Friday, September 10, 2021
Whoever hasn't dreamed of being a (or even the) best rider should cast the first stone!
At Seaver, we work to improve the health and performance of horses. But being a good rider is all about learning more and training more!
We give you 30 easy tips for becoming a better rider, so you can reach your goals.
1: Tidy up your upholstery every month
2. Clean out all his belongings at least once a year
3. Do your leathers more often
4. Practice another sport in addition to riding (swimming, jogging, volleyball, really anything you like!).
5. Make yourself more flexible to better accompany your horse(take up yoga, stretch more often...)
6. Stand up straighter every day to strengthen your back muscles and improve your posture!
7. Watch seminars, conferences, youtube videos, in short, learn from the best.
8. Revise your theory!
9. Work on your cardio
10. Locate the exercises to be reproduced astride the Seaver application
11. Listen to riding podcasts
12. Establish a routine with your horse
13. Ride several horses to avoid faults
14. Prepare your sessions in advance
15. Work on foot to learn codes that can be reproduced on horseback
16. Give yourself quantifiable objectives
17. Analyze your horse's progress after the session using the Seaver application to identify areas for improvement.
18. Observe it to understand it better
19. Take care of him to strengthen your bond
20. Learn to be patient and take small steps forward... Rome wasn't built in a day!
21. Focus on your faults
22. Think horse, are your requests clear enough?
23. Don't ask for exercises that are too difficult for your horse
24. Try to get yourself filmed so that you can see your mistakes for yourself.
25. Don't be too hard on yourself, there are good days, and there are bad days....
26. Have fun! And remember why you ride....
27. Concentrate on your sensations: is my horse engaging his hindquarters sufficiently and is he raising his back?
28. Get framed
29. Ride in different work areas: riding school, quarry, outdoor...
30. Monitor your performance with the Seaver application
And now you have all the keys you need to progress and become a better rider. This involves setting goals and analyzing your performance. With this in mind, Seaver has created a free application that allows you to track your progress session by session, even without equipment. And if you want to take your progress even further, then equip yourself with CEEFIT or CEEFIT + CEEFIT Pulse & ECG to analyze every piece of data precisely!
What routine have you put in place to make progress? What tips do you already use?