So I have a HORRIBLE habit of looking down at the inside of my horses nose or at the barrel. Like if I consciously think about looking where I'm going when I'm slow it's fine but the second I think about anything else I'm looking down that inside front shoulder at the barrel or at the nose. Any tips?
Keep practicing looking forward, in time it'll become muscle memory and you won't have to think so much about it anymore. I still have to have friends on the fence yell "look" for me. Have some friends do the same. Some runs idk what id do without them at the fence reminding me how to ride and what all i need to do lol
Keep practicing looking forward, in time it'll become muscle memory and you won't have to think so much about it anymore. I still have to have friends on the fence yell "look" for me. Have some friends do the same. Some runs idk what id do without them at the fence reminding me how to ride and what all i need to do lol
I ride so much better when I have friends or my daughter yelling at me.....you would think I would know how to ride my own horse. HAHA!!
When my mom was doing clinics in her NFR days she would always take a pair of Bell boots, velcro them together and put it around a persons neck who had the habit of looking down.. SOme of her high school aged students would actually put them on at the rodeos as a reminder! Another thing she would do, for people who were to heavy handed and yanking on their horses faces was to put rubber bands between the bit and reins. The bands were thick enough that when you needed to stop you could pull and be ok, but sure makes you think about yanking on your horses face!
You know I was always told to look up! but not anymore. It depends on the horse. If you look at the barrel you can determine if getting too close or if you need to help them to get off it leaving. There are a few girls at the nfr, if you watch them closely they are looking right at the barrel and making adjustments as they are going around.
And also I audited Fallon's clinic and she was talking bout looking at the barrel. There was one girl that was always hitting the1st barrel as she was leaving it, and she made this one adjustment and she didn't hit it. So that what got me to looking at other pros on what they do.
Coming out of a barrel, I will look at the fence for about 1-2 strides then I look at my pocket. If I look up at the fence, my body posture opens up and encourages forward movement.
Look up!
SOme of her high school aged students would actually put them on at the rodeos as a reminder! Another thing she would do, for people who were to heavy handed and yanking on their horses faces was to put rubber bands between the bit and reins. The bands were thick enough that when you needed to stop you could pull and be ok, but sure makes you think about yanking on your horses face!