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Here I Am Reg. May 2008	Posted 2018-08-06 9:53 AM Subject: Leg cues
Member Posts: 32 Location: Kaufman, TX	My horse is very responsive to leg cues. My left leg is not as strong as my right and in a competition run I get sloppy and do not cue with my legs going to the right. In a competition run how do you maintain your leg cues throughout the run. Do I need to strengthen my core and my legs or MY MIND!!! Thank you for your response.
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RedHead84 Reg. Dec 2014	Posted 2018-08-06 11:10 AM Subject: RE: Leg cues
Elite Veteran Posts: 889	Make sure you are doing your leg cues in your slow work. Repetition. Practice perfect. It needs to become habit.
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BarrelRacing4Christ Reg. Sep 2010	Posted 2018-08-06 8:15 PM Subject: RE: Leg cues
Ms. Marine Posts: 4627 Location: Texas	Perfect practice makes perfect performance. Repetition will create muscle memory, so make sure you're doing it the exact same way every single time during your slow work, and you'll do it during your competition runs without even thinking about it. Improving your own physical and mental strength will help also.
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clampitt Reg. Feb 2006	Posted 2018-08-07 6:49 AM Subject: RE: Leg cues
Elite Veteran Posts: 966 Location: Loco,Ok	Your stirrups may be a bit to long. I ride every horse with my feet and legs. I had to take my stirrup up a little.
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OhMax Reg. Feb 2013	Posted 2018-08-07 7:02 AM Subject: RE: Leg cues
Married to a Louie Lover Posts: 3303	Ditto to everything said. I also took my stirrups up a hole recently and it made a huge difference in my ability to use my legs more effectively and really ride. Somewhere along the way this whole super long stirrup habit became in vogue...
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casualdust07 Reg. Mar 2005	Posted 2018-08-07 3:55 PM Subject: RE: Leg cues
You get what you give Posts: 13030 Location: Texas	It's all muscle memory. I am not consciously thinking about moving specific parts of my body during the run. I am in slow work.. I just can't slow down time to think like that during the run. When I watch my videos I'm obviously cueing with my legs and hands but its all just from muscle memory. IDK how to consciously control that at a run.
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cindyt Reg. Dec 2003	Posted 2018-08-09 2:26 PM Subject: RE: Leg cues
Ms Bling Bling Sleeze Kitty Posts: 20904 Location: LouLouVille, OK	All I can say is ditto to everything above... I took a 14 yr break from running and it took me awhile to get back to even being close to having my timing and balance and allllll that comes with it... video's help a great deal so you can see what you are doing as well! Keep on Keepin on!
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