Richard Shrake’s Resistance Free Teaching Picture
Feel the Golf Ball
Many of the riders I work with at my Resistance Free seminars have really a hard time learning to ride off the ball of their foot when placed in the stirrup.
When you have ridden most of your life with your foot all the way home, jammed in the stirrup, it is truly hard to change. Because many of my students are older, they have been taught in the past to jam their foot all the way into the stirrup.
Because there are so many advantages of riding off the ball of your foot that is a very important part of Resistance Free riding.
Image yourself balancing a golf ball between your stirrup and your foot.
This is an illustration for the rider's foot placement in the stirup. The rider should have the feeling to balance a golf ball between the foot and the stirrup. If the rider puts the foot deep into the stirrup, the golf ball will slip out.
Richard Shrake is an internationally known horseman from Sun River, Oregon. He holds Resistance Free riding seminars on an international level. For a schedule of seminars see his website at: http://www.richardshrake.com/
Illustrations by Suzanne Gysin, a Swiss born illustrator with a strong background in eventing and dressage. You can contact her at: http://suzannegysin.blogspot.com/