The 2 Minute How To: Improve Your Position Over Jumps with Greg Best clinic H 264

[@WhoShe1973]

Probably THE MOST informative 2 minutes of my riding life. Excellent. Fantastic and true...Want to listed to Greg talk all day re: show jumping.

[@DanaGatlin]

Greg certainly knows what he's talking about, and it would be lovely to see today's young riders not throw themselves at the jump, way ahead of the motion. Nice video.

[@SMV1199]

I don't think I do it too bad... I'm just still really stiff xp

[@SMV1199]

I don't think I do it too bad... I'm just still really stiff xp

[@DanaGatlin]

You ride beautifully!

[@SMV1199]

+Dana Gatlin haha thanks; I'm working on it :)

[@thegirlwiththeservicedog6468]

very helpful I was having trouble getting too far ahead which would make landing and preparing for the next jump difficult

[@user-es5kk2cs8d]

This video made all the difference- You'll never know how precise jumping is until Greg tells you.

[@OpalBees]

Precise, to the point, and extremely informative and easy to understand. Probably the best position video I've ever seen.

[@jumanji321]

I love Greg Best's information. I watched his first clinic in Canada and the groups he worked with were so diverse.

[@equestriandreamer5250]

This really helped for my jumping thank you I always find myself going too far forward in the jump which makes the horse loose their balance

[@Dragonking-fd1qv]

Same, I rlly can’t perfect it, can I show u a vid of mine?

[@SilliSavannah]

I have an awful habit of throwing my body forward over the jump, this video was helpful but I still struggle with my equitation. Any tips?

[@DanaGatlin]

+Savannah S I think we all start out that way to some extent. We're unsure, and we'd rather be too far forward than be 'left behind' and risk popping the horse in the mouth or the back. So, in my opinion, at least you're erring in the right direction. It can be very helpful to do a series of bounce jumps, graduating in size. Find your jumping position as you approach the first crossrail, offer just enough of a crest release that your horse has freedom of movement, GRAB MANE (highly underestimated in the learning process!) and stay in position, letting the horse jump up into you. You are staying off his back and by grabbing mane, you stay off his mouth, and all that really needs to change is your elbow angle. You can even practice this on the ground. Two-point, weight in the heels, hands steady (on the imaginary neck), and let the elbows do the give and take. Does that make sense? And btw, good for you! for acknowledging your habit and being willing to ask for help. SO many riders do the very same thing and see nothing wrong with it - lol!

[@isabellamclullich7294]

@Johnny Toner do you even ride

[@anniewu5600]

Isabella McLullich probably not, judging from his comment

[@Teretoad]

I like to practice with out stirrups to fix my seat and lower leg.

[@amandasinnett6194]

I would say lots of no stirrup sitting trot. And probably in the canter either sit deep or go into a half set or light seat

[@Cheesekake343]

That grey is GORGEOUS and that hotwalker is insane

[@kustenwachter2323]

Finally!!! I was searching for ages for a video like that 😱😍 Thank you so much !!

[@abenimichels6294]

This was so helpful!! I'm starting jumping and I think this will really help me!! It was so informative

[@MeliO-the-eventual-lawyer]

Aw, that makes so much sense! I was looking at some pictues and clips of me XC schooling the other day, and thought I looked way too far forward. This video makes perfect sense. I really get it now. Thanks Greg!

[@amberblyledge7859]

So as a classical dressage rider, the "Pivot point" is The vastus medialus. To have your leg be fully in contact with the horse, squeezing won't do it. Engaging your Sartoruis M muscle to turn your leg slightly inward will bring your leg in contact with the saddle, horse, and turn your toes in so you don't "Cross your skis" or poke the horse with a spur accidentally. Pivot point with no pinching! At least as far as I remember. I don't really remember muscle groups well. I'm working on teaching my old mare to jump and teaching me in the process. This video is super informative.

[@showjumperluvr4]

thnx for posting this! i get a little to forward sometimes so this helps some! XD

[@GabellaFarms]

These videos are awesome!

[@emmavt24]

Very informative and helpful

[@asparwhite86]

This part I don't understand. What is the horse getting out of your partnership with him? Your extra weight on his back? You telling him what you want him to do instead of him doing what he wants? Maybe security if there are no other horses around and just you. You are the boss of the horse when you are riding. This was a great video It is all about biomechanics. Really glad yall have this on youtube!

