Centaured Sport

I often find I have a few minutes in between sessions to use Teazle to improve me. Today I used the Franklin ball to help me identify any issues I have riding 20m circles.
Today session is inspired by Company's (my baby pony) struggle with circles. So it is important that I can ride them correctly to help him.
20m circles require a rider to be consistent on the bend.
... The seat needs to swing with the stride and not collapse to either the inside.
The inside hip needs to come slightly forwards so the inside leg can sit on the girth to create the bend.
The inside thigh needs to open to let the knee point in the direction of the circle. To me it feels like I take knee slightly away from the knee roll. Today this is what I struggled with on the right rein and I had to focus on releasing the knee outwards.
As the inside hip comes forward the outside leg naturally comes slightly back which positions your leg in the correct place should the horses hindend swing out.
The upper body should rotate so the belly button points towards the inside of the circle. To focus this I held my hands on my belly button. NB to the right I turn my head far too far to the inside, which give me the impression I have inward bend, but it's a false impression.
The video is me doing 20 strides to the left, change of rein 3 strides to the right rein for 20 strides.
Would you know how many strides it take you to ride a 20 meter circle because that's how many strides you have to control your bend.
Please excuse the shorts, I'm not riding real ponies today so I'm taking the chance to get the sun on my legs, sorry.
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My beautiful boy 'Company' is now 4yrs and ready to start a bit of grown up work.
Here's the first page in his performance journal.
This is an exercise he did on the lunge for me to get an overview of his supple and stiff rein. It was just done in walk as he's not fit, and it needs to be simple so he could understand the task so he could improve if he could.
... At the bottom I've written a schooling plan to help remind me how to help him.
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📆Friday July 5th & 19th 📆Friday August 2nd & 16th
... Hire of the small school is £10 per horse for upto an hour. ⏰
Please leave a comment below👇 if you're interested, and what time/ day you're available
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👍 for pink 😂 for blue
... vote now as I'd like to get it down.
If anyone would like a few mats, they'd be great for doing pilates on down the yard. (not suitable as stable flooring)
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***Caroline's journey so far.***
Caroline original came for a balance assessment in 2015 prior to get back into riding after a break. At this point she was looking for a new horse to do Trec on.
The issues we deal with are mainly stiff hips that aren't predisposed to moving fluidly with the horses stride.
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