Hows my riding? any thing i need to work on?

I know my elbows stick out but that's all I can see...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGf4rVMGS…
Crique(cant spell)

Even though there is no stirrup keeping your leg in place, you need to pretend there is. So bend your knee, heels down and toes in. Other then that your pretty good !

GREAT!
can you please answer my question?


I DO HAVE EXPERIENCE. AND I DO KNOW WHAT LEASING IS.

thank you and good luck in the future ;)

You look really good. I don't even like riding bareback, much less jumping bareback! So kudos for that alone. My only recommendation is to keep your heels down. It doesn't make a terrible difference in bareback, but it's a good habit to get into.

when you ride try and make it so that your back is up straight but not too straight. relax your shoulders so that you don't look too stiff. but try not to slouch over when you ride. also try and keep a lil more bend in your elbows. they tend to look straight. when you jump, also try and keep it so you only release at the whithers (like don't release too high up) also, let the horse come to you. don't force yourself up after every jump. try and sit a few steps before then when the horse's neck comes up over the jump release with the horse and keep your hands down.

but other than that you're a really good rider! nice job!

9 years of riding :D

and answer mine please?:

Keep your heels down. You need to stay in the same position you have when you have a saddle. So that means hold your leg in its propor position and keep your heels down. Yes, you need to tuck your elbows in. When you go over jumps, you do more of a crouch then a two point; you sort of just scrunch up. Use your thighs to lift your butt up, and keep your lower leg in the same place (where the girth would go). Over the larger verticals you were doing, you can lean forward more, but over the x-poles you shouldn't be on the horse's neck. Other then that, good job!

Wow! good job. I think you are just fishing for compliments. Do keep the heels down all the time for better form, not just when you are going over a large obstacle. Good job.

First off: Fun video. Second: I would have liked to evaluate the riding on the warmup, not just the jumping and the speed of the filming and the distance made that impossible. Your horse is lovely! Very willing jumper with decent form. The jumping was pretty nice for the most part. Because you didn't have a saddle, you tended to rely on the horse to keep you up out of the saddle and as a result you lacked a real release and you came down early as well a few times. This caused the horse to hit the fence on landing as her hind end came down too soon. You look up over the fence very nicely. Your back was a bit roached, but in my opinion this also is from the bareback riding. Not having something to support you over the fence causes you round the back in order to keep yourself off of your horses' back. Leg isn't too bad. I know it's difficult to keep a good leg and heel position bareback. Yes, elbows in closer to the body. You don't want them locked there of course, but closer. Overall, not a bad ride and it looked like fun!

Owner/trainer/riding instructor for over 30 years