@Pep: It looks like I missed your post, but I would be more than happy to judge :3
First let me start with what you are doing well, you are doing a great job of keeping your eyes up and looking forward and ahead, so good job! You also did a pretty good job with staying with him over the jump itself and not getting in his way, especially with all the scope he has xD Your leg is also pretty steady.
Now, you could work on bringing your hands closer to your body and closer together. You want to keep a nice bend in your elbows at all times. Also, you are hands are down really low and instead you want to keep your hands above his withers. Basically bring you hands closer together, elbows in, and lift your hands higher up. Next, you are kind of pulling yourself out of the saddle, and I think the cause of that may be not having enough forward pace and impulsion from your horse. You are also jumping ahead of him. Not just getting too much out of the saddle, but you are getting into two point a few steps before the jump. This usually happens when people are just learning how to jump, so it's pretty common. No need to beat yourself up about that yet. To fix this just think about waiting with your upper body until you feel your horse lift his front legs up. Then you can simply bend at the hips, and not jump "for" your horse. Sometimes when riders see a distance they feel the need to really throw themselves up their horses neck and basically jump for their horse. This messes up your balance more then it does theirs. Just think to yourself "Sit up and sit back" and wait for your horse to jump. Then once you have all of this down you can focus on your release. You want to move your hands up your horses neck a few seconds before you get into two point, to allow them to use their neck effectively.
Just don't be too hard on yourself, because you are doing a very good job and don't let anyone tell you differently! I think if you can fix those over time that you should be looking very very good (: Overall, good job. I look forward to seeing more videos of you guys!
@Toppy: *sigh* Yes, sadly, around where I live everything seems to be more expensive /: That is the one thing I hate. I wish my lessons, lease, and shows were cheaper. That is so great that it's only $150 for you. I think my parents would be jumping up and down if we only had to pay that much, compared to what we pay now xD Actually, I think it only costs $35 for me to hack too. Honestly, I didn't even know you had to pay to hack, but that's probably because I have never done it, other than with my lease which it is free with.
Oh and yes, I can definitely make the font bigger. Sorry about that. I make it small just so my posts don't seem as long, but I don't think that helps much xD My posts are always novels lol. Yeah I am really sorry once again <3
First let me start with what you are doing well, you are doing a great job of keeping your eyes up and looking forward and ahead, so good job! You also did a pretty good job with staying with him over the jump itself and not getting in his way, especially with all the scope he has xD Your leg is also pretty steady.
Now, you could work on bringing your hands closer to your body and closer together. You want to keep a nice bend in your elbows at all times. Also, you are hands are down really low and instead you want to keep your hands above his withers. Basically bring you hands closer together, elbows in, and lift your hands higher up. Next, you are kind of pulling yourself out of the saddle, and I think the cause of that may be not having enough forward pace and impulsion from your horse. You are also jumping ahead of him. Not just getting too much out of the saddle, but you are getting into two point a few steps before the jump. This usually happens when people are just learning how to jump, so it's pretty common. No need to beat yourself up about that yet. To fix this just think about waiting with your upper body until you feel your horse lift his front legs up. Then you can simply bend at the hips, and not jump "for" your horse. Sometimes when riders see a distance they feel the need to really throw themselves up their horses neck and basically jump for their horse. This messes up your balance more then it does theirs. Just think to yourself "Sit up and sit back" and wait for your horse to jump. Then once you have all of this down you can focus on your release. You want to move your hands up your horses neck a few seconds before you get into two point, to allow them to use their neck effectively.
Just don't be too hard on yourself, because you are doing a very good job and don't let anyone tell you differently! I think if you can fix those over time that you should be looking very very good (: Overall, good job. I look forward to seeing more videos of you guys!
@Toppy: *sigh* Yes, sadly, around where I live everything seems to be more expensive /: That is the one thing I hate. I wish my lessons, lease, and shows were cheaper. That is so great that it's only $150 for you. I think my parents would be jumping up and down if we only had to pay that much, compared to what we pay now xD Actually, I think it only costs $35 for me to hack too. Honestly, I didn't even know you had to pay to hack, but that's probably because I have never done it, other than with my lease which it is free with.
Oh and yes, I can definitely make the font bigger. Sorry about that. I make it small just so my posts don't seem as long, but I don't think that helps much xD My posts are always novels lol. Yeah I am really sorry once again <3
