The “Bouncing Rider”

There is another type of rider who creates a different problem.

They don’t collapse.

They bounce.

At every stride the body rises…and then falls back onto the saddle like a ball.

This happens when the pelvis does not follow and absorb the oscillation of the horse’s back.

The horse’s movement should travel through the rider’s body like a wave.

But when the pelvis is stiff or blocked, the energy cannot flow through the rider.Instead, it rebounds upward.

And then the small impacts begin.Impacts that the horse feels directly on its

back.

The horse responds in the only way it can:

~Tightening the back.

~Shortening the stride.

~Speeding up the rhythm.

Not because the movement is difficult…

But because no one can move freely with a ball bouncing on their back.

A good seat does not bounce.

It breathes with the movement.

And when the rider stops hitting the horse’s back, something interesting often happens:

Many horses begin to lift their backs on their own.

Many of these problems appear simply because nobody ever explained how the rider’s seat actually works.

In my “Manual for the Young Rider” I explain in a simple way how to develop a seat that helps the horse instead of blocking it.

Isaac Ares