| Horse Riding has become a very popular sport. It is fun | | | | ride. So many competitive riders I speak to wish they |
| and a great exercise and great for kids and adults to | | | | had been taught from the beginning about their |
| socialize. It can also be very dangerous if not | | | | muscles and movement patterns. |
| respected. I am an instructor and a horse trainer. I love | | | | Old habits are hard to break so learn good habits as |
| the sport but understand the risk. I strongly advise | | | | you learn to ride. Prepare your body for the task |
| following the advise of an expert to learn to ride. | | | | ahead and make it easy to learn to ride and each |
| If you don't own a horse learning and practicing your | | | | horseback riding lesson will be a pleasure not a pain. |
| riding will become very expensive. We are lucky here | | | | Horseback Riding Lessons Where To Start? |
| in South Australia we have many horses and ponies | | | | Do a local, word of mouth, search in your area and |
| that are borrowed lent, bought and sold on that just | | | | choose an instructor that is well respected. Some riding |
| teach people to ride. | | | | instructors don't supply the horse so you will need to |
| Horseback Riding Lessons Where To Start? | | | | be specific. If you havent got your own horse then at |
| There is great deal a horse rider can learn from | | | | least try and suggest riding the same horse each |
| reading and understanding the horse riding skills, before | | | | horseback riding lesson to get used to one while you |
| even learning to ride. | | | | are learning. |
| Learning about the horse riding muscles and postures | | | | I am sure whatever horse you learn on it will be quiet. |
| and movement patterns will teach a new rider how to | | | | Horseback Riding Lessons Where To Start? |
| use their body well before needing to applying these | | | | I recommend the Applied Posture Riding program for |
| patterns. Very few horseback riders learn about their | | | | all new riders to read and follow before you start |
| own posture and use of muscles at all. Many of these | | | | riding. Training the horse riding muscles specific for |
| horseback riders develop bad habits and poor | | | | horse riding while you are learning is such an |
| application of aids. This results in poor riding skills. | | | | advantage. I teach all my pupils to follow this program |
| These are the riders who think they do know how to | | | | as well. |