How to Ride the Sitting Trot without Bouncing

The sitting trot is one of those gaits that most of us want to improve. To sit the trot smoothly and comfortably takes a combination of balance, stability, and fluid movement.

The Sitting Trot

When I ride and when I teach riding, I am always looking for what really makes the difference in learning a new skill. Whether it a descriptive word or an analogy that creates a new understanding, or an exercise that helps create the right feeling. Many times, in the process of searching for a better way, I realize that what I was doing really didn't work all that well. This is what happened with the sitting trot.

When I was introduced to a new way of not only riding the sitting trot, but also a new way of describing how to sit the trot, not only did my own riding improve, but I was also able to do a better job helping my riding students improve their trot.

It was a simple shift from thinking about absorbing the movement of the sitting trot to going with the movement of the sitting trot. I explain what I mean by this in today's video, as well as share a simple exercise to help your own riding.

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