Rider Biomechanics:
Improving the
Horse Rider's Seat, Posture & Balance
Sports
biomechanics is the specialist field that looks at how
athletes move, lift, carry, push & pull. They look
at balance & movement and through testing, predict and
improve sports performance.
Equine
biomechanics analyses the horse's movement and footfall.
Spinal posture & movement and the way they
track up.
Rider
biomechanics looks at every part of the horse rider's
balance, seat, posture & movement and how it affects the
horse.
For the beginner
- it might be help just staying on! For the Olympic level professional, it
might mean fine tuning every single movement & improving
balance, co-ordination and fluidity of movement during
the highest level movements, complicated turns & jumps.
Rider Biomechanics looks at the
rider's legs, the placement of the foot in the stirrup, how
we sit, how we look, how our balance affects the horse.
We can tell you why the horse feels better on one rein than
the other. Why your horse falls in, cuts corners and
falls on the forehand, and by simple rider adjustments
improve the horse's performance.
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