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Has my jumping improved?

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Hey so here is a picture of how I use to jump to a more updated one.
older one.

Newer one.
 
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i honestly think the first one is better. in the first one your overall form is correct, your legs has just slipped back a lot, tipping your body a bit forward. in the second picture you are standing up and leaning over the horses neck jumping for him instead of letting him come to you. not only is that incorrect, but as you start to jump higher it could cause problems because it makes the horse lean on his forehand thus making it harder for him to get himself over the jump and causing him to jump flat.

ideally, when you jump, you should let your knee and hip angles close, not open. to do this you need to only let your body come out of the saddle a little bit allowing your weight to remain centered by letting your butt slide to the back of the saddle.
 
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i honestly think the first one is better. in the first one your overall form is correct, your legs has just slipped back a lot, tipping your body a bit forward. in the second picture you are standing up and leaning over the horses neck jumping for him instead of letting him come to you. not only is that incorrect, but as you start to jump higher it could cause problems because it makes the horse lean on his forehand thus making it harder for him to get himself over the jump and causing him to jump flat.

ideally, when you jump, you should let your knee and hip angles close, not open. to do this you need to only let your body come out of the saddle a little bit allowing your weight to remain centered by letting your butt slide to the back of the saddle.

I Agree
 
#11 ·
I am going to have to disagree with everyone and say the second one is better. Your leg is much better in the second one and yes there's a little too much air between you and the saddle but there's also air in the first one. In the first picture you are literally laying on the horse's neck. The jump is very small, that position would be better if it was say a 4ft jump. When you jump, you should let the horse come up to you and close the hip angle not you go down to him. Your upper body really should not move, all you should really be doing is releasing and sinking down into the saddle. The second picture is much better because you let the horse close the angle. Only flaw in the second picture is that you are standing up in the stirrups instead of sinking down into your heals. The third picture is even better but you till need to put your heals down more and keep your crotch in the saddle.
 
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