Riding Video, October 2008

[glenatron]

The weekend before last we borrowed a video camera and took a bit of film of one another with our horses in the school. This is a brief edit from mine- it was kind of an average session, not amazing but not terrible either, so it's actually quite representative of where we are right now - starting to get some good vertical flexion, starting to get a bit of canter, me starting to get a better position but still forgetting about it from time to time. Lots of starts there. Hopefully it will be a good marker to compare with in future.

One thing I'm really conscious of after watching it is that my hands are way forward- I may as well just hang onto his ears for steering. Also in the little bit of groundwork at the start there, it's clear how lame I still am.

Double highscore to the first person to recognise both tunes.

Comments

[life-of-tom.livejournal.com]

Well, I know the music, since you told me what it was whilst you were picking it. It all looks rather accomplished to me, though of course I've never got further than 'dig your heels in a bit to make them trot for about ten seconds, then wonder if you're hurting them and stop,' so I'm not much of a judge. I'd imagine this works a bit like recording your playing, though- you find yourself noticing all these tiny little imperfections that weren't apparent at the time, or to anyone around you...

[glenatron.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I know how good I should be and although I doubt I'll ever be able to ride that well, it still seems as though I should somehow...