How to sit sitting trot better?

You can increase your muscles you often use while riding by standing on a short step with your heeps hanging off and the step on the ball of your foot (where the stirrup would go) and push your heels down as far as you can go, & realease. It may be hard at first.

Also by crossing your feet/legs and squatting you will feel your muscles burn.

You can pretty much come up with excersises to help riding if you wish. The harder and stronger the muscle the mpre easier using them during riding and succeeding in what your doin' !

Also, be sure your stirrups fit your length. Make sure your arm is the length of your stirrups. Youput the top of your moddle finger on the upper half part of the stirrups, stretch it out and the stirrup length should come near your shoulder.

Be sure you have the stirrups on the ball of your feet, and many people teach two different ways, ome say squeeze with your calfs, i use my knees and up. Whatever helps you should do. Remember to keep your hamds low, and your seat balanced. And use whatever helps you sit it better, wether knees, calfs, or even both.

Goodluck to your riding! (:

First, I would walk around with no stirrups and do leg exercises making sure that you are sitting properly. Then pick up the trot, and sit like you would at the walk, DO NOT tense up! Bounce with the trot, and let your legs hang, try to feel the horse and how he moves underneath you. If you need to, hold the pommel of the saddle. Once you have mastered the sitting trot w/out stirrups then you can move on to going with stirrups - which is in actuality much harder - make sure you do the same sort of thing and then start learning to wrap your leg around the horse to get your seat down. Good luck!

You could try holding your reins in one hand, then hold onto the palmel of the saddle with one hand and the back of the saddle with the other, then pull your self down, and lean back.

Or, you could also try bareback, that's what really helped me improve my sitting trot.

Another thing is when you're trotting, keep on repeating in your head 'sit, sit, sit, sit'.

Good luck :)

I had the equal challenge up unless, this week truely! My horses trot is fairly bouncy aswell. Hate to say it however.... NO STIRRUPS. Pass ur stirrups over the horse neck and get clipped onto the lunge line. Maintain on to the front of ur saddle and chill out the reduce again and knee. Lean with your horse as he goes circular. 10 minutes and you are going to be professional trotting very quickly. And as my trainer would say, "I do not wish to SEE ANY SUNSHINE beneath YOUR bottom." excellent good fortune! Beautiful horse btw

When doing sitting trot ride with your reins in one hand. The place the back of your other hand in the small of your back and make sure your back is not hunched. The small should be in front of the shoulders,

This will allow you to feel the movement in your back and working like this will allow you to feel the movement,

ride bareback/ without stirrups. Do not grip too hard, relax your back and upper body. When you trot, your upper body stays upright and does not move, only your bum does, with the movement of the horse

Practice!! The more you do it the better you will get.

Relax your hips and sit deep. You will get the hang of it eventually.

Stirrup-less work and bareback riding could help too.

A couple of things. You could take a couple lounge line lessons, which really help center and strengthen your overall position. Really sink deep in your heels, allowing your heels to absorb the bounce and weight, sinking into your seat, feel your horses rythm and allow your hips to move with it.

Do you have dressage experience? In dressage they teach you how to sit the trot properly and comfortably. Hope this helps(:

try sitting more on your tailbone and (not to sound weird) relax your butt cheeks. Also stretch your held down this will help a lot. Flow with the horses rhythm too.