Rider Balance
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5 Videos to Watch for Better Balance
Learn to keep you and your horse balanced with instruction from Dressage Today OnDemand trainers.

Instruction
Secure the Seat for Better Balance
Equestrian biomechanics expert Susanne von Dietze offers an effective tool to help a rider improve her balance.

Instruction
Connect with Your Horse’s Rhythm
Try these unmounted exercises to help find balance and mobilize your hips.

Theory
Dressage Solutions: To Maintain Your Balance
Try this tip from Laura Tomlinson.

Theory
Dressage Solutions: Find Correct Balance
Try this tip from Heather Blitz.

Instruction
Refine Horse and Rider Balance to Correctly Channel Energy
Equestrian biomechanics expert Susanne von Dietze critiques a Second-Level combination and suggests exercises to improve balance and prevent leaning.

Instruction
Training the Happy Dressage Athlete with JJ Tate
How to develop your dressage horse by teaching him to love learning

Instruction
Developing Balance and Symmetry in the Dressage Horse and Rider
Lauren Sammis explains how constant awareness of your position in relation to your horse’s body is the key to proper riding.

Instruction
Examine Rider Body Balance During Extension and Collection
Biomechanics expert Susanne von Dietze critiques a Fourth Level combination.

Horse Care
How Studying Biomechanics Enhances Your Dressage Training
The study of biomechanics provides the basis for understanding multiple facets of dressage.