Become a riding position expert

Become a riding position expert!

Online training

Understand the logic behind posture, seat, and riding technique based on insight and structure. You’ll discover how small adjustments in the rider can lead to major changes. Clear, practical instruction that truly resonates with your riders.

Logic, insight, and practical knowledge

You really don’t need to be a fitness coach or a biomechanic to help your riders improve their posture and seat.
This online training isn’t about complicated theories or vague terminology, it’s about logic, insight, and practical knowledge.
You’ll learn to think in terms of cause and effect:
How does the horse move? How does the rider move? And more importantly, how do they influence each other, and how can you guide that interaction in a positive way?

Teach SMART!

You will learn

👩‍🎓 Module: Didactics

As an instructor, you don’t just give directions, you guide a rider in their personal development. That requires more than just technical knowledge about posture, seat, and riding skills. It means truly seeing who is in the saddle.

In this module, we cover:

How to recognize the rider’s stage of development and adapt your approach accordingly
How to identify and use the rider’s learning style to teach more effectively
How the learning process leads to lasting progress
How to choose the right communication style, depending on level and situation

📌 When you learn to respond to the person instead of just the technique, you truly make a difference as an instructor.

🧘‍♀️ Module: Functional posture

Every instructor can describe what the ideal posture and seat should look like. As an instructor, you often see it happen: while standing still, riders can still fit into that “perfect picture,” but once the horse starts moving, it all falls apart.

In riding lessons, most of the focus tends to go to the horse’s movement not the rider’s. Seat and posture instructions often boil down to “heels down, toes in, sit up straight.” That may work for some riders, but others keep struggling, no matter how hard they try.
Why does it seem effortless for one rider, while another keeps hitting a wall?

The answer often lies in how a rider moves. Not everyone has the same body, build, or movement patterns. So there’s no one-size-fits-all solution.
As an instructor, it’s essential to look beyond the “ideal” image and focus on what a functional posture looks like for each individual rider.

🌀 Module: Move to sit still

As an instructor, you see it happen: riders who appear well-balanced while the horse is standing still, but completely lose that balance once the horse starts to move.
What changes in that moment? The horse’s movement. And if the rider isn’t able to follow that movement properly, maintaining a stable and functional seat becomes nearly impossible.

A functional seat is therefore inseparably linked to the ability to follow the horse’s motion.

Still, many riders simply get on and start riding, without any real awareness of what’s happening in the horse’s body at the walk, trot, or canter — let alone how to respond effectively as a rider.

In this module, you’ll learn, as an instructor, how the horse moves in the three basic gaits, and how to help your riders recognize and follow that movement.
Because only when a rider understands what’s happening underneath them, can they begin to move along consciously with balance, coordination, and feel.

✅ Module: Riding technique

In the previous modules, you learned how to guide a rider toward a functional seat and the ability to follow the horse’s movement, an essential foundation!

In this module, we build on that. We’ll explore how the seat, leg, and rein aids can be used effectively in turns and lateral movements. Not as separate or conflicting signals, but as clear communication with the horse without noise. No more just “doing something” with the aids, but riding with intention and logic: riding with a plan, not by chance.

In practice, as instructors, we often give cues as if we’re on the horse ourselves: “more inside leg,” “relax your inside hand” aiming to improve the horse’s way of going. But when a rider trains at home without guidance, these cues become meaningless if they don’t understand why they’re using a certain aid.
A rider who understands the why behind the aid can think independently and make purposeful corrections.

The result?

📈 Grow as an instructor, gain knowledge, confidence, and effectiveness. Deliver structured, results-driven lessons that truly help your riders improve their posture and seat!