[@ExtraLittleThings]

That really really helped me. I have to practice my two point everyday, because I seriously suck at it. Could you make a "jumping excersises" vid? Like, were you show how to set up a mini warm up corse?:) thankkkyou.

[@Dragonking-fd1qv]

Same

[@Mari-wu8xs]

Perfectly explained !

[@Thevitalequine]

Thank you very much!

[@manzaspeigle1155]

Great video

[@hunterjumperqueen23]

this video really helped me alot!!!!

[@whistlerpolitics]

Yup Greg is the Best

[@jumpferjoy14]

OMG that dapple grey is georgous!

[@SimplyJed22528]

Thank so much for posting I'm so confused on leg position cause it seems that everyone has a different opinion :)

[@Scouty456]

great advice! thank you !

[@livelaughlove79318]

Oh I understand! I was thinking the same thing as you..and just typing out what I thought he might be trying to get across. I've never had a trainer to tell me not to two-point, who knows??

[@zombie9494]

Ahh this was super helpful I have a habit of leaning too much on the horses neck cuz I just got into jumping

[@krystenhagedorn]

EXCELLENT video! : )

[@thehorsesandme]

i agree with the whole hands thing. a little more clearer would mean, that wehn your hands are higher the horse has space to move its body upward without pressure, which allows it to jump more agressivly. thats what my instructor says. and it has worked for me so i sugest others try it :)

[@JasperIsaLittleHorse]

Very well said. I am a strong believer of Rick Gore's saying "A horse is only right." I find that if I listen to my horse as an inctructer, he will tell me what i need to do to get what i want out of him. If you ride the way your horse wants you too, you can't go wrong. The only way and can ride wrong, is if you are using pain and intimidation, that takes away the whole point of working as partners. A partnership is 2 beings that work off each other for the better, not one bossing the other.

[@alexisbaldwin7607]

.. can you help me and my pony Poco when jumping he is very stubborn and will throw you off when you go over the jump he is 14.3 one time we where going around on a sharp sharp sharp turn and we missed the jump 2 times but the 3rd he flung over it then took off.

[@jett888]

It seems to me Gregs points all make sense even to the flatland rider like me- you don't have to be a jumper for these points to still be valid- very nice! \

[@MCMHC99]

this helped a lot but i think i would have liked it to be a bit longer and go into detail about the leg position and exercises and stuff you can do to practice it

[@sarah1rose]

YES THIS IS SOOO GOOD

[@elliemae5038]

Could you help me, how do I stop falling on my horses neck after a jump?

[@taylorcasey6406]

Ellie Mae I have the exact same problem. I just started jumping my western pleasure horse so neither of us really know how to jump but OJ’s getting the hang of it but I always fall on his nevk

[@taylorcasey6406]

hg xob Omg ok thanks

[@RISSYRACER]

thats really good :)

[@giannacooper865]

ok so I have a problem with my eq over the jump, the take off and in the air is good but once the horse front legs hit the ground my lower back hollows and it looks kinda ugly any suggestions?

[@Rin_sings]

omg i'd looooove to get a lesson from greg best :D

[@JaneFrizzell]

very good

[@JasperIsaLittleHorse]

I find that every instructer has a different way of teaching. Since i have no instructer and ride how I feel benefits my horse and i more, I just take tips that i see genrally the same over and over again and aply those. But tips that change from instructer to instructer i find are more fitting to me if just figure out what suits my horse and I best. :)

[@Audrey0407]

Many years late, but when I jump, on the landing side I get thrown out of the tack and land on my horse’s neck. Any tips?

[@horsegrl27]

Wow! Very good vid!;)

[@jumanji321]

He's going to be up in Red Deer for the Mane Event April 29 - May 1.

