Keep loosing my stirrups!?

I think you are on your way to becomming a good rider because you already know how to analyze your faults and look for solutions. You answered your own question: if you grip tightly with your knees, it draws your legs up and you don't have enough weight in the stirrups.

You don't want your legs just hanging like wet noodles, you do have to grip somewhat. Try this exercise the next time you are just walking on a calm horse. First, I want you to grip as hard as you can with the muscles that run down the INSIDE of your thighs and knee. Notice how this actually makes you LESS secure in the saddle because your heels come up, you don't have enough weight in the saddle, and your seat is less secure. Now, relax your legs and try to grip with the muscles running down the OUTSIDE of your thigh. This is harder to do- it's hard to find those muscles. You might want to place your hand on the outside of your thigh to feel those muscles tighten. Using your OUTSIDE thigh muscles to lightly grip the horse will actually make your legs longer, put more weight in your stirrups, and keep you from being to tight with your knees.

If you are only losing one stirrups, that's because nearly everyone is naturally crooked- that is, we are stronger on one side of our bodies than the other. Have somebody stand behind you while you ride away from them and they can tell you if you are sitting off-center in the saddle, leaning over to the side, or otherwise crooked. Even if you are sitting straight, you may be gripping more with your stronger leg than your weaker one. Sitting straight and using muscles evenly is something we all need to work on.

No issues! This is an overly normal trouble and can also be constant with train! Your trainer must have spotted and informed you why and the best way to repair even though? But the motive youre wasting them is your heels are going up while you ask the pony to head ahead. Think approximately it, while your feet cross down your stirrup slides off. Do you employ a using crop/whip, if that is so, while requesting the canter supply a sqeeze along with your calf and if the pony nonetheless does not opt for it up use the crop as though it had been your leg, proper in the back of it. If you should not have a crop, see in case your trainer will placed you at the lunge line and they may be able to get the pony to canter, you simply awareness on preserving your heels down and discovering the rhythm! Rhythm is essential to using! Hope I helped!

Hi

I also used to lose my stirrups. These days my horse can do what it likes but my stirrups stay put. The secret is in the seat - if you grip with any part of your leg, your stirrups will slip. So how do you stay on? Well, you have to try and sit deep and lean back. Sometimes it feels as if you are leaning back but you are actually just sitting up straight.

I found it very helpful (but mega-boring for young people) to just sit on my horse while she is grazing. The sudden little movements a grazing horse makes teaches you balance. You should also ride without stirrups and concentrate on not gripping with your legs.