canter too when I was taking lessons in the past. But I always loved riding! So I went looking for a horse owner who needed help with caring for the horse and movement.. and now I ride this horse. It is very nice because you get to know the horse and get used to each other. Now I’m not scared at all

[@erikaa652]

Thank you so much, it was so helpful! I've been trying to sit trot for years and I feel like I have gotten no where with it! I'm definitely going to try out these tips! Thanks!

[@charlotteapgar1713]

This is exactly what I needed thanks. I have been having a hard time doing sitting trot beside this one little pony.

[@aroonrathsangalungkarn8247]

I have been working on my sitting trot for years with many teachers and I could not really figure out what I did not do correctly. And this video just totally unlocks that! I tried it once after watching and it just worked! I stopped bouncing and now it just looks still and effortless (but actually my ab still hurts 😂). Now I just have to keep practicing until I can do it long enough for a whole dressage test! One thing though is that, I have somewhat busy legs if I don’t pinch with my knees, so I was wondering if maybe I need to grip more with my inner thighs?

[@ilovehorses5228]

This is a great way to learn to sit the trot! Awesome video! Would love to see a renovation of the farm video too!

[@horsegirlforlife5263]

Love it! This is just when I needed this video

[@marlijnkoopsen6244]

I’ve been riding for 15 years, used to be glued to the saddle all my youth. Ever since my mare got injured 1,5 year ago and I didn’t ride for 9 months (and then fractured my spine and couldn’t ride for another 3 months), I have struggles sit-trotting. Bareback is amazing, my seat is flawless, but in the saddle… I go everywhere. No clue what I do wrong. I’m going to try your tips and see if my seat improves!

[@user-jd8sh9ps8t]

thank you I needed that!!!!!!!!

[@blossoms2u]

Just what i was looking for , Loved it

[@traceydwyer5383]

I learn so much from you. Thank you!💛

[@lizetteaceves2017]

Thanks for the great tips!!

[@rebeccacarey5770]

Wow this was great!! Thank you!!😃

[@famendumb]

I love ur vids!Especially the funny ones 😂

[@metalkingtohorses]

love your channel you're such a good teacher

[@70sGirl67]

another great video!

[@husseinmadbouh3157]

Thank you. Great tips .

[@aureliac.6263]

Thank you! ❤

[@jamesdugdale3614]

Thanks!This was very helpful.

[@sarahbrownell25]

Thank you!!! I needed practice this was awesome tips !!!

[@anniethurston4929]

Thanks! This is very helpful.

[@ingridbeckles3113]

Very informative. Gonna try this today!

[@teeganz_eqq]

Thank you so much for these tips, I am going to try them tomorrow in my lesson!

[@drawinginak_yt7]

Tucker is so gorgeous. I love his forelock!

[@NewtmasGivesMeJoy]

Tysm! I already knew some of this but you explained it SO well!🤩🤩

[@gintare4737]

Hi!😄😄 loved this video. Really helped. Thanks. Love you❤

[@bekkibuenviaje9680]

Nice work. I am just learning and this is exactly what I am working on. Pinching with the knees is something I was doing.

[@bowiekt]

Thank you this was very helpful ❤

[@ihorses9780]

I'm probably going to start learning how to ride this fall this video will definitely help when I get to that point thnx 😁🤗

[@nikolettdurgo979]

I want you as my trainer. How great teacher you are! I finally can try this without any fear 😁

[@renreynolds8106]

that was a really good explination thx :)

[@VivaMarie]

omg this is all i've been focusing on, how did you know?!!!?!?! i love you sm!!!! watching this rn!!

[@lemon1653]

Great tips (and cute breeches)!

[@writerspen010]

This is so helpful, thank you!! I recently restarted riding lessons after over a decade, and felt like I was being jostled around when my trainer and I reviewed the sit trot. Definitely going to check out more of your instructional videos as I progress!

[@lolatheegg]

Omg I’m so early and thanks for this I was struggling with this haha

[@tuscanyjc]

Brilliant simply brilliant. Older new rider first horse and I struggle with this so much I just bounce. This is a big part of my training routine now BEST Video EVA Eva thx u

[@realm_of_light]

actully i used to only sit in trot i have a handicapt wich makes me weaker so i wast be able to by standing and sitting what u normely do i couldt do that i was to weak in my legs but once high school started i started to walk a lot of stairs so my legs would get stronger and eventally i could do standing and sitting in the saddle and i can do it now to so im actully happy i got more strengts

[@rushellealexandra5243]

Same fell of a ladder in barn in 2021 and can't post and never learned to 2 point because I never did jumping.

[@bowiekt]

This was very helpful, thank you❤ I’m older and want to stay safe❤

[@ellzbellz3734]

I've been riding for 11 years and this video is very helpful. Sometimes when I pinch with my knees, stirrupless riding forces you to open them up and rely more on your core.

[@mistychau6164]

can u pls make a video about how to safely ride with outer riding in the ring i start doing group lessons in sep i havent done group in like 3 years lol and have a nice day to

[@KyliaT]

Thank you for this, I didn’t even know that theres different ways to trout, it was so hard for me last year at my camp cause I thought the only way to trout was sitting, hopefully this year I’ll do better as I’m going to be a wit (wrangler in training) so I’m going to muck the stalls and groom the horses, but I also get to ride! Hopefully this helps!!!

[@ramona5479]

Could you also make a video over how to get a horse on the bit?

[@isabellepopescu323]

Can you make a full video of the two point? It will help me a bunch!

[@bowiekt]

And tucker looks particularly handsome today!

