Sit Deep in The Saddle
September 5, 2009 by Jean
Filed under Show Ring Tips
Have you been told to sit deep in the saddle and try as you might you can’t figure out what they mean? <--more--> I have! So this week when my trainer told me to sit deep in the saddle and I felt like I was dropping my butt down as deep as I could…I asked the question.
Now just what do you mean when you say sit deep in the saddle? How do I do that?
His answer; when you bring your shoulders back it automatically puts your butt deeper in your saddle. Well you know I had never thought of it like that. So I tried it! And it worked.
Sometimes we just need to hear things in a new way for them to sink in.
It is so true that you just need to hear things in a new way. One thing that helped me to sit deeper in the saddle was to keep your chin behind your belt buckle. Sometimes by just pulling your shoulders back you will inadvertently stick your chin out.