It made such a difference to have many eyes on me as a rider, and to have many opinions from riders of Magic as a horse.
It was very good to teach people who already have had a taste of it and understand the style of coaching. And very rewarding as coach and as rider.
So, my coaching notes are hand written, but the stuff I need for riding is, in a random form, as follows:
* Canter - imagine rolling the ball back to slow it. Suction the horse up on the "up" part of his stride.
* Seat bones - duck paddle - legs go back to push the duck forward - grinding seat bones forward will have reverse effect on horse.
* Lazy horses - sling shot and buffer like MAD, feel at back of saddle
* Wizzy horses - push up to plate but keep buffering thighs until can match forces, then need to stay back as well.
*Then to collect, need to be forward again!
* Paradox of up/down = plunger down, yet lightly sat, hung in harness. Imagine sink plunger sucking up without lifting.
* Thigh acting as level lifts back
* Internal forces (through isometric muscle use) need to match the forces the horse generates in order to ride effectively and influence horse successfully with out resorting to hands. Hence harder on Magic as harder to match his forces (they are biiiiig).
*Paradox of narrow/wide - narrow in, blob on and resist in to "catch" horse, then resist out so you can "pull" the back up with you. Both resistances at the same time.
*Moment limb foot leaves ground is last moment you can really influence it (try avoiding something you don't want to tread on at last minute - tricky). Once in flight, too late to change path.
* Magic has no stuffing in his right side, yet every other horse I've ridden falls out with me to the right! The Narrow/wide paradox!
My Lesson on Golly
* To get strength in core at top - bulldog clip just under bra level - I've got to push core to try to "ping" bulldog clip off, this stops my wiggle in middle.
* Knees must push against resistance.
*He stays light as long as I have both, if either collapse then he hangs his head on my hands
* MUST have boards to keep him straight (not falling out) and to steer like a bus
*MUST have outside seat bone back and in to ditto
My Lesson on Bella
* Continued practicing on my learnings from Golly. Boards does steering, and sling shot does engaging a backwards horse.
* Imagine rolling the ball to get the canter on round wheels
* Bulldog clip and boards x double effort for light transitions
* Really really felt the suckering up the back on her when I got it right.
My diagnostic session on Astro
* Get forward, then get turning like a bus to avoid his drift out to the right.
* Boards to stop his drift
* Sling shot to get him forward
* Still not quite right. Till I realise I am twisting my body to do boards and seat bones in.... and I need to SHEAR the boards.
* And then it all slotted together!
My Ride on Magic, post-Mary
* I need to keep his right side stuffed.
* So, the background is, bulldog clip, sling shot, buffers and boards.
* Then the foreground is boards (paradox again!)
- Stuff my right board
- Narrow right seat bone
- narrow board at diaphragm tendon, so amount of body on R of tendon is bigger
- Don't fall off right side, no matter how much he tries to slope me off
* Keep left board on, but focus on right board in chunks.
* Turn like a bus, keep right side - easier on right rein with R side as inside.
* KEEP HIS RIGHT SIDE STUFFED!!!
My Lesson on Whitaker
* Focused on boards. Got confused as all horses drift out to right with me (except M)....
* I need to "stuff" my left board on any that drift right, to keep their left side stuffed. (less important than shearing)
* I need to keep right board on to block right.
* I then need to SHEAR the BOARDS to turn like a bus/keep straight/avoid falling in/out.
* Shear needs to be shear, not twist from left shoulder!
* Narrow seat bones and wide seat (tochanters) with long flat underneath.
* Sling shot as lazy horse
* Then the lad went straight and forward and stretched, whooo hooo!
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Phew, and that IS the very brief version, honest! Its blown my mind how easy this riding lark is on such a variety of horses when you line yourself up right. Madness! Why have I struggled for 30 years??!
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