[@mariepigen08]

I just randomly found the video while watching another one of yours, and then I noticed that it was uploaded two minutes ago..😅 Also I'm kind of uncertain if I'm sitting the trot correctly, because my instructor says that I'm doing good, but she doesn't know how to do a one rein stop, she's expecting me as a noob in the canter to ride in a full seat and she says that I'm always supposed to grip with my knees.😐

[@grzegorzmasowski7664]

If I could, I'd give two likes :) Very interesting tips. I must try out. Thank you! ;)

[@animal_lover80]

I actually find sitting trot way easier than riding trot or twopoint. I don’t know why but I do lol

[@cinohorse7161]

Well once your good at it you don’t use as much energy but I find it really hard to sit the trot idk why but I’m getting better

[@animal_lover80]

@@cinohorse7161 I found it easy from the beginning. I did also do ballet for 11 years which helped with balance and posture

[@leonverster7396]

This help's so Mach I tried doing a sitting trot on my stallion and it kind of work but i was bounsing more and I am taking riding lessons but i just started so Ya but I know how to ride I'm very good but I don't know how to do a sitting trot this help's a lot thx so Mach

[@Murder864]

For some reason i read this in a accent

[@dawnx8773]

Im currently struggling with the sitting trot ^^; in my beginner group lessons

[@Chickenwing11]

Can you do a canter without the stirrups cause I’m learning that

[@PLT722]

I noticed each horse has its own rhythm and different trot. Some horses seem smooth and easy to sit, others not so…smaller horses make gentle ripples, larger horses it’s like ocean waves! At first I was taught to move my hips in a zig-zag manner with the horses movement but that worked that for that particular teaching horse…I don’t have my own yet so I ride various horses and when I do the zig-zag it still feel bumpy ( and I worry the bumping would hurt the horse)…where does your seat reside when u sit? I notice it’s smoother towards the back but apparently that may put too much pressure on the horse?

[@katepulliam8691]

Loved this! I am learning mounted archery currently but still at the beginner stage, do you have any tips or tricks that may help me?

[@sax466]

The best focus for mounted archery is to learn to ride with the seat. You cant control your reins while shooting so learn you horse to ride with you weight and seat

[@sax466]

Check out this guy for tips for mounted archery. kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3jFh4NnjaeoiJI

[@choupette_44]

I heard that the trot on icelandic poneys is very easy 😊

[@therealkittyjewel]

Hi

[@sax466]

The way i was tought the movment in the hips i was told to never swing my hip from side to side. It will push the horse of balance. Rather then swing from side to side, push forward instead. That way the horse wil have an easier way to keep yourself and your horse in balance

[@fleepss2407]

Such a handsome boy!

[@mymareflicka8563]

My mare was so smooth in the trot it came naturally🤣 she is 3/4 arab 1/4 saddlebred

[@rushellealexandra5243]

Idk how to do what your saying at .54 seconds I do more western then English and don't remember how to post and never learned 2 point as never did jumping so only did pleasure classes.

[@Kneehighsocks]

My horse is perfect for a sitting trot, he's very slow in the start which is when I practice the sitting trot

[@elitsanikiforova9069]

When do you know that you can start cantering? ( I'm asking because I've been on a post trot 12 times and I'm wondering if I should ask my riding teacher to start cantering lessons too )

[@-qj6ps]

Your instructor will tell you if you’re ready. just ask them if you’re ready and what you need to work on to get there

[@elitsanikiforova9069]

@@-qj6ps thanks

[@mushroomanimatedyt2296]

Do you think Tucker was like -is this a new version of the lunge?, I’m sure I will find this to work ❤ so is it like a sitting post basically?

[@fcarr2134]

Whenever I'm taking a lesson 😅 I keep bouncing up and down so I just hold on to the saddle as hard as I can 😂

[@mailaneekelly1731]

She has a video on how to stop bouncing

[@Paulusia1111]

I find it easier to sit from walk to trot, instead of trying to sit after posting for a while.

[@SuperOmniaVeritas]

How long should it take to learn to canter? I’ve been with a coach for 7 months and all I can do is measure stirrups, walk, trot (not good due to different advice every time), and to dismount. Can someone please advise?

[@Bluspethouseandriding]

Some trainers take longer then others. So there are trainers like my friends trainor that took 3 years to teach her. I was at a place that litterly wanted to wait 4 years. I moved barns and they got me to canter on the 3rd lesson. I had only been riding for 5 months before then. Sometimes, trainers that take forever are good for some people. As me I like moving faster.

[@freyjametcalfe4475]

I've Been riding for 4 years and I've never even breifly sat the trot without making the horse uncomfy from me bouncing so much and slaming down on the back to the point I just gave up beacuse the horse I ride is quite young he hates people bouncing around on his back

[@christinagallen9684]

i normal sit trot

[@asukouchiha5916]

Hello can someone answer me A lot of people tell me that during my period it's dangerous to carry heavy things and the saddle is heavy, Can I saddle a horse during my period? 😅

[@BasicHorseTraining]

Absolute myth! No truth in that at all

[@amandak4258]

This is awesome! 🫶🏻

[@nikademirtas6320]

First

[@abdallahhariri9492]

💋💋👢👢👢

[@mantarays_3467]

I did this yesterday and I’m pretty sure I bruised my butt 😭

[@imogenbrolsma4049]

Nothing has ever helped me visualize sitting trot until now. I've always been told just to sit and essentially stay in the saddle but that's totally wrong! You can't just sit still in the trot it's not a still or level movement. The horse rises and falls in a bouncing motion, the saddle to so you also should be. Think: Pushing the saddle further up the horse's wither or actually jumping with the horse.

[@abdallahhariri9492]

Trkpene

[@Kanakanakanakanakana]

When you taught yourself how to sit trot 😂

[@aaronphillips3964]

❤your husband/ boyfriend is in heaven

[@Shiniecaballos]

its basically twerking on ur horse.

[@KyliaT]

💀💀💀