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| In Practice: How to Teach - How to Post |
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NOVEMBER 2005 • VOLUME 3 • HORSES For LIFE™ Magazine
Discover easy and quick ways to learn how to post effectively and securely.
A stable educated seat for a balanced and comfortable horse who now can do what you want him to do!
 re you aware of the impact of how and what we do within the posting trot affects the horse. This awareness can help us teach the rider how to have a good balanced trot, quickly and easily.Unfortunately what we see a lot of are riders that are not well balanced with their weight shifting on the horse.
 Most riders end up above the pommel during the rise. Since few riders sit at this same point, this shows us that the riders weight is shifting on the horse on each and every rise. With the rider's weight going forward, we can see that the rider is adding their weight to the horse's forehand. Discouraging the horse to a better balance.But even more then this, with the rider's weight going back and forth. From the back of the saddle to the front of the saddle this unbalances the horse. The greener the horse, the more problems he has with his balance the more problems for the horse. This can cause the horse a host of other problems from uneven diagonals in the trot which can give him the appearance of bridle lameness to .... loading alternate forelegs making it difficult for him to bend sometimes in one direction but often in both.
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his month!! in our IN PRACTICE article we discuss the posting trot. The dynamics of are covered in detail for both the instructor and the rider, how what we do and how we do it `~ can create problems AND 
