Do you know the dreadful feeling when you make a mistake, lose your balance, get startled, and your horse’s mouth pays the price?
Or the frustration of wanting to have steady contact to help your horse stay on the aids, and advance your riding, but you just can’t seem to keep your hands still?
The solution for better contact, and quieter hands is not trying to hold your hands still. Unfortunately, when you ride, your body is still moving, so the more you try to “make” your hands be still, the more likely they are to bounce around.
Instead, good contact comes from all over good riding and body connection.
The key is often to release tension from your arms and hands so they can move more freely – following the horse and creating that neutral following hand.
In this video, I will give you three exercises to do just this, so you can have quieter hands and better contact!