[@kelmar41]

is there a dvd available on this subject im finding it soooooooo hard to get the correct jumping position,that i could cry,i just cant get it no matter what i do,perhaps im just not meant to jump help :( :(

[@MrAlisaMary]

Hepls alot(; Thanks for the video(:

[@fonjadidi]

The horses in the machines are looking at the camera like " My friends better not see this"

[@101jumpergirl101]

this really helped but my trainer keeps talking to b\me (i dont wanna say yelling because shes not) anyways whenever my legs slide back a bit because the stable i ride at does hunter/equitation sp i have to keep my lower legs still any tips

[@HrsLvr47578]

The jump at 2:25 is amazing *claps*

[@tracylockyer6332]

Can you please state which part of my post shows ignorance. As a professional who works in the equestrian business, I am always open to educated criticism. So, can you tell me which piece of my post is scientifically incorrect?

[@horselover99100]

If the horse comes more aggressive with ur hands up myntrainer always tells mento put my hands a little bit higher than usual when my horse spools is this true?

[@ilovepreciousjim2]

@chexmygold gem twist is a very strong horse and you try going around a course of that high of fences still while maintaining your horse im pretty sure he doesn't care what he looks like at that point, he is just trying to get a clean safe round and trying to win, im sure when he is not competing at that high of a level his equitation over the fences are much better..

[@starsinger145]

what is that rotating gate thing behind him at 2:12-2:18???

[@baybreezefarm]

nice!

[@ashleyyy_m28]

@HorsesRmyDRUGS my horse gets quick to jumps sometimes and i've always been taught that your hands should come up as the horses head does, because if you pull down on a horses mouth and their head goes up, it only makes it worse. :)

[@Ameliemayaa]

The only problem with my jumping, is every video of people jumping I watch, they always sit in their seat as soon as the horses front legs are over the jump. But my trainer tells us not to sit until all four legs are on the ground. And I am extremely confused..

[@HyleeTraining]

Hey Keila, I have a number of students who have struggled with this and what you are seeing is them landing but being very close to the saddle but not actually sitting. Your trainer is right however the proper landing position (when the front legs hits the ground) puts us riders in a position where we are very close to the saddle.

[@TheHorsesareForever]

I think these riders have a little too much air between them and the saddle...

[@asparwhite86]

My horses also come to the gait to meet me and follow me around. It is because I taught them to follow me. And even then sometimes they will want to go off and do their own thing... How do you keep them from leaving, by being the boss and making them do something theyd rather not do... Just because something has a tendency to do something or even if it wants to does not mean its good. Want and desire can be manipulated to serve another purpose. Seducing something.

[@xxgalwaygirl95xx]

Amazing vid :) pity about the music..

[@ilovehorses096]

I want the grey

[@olivermarkandmurphy]

@Smiley6095 two-point all the way!

[@livelaughlove79318]

I think, he is trying to help both extremes. You know? Like some people jump way out of the saddle, and others sit back. Maybe he is trying to fix both issues with one two minute video. Which is nearly impossible because they are two completely different things, I dont know. Maybe if you are teaching yourself and dont have a trainer to help you... keeping constant position will kinda naturally throw you into the correct position? or at least keep you from jumping forward and getting left behind.

[@Courtmaster121]

"He may ride well, but knows nothing about equine behavior" He is a professional and probably knows way more then you think.

[@chexmygold]

Watch Greg Best ride Gem Twist, Stolkholm 1980. He sure does not keep his position the same. Just do a you tube search.

[@annikablock6177]

Agreed with everything except the part about leg position. His idea includes the ankle being too far back, the toe should be level with the knee.

[@Harry67823]

Yes, I agree. It was rash and I apologise. Must have been having a bad day.

[@countrygirl999999]

@ExtraLittleThings agreed

[@BreakerBarney]

disagree with the hands part - a horse often struggles to see the rider on its back let alone their hands

[@Courtmaster121]

He knows a lot and it seems to be you that is ignorant. Not ignorant as an insult but ignorant as in "lack of knowledge". He is a professional rider and these tips are %99 true. I do doubt he can see your hands raise but everything else is completely true. I'm no professional but I have quit a bit of knowledge and encourage you to listen to professionals. They can make a world of difference in your life or career. :)

[@horsey2807]

unless i've taken this the wrong way, at the beginning, i'm sure he's trying to say to... not doing the jumping position? This doesn't make any sense to me... like i can understand when you get these riders doing these weeeny little cross poles and they over jump it, when all they should be doing is just raising themselves slightly, but surely, when jumping at a height, with the horses forward going motion you'd need to lean more forward so you make it comfy and easy for them to get up and over?

