Secure Seat
The Art of Staying on Your Horse and Learning Feel
by Jan Dawson
with Carole Chiles Fuller
(2004)
A Note to Instructors
Introduction .................................................... 1
Introduction to Secure Seat ................................. 1
1. Why Riders Need a Secure Seat: The Nature of the Horse ... 2
2. How to Use This Book ..................................... 3
3. The Secure Seat Approach ................................. 4
4. Breaking Old Habits ...................................... 5
5. Before You Begin -- The Physical Need .................... 6
Part I: Bare-Bones Basics
6. Before Mounting .......................................... 7
7. Mounting ................................................. 11
8. Developing the Secure Seat ............................... 13
9. Lower Your Center of Gravity ............................. 18
10.Unlocking the Lower Back ................................. 21
11.Teaching the Leg To Be an Anchor Not a Buoy .............. 23
Part II. Work at the Trot
12.Posting Trot ............................................. 25
13.Standing at the Trot ..................................... 29
14.Moving With the Horse at the Trot ........................ 31
15.Sitting the Trot ......................................... 33
16.Stabilizing the Leg ...................................... 35
Part III: Beyond the Trot
17.Cavaletti, the Next Step ................................. 37
18.Crossing the Pole ........................................ 41
19.Cantering ................................................ 43
Appendix A
The Hard-line, Boldface, Black-letter Safety Rules .......... 47
Appendix B
The School Figures .......................................... 57
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