05/06/2021
You need a solid foundation. Correct balance. And even experienced riders do well to go back to basics now and then. It's not obsolete. Even the champion horse needs the basics done. It builds confidence and so much more! You never stop learning!
When a top athlete in some other sport looks at horseback riding---
(Until they actually get on---)
Quote: "How hard can it be?? The horse does all the work."
Over many decades I have watched countless good skiers, soccer players, football players, you name it athletes, get on and flail and flounder.
More often than not, they don't last long enough to become more at ease, never mind highly competent. Perhaps because of frustration?
In some ways, being too good in another sport may be a handicap, in the sense that those successful people may have a heightened sense of their own proficiency, and get actually angry when they fail to find swift proficiency---???
This can also hold true for adult beginners who have been heads of corporations, lawyers, doctors, well respected professionals---Horses can be mighty humbling---hahahahah