Horse back riding and posting?

Question

ok im going to camp tomarro and i need to know what the word is for bouncing and for just standig up when you trot.

Answer 1

Posting is when you bounce up and off of the saddle on every other beat at the trot.  You should go up as the outside front leg goes forward and you should go down as that leg goes back.

2-point is when you stand up on the horse.  It is so named because there are 2 points of your body touching the horse: the inside of each of your legs.  I'm not sure if you ride english or western...  for western you stand up on the horse but for english it's more of a leaning forward thing and you hold yourself just a little bit off of the saddle.

I wish I could go to a camp like this ;o)

to the below answer...  I apologize if I was told differently than you...  when i was taking beginner lessons some years ago, my instructor told us that it's when only your 2 legs touch the saddle.  I decided to research the issue to see what the internet said on the subject and the wikipedia article on 2-point agrees with my definition.  I'm not saying that's definately right...  i mean I haven't done any in depth research on the origin of the term...  but I do have a source that supports my statement.  Incidentally, I don't understand your definition...  I mean you can always draw a straight line between 2 points of your body and say that they're aligned, but...  at the 2 point, your shoulders are forward and your heels should stay where they were (under the saddle with your feet near the girth).  It seems to me that your shoulders are more aligned with your heals when you are sitting on the horse because then you have a line from your ear to shoulder to hip to heal.  At the 2-point, you have a line going up between your heal and hip and there's a diagonal line from your heal going up your calf to your knee, then to your shoulder.  So I don't really understand the definition that only 2 points of your body are aligned.  There's much more organization at the 2-point and there are more parts of your body aligned than just the 2.

And if we want to argue the other part of the answer...  I know that it's not bouncing and I don't bounce.  But since the question asks about bouncing, I put my answer in the same terms as the question.  Actually, the most simple definition of the posting trot is 'a controlled bounce' because that's what it looks like...  the rider is actually doing a lot more than bouncing, but to the spectator who doesn't know anything about riding, it looks like the person is just bouncing up and down.  Ordinarily, I would not use the word 'bounce' in my explanation of the posting trot, but since the question refered to bouncing I thought it appropriate to use that term.  Besides, I was answering the questioner, not you.

Answer 2

Um, to above poster, thats not why its called two point. Its called two point because there are two points of your body that are aliagned, your shoulders and your heels. Two points. And the posting trot isnt bouncing, its slightly lifting your hips out of the saddle. Dont over do it. You post with the outside leg of the horse.

Answer 3

Hi!

Don't bounce on your horse - they might not like it.  ; )

The posting or rising trot is when you lift yourself slightly out of the saddle as the horse trots to allow him/her to extend themselves and cover more ground.  It's a rhythmic motion that follows the horse's "diagonal" - in other words, you want to rise when the horse's outside shoulder is forward so that you stay balanced with the horse.  A horse with a big stride will push you out of the saddle naturally and you won't have to work very hard at posting.  

It's not as hard as it sounds.

A sitting trot is just that.  You sit to the trot, and the horse has a more collected trot and a shortened stride.  You might feel inclined to "bounce" on a horse with a big stride during the sitting trot, but don't worry, your legs will get stronger every time you ride and soon your butt will stick to the saddle like glue.

Have fun at camp.

Answer 4

I'm not quite sure but you can always visit the web