[Encore] Strides Revisited: Applying the Click Your Fingers Rule to Your Riding (Originally Ep #1085)

Update: 2025-11-08

Description

Most riders think they're balanced, until something unexpected happens!
This episode brings you back to one simple, brutally honest test:

If your horse disappeared beneath you right now, would you land on your feet?

That's the Click-Your-Fingers Rule. It's the fastest way to check if you're actually carrying yourself, or letting your horse carry you. This matters because when you rely on your horse for balance, EVERYTHING gets harder. Your transitions are 'less than' great, leg position goes for a ball and the overall communicate between horse and rider breaks down.

But when YOU take responsibility for your position, you immediately become clearer, more stable, and more influential in the saddle.

In this episode, you'll learn:

What the Click-Your-Fingers rule actually means in practice
Why head–shoulder–hip–heel alignment still matters (and where most riders go wrong)
How your seat affects EVERYTHING, including your horse's back
Why relying on the horse for balance blocks progress
How to apply this rule in transitions, jumping, AND hacking

This rule holds up anywhere; walk, trot, canter, transitions, hills, jumps. If you'd land on your feet, you're in business. If not, you've just found your next training focus ;)

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