[@shutterflyflutterby]

They should be at the same level as the horse's mouth with a straight line from your elbow , through the wrist, to the hand, to the horse's mouth.

[@Rachelroxs21]

Because it release the pressure so he unwinds( not agreesive anymore)

[@xxCrossMyHeartxx87]

He said "almost 360" not that it was an exact 360

[@JasperIsaLittleHorse]

I believe that hands should always remain low. But thats my idea of good riding.

[@mahmoudwisam2495]

Wow that's really in high definition 480p........U Gita be kidding

[@xxhaleyxx32]

The 2 Minute How To: 3:07

[@StartItWithASmile]

@GupiestheBEST Your Knees Need To Be Hugging The Saddle But Not Pinching, But At The Same Time, Not Like Chicken Legs!!:)x

[@horsey2807]

could well be! You just never know with these videos what peoples intentions are/were, maybe it's all been taken the wrong way - wrong end of the stick? LOL i don't know, i was just expressing my confusion :P x

[@chexmygold]

"Your position relative to vertical should remain constant" Yet, in the example, look between 0:35 and 0:37 and see how it changes. Right at about 0:36 she leans WAY forward. So, Is she, and almost everybody who jumps wrong?????

[@macleodshe]

I always fall behind so this video doesn't help me at all :(

[@asparwhite86]

You said "A partnership is 2 beings that work off each other for the better, not one bossing the other." Now you say that you are a leader. Don't leaders boss their subordinates around? You are in a leader-follower partnership with your horse. I said nothing about forcing horses to do things for you... However. You are going to have to get them to do things that they would not regularly do if you were not around... We have to teach a horse first and after enough time it becomes a habbit.

[@brookegrindinger8109]

The lady's girth when he was showing the perfect leg position, is way to far back. it should be about half to a inch behind the slop of the shoulder.

[@RealLifeBreyer066]

It's a hot walker.

[@ryleejackson6765]

It want let me see it

[@kevywilliams8360]

Jump 3 feet bareback.. You'll get the perfect position

[@sarahsemail9823]

Kevy Williams and an attitude apparently 😂😂

[@ThatAwkwardEquestrian]

Completely untrue. I've seen people who can jump 3' bareback beautifully, but be terrible in the saddle.

[@warmblood100]

ya know the euopen jump different and they win...so go figure...

[@angelgupta6896]

kk

[@gallop2theend]

0:28 hahahaha! he might want to use a horse for his clinic nxt time...

[@professionaljumper01]

@kelmar41 hey i can help you in anyway look at my channel if there is nothing similar to your problem then just send me a video request :)

[@JasperIsaLittleHorse]

What is there to not understand? Just because you speak out everyone is not going to just go, Yep your right, i shouldn't have horses, kill them all for meat, we are crule. He is gettign direction and leadership, I can call my horse from a pasture of 25other horses, 5acer pasture of grass with hay in it and he will come to the gait. And it's not because i grain him. Both my horses come to the gait. I am the leader on the ground and thus it doesn't take a pain bit to be the leader in the saddle.

[@ExtraLittleThings]

@countrygirl999999 :)

[@juttak4484]

..

[@equestriangeorgia1754]

Mmmmmm I am from 2017

[@nikki01lovejazz]

@HorsesRmyDRUGS yes but not ike a dramatic difference or anything

[@judgeponyjumper]

ha 2mi 3:07 whats the difference. LOL

[@Rachelroxs21]

Horse walker

[@Abs0lut3Cyner]

Poor horses...

[@Harry67823]

The horse has a range of vision of 350° not 360! The horse has 2 "blind spots," (where it can't see.) 1 is in front of the face - the other is behind its head, extending over its' back/behind the tail. Therefore, it is unlikely your horse can 'see' your hands raise. 'Aggression' is also the totally incorrect label for the behaviour being described. In this situation, it is not agrression that is being displayed but the FLIGHT RESPONSE! He may ride well, but knows nothing about equine behaviour!

[@glxpassat]

Ahhhhhhhhh, he didn't say "360," he said close to "360." So why would you even post this?

[@oliviadolan4680]

I can’t seem to keep a consistent two point, I’m either really far back and my back is arched outward or I’m really forward, and I have a terrible release. On good days I have an okay two point with an okay release.