Horseback Riding Research Paper

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“Horseback riding is not difficult! All you really have to do is sit there and look pretty.” Anybody who dares to say this should be prepared to face the consequences. Horseback riding is not easy in any way. You have to learn to use muscles that you don’t normally use and having to teach yourself how to communicate with the horse using only your legs- sometimes your voice, but rarely. I’m pushing through those barriers, however, and will continue to progress through the field and grow as a rider and a person. As I said before horseback riding, especially English, is not a walk a in the park. My first lesson wasn’t so bad. Usually before you can start actually riding you need to learn the basics. In this case that is posting- you move your butt and hips up in the air and down again in a one, two rhythm. It’s fairly easy to pick posting up which seems to be the reason why so many believe riding is easy. It isn’t until you move onto cantering and jumping that the lessons become trickier. As I continued to progress I began to realize …show more content…

I’ve learned quite a bit. For example, I have learned to turn the horse without the use of the reins. It took forever to figure that one out. Additionally, I am finally able to jump three feet with a pony that is three feet himself. I can canter, or run, with horse and not find myself bouncing up and down like a rocket ship each time- it is all in the hips, I realized! That and you have to push your heel down and up while you are cantering because it absorbs the shock and pushes your hip in a circular movement. Not only have I learned how to ride a horse better but I’m also learning how to care for the animals as well. I can tack them up and lead them. I learned that washing them is almost as if you were washing a car. Just last week I started learning more about their

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