From the moment a horse rider starts riding, they soon find out that balance is probably the No. 1 thing the horse rider has to concentrate on. From day one it’s “good balance = staying on” and “bad balance is on the ground”! But good horse rider balance and co-ordination gets more and more important when the tasks become difficult. The eventer needs incredible balance to get through the water course, the dressage rider is thinking about “forward-back balance” – that is, if

So simple: The more your toes turn out the more you lean forward. Don't believe me? Try this simple test.... Stand up and turn your feet out and feel what happens to your tail bone…it goes backwards. Tail bone goes back, your shoulders go forward. Get your feet straight! It will improve every part of your posture, balance and co-ordination. And if you think you can’t re-train your feet to be straight – just think of the training a ballet dancer goes to turn them out…if they

Athletes often hear “you have one shoulder higher”, or “drop your left shoulder“…but shoulders are so hard to MEASURE, and hard to feel and improve. However…much easier is the ELBOWS. Instead of trying to figure out what the shoulders are doing….your elbows are WAY EASIER to feel. Just rub your elbows up against your waist and you’ll soon see if one is lower than the other. And of course if one elbow is more forward…that hand is more forward, putting a ‘twist’ through the s