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“Heels Down!” Alarm for Horseback Riders teaches proper foot position
It’s a fact – keeping your heels level or toes up is required for a safe, correct seat on a horse! Even if you don’t have a riding instructor, the Heel Trainers will help you develop proper muscle memory to keep your feet correct. Poor foot positioning changes your weight distribution and will affect your horse’s balance and movement; or worse, your foot can slide through the stirrup and lead to a dangerous situation. We’ve all seen cowboy movies where someone gets hung up in a stirrup!
Everyday movements become automatic with muscle memory and improve with practice, such as riding a bicycle, typing, and of course, riding a horse!
By repeating the same movement every time, your body will eventually “learn” it. Sounds easy, right? How many of us still have to work hard at keeping our heels down, even after years of riding and expensive lessons? Do you have difficulty knowing when your heels are in the proper position, or one heel that constantly creeps up more than the other? You are not alone!
How does the Heel Trainer Work?
- When the rider’s heel moves up too far, each unit will alert with an audible tone until the rider corrects it! Patented technology helps you build muscle memory to help your riding improve to the next level – without your instructor constantly “nagging” you!
How will the Heel Trainer help me?
- Security – A correctly positioned heel will distribute the rider’s weight “deeper” into the saddle; keeping the rider stable when the horse moves suddenly or unexpectedly.
- Lessons – As an instructor, you can focus on riding techniques because your students can self-correct the popular problem of foot position.
- Even Legs – Lesson student or show rider – we all want the judge or instructor to see our leg in the correct position. Focusing on one leg can actually pull the other leg up and unbalance the rider.
Benefits of the Heel Trainer
Has this happened to you? Avoid problems by practicing with the Heel Trainers!
Your student is learning to post. Trotting along, the lesson horse does a sudden crowhop. Do your student’s heels come up and he flops forward on the horse’s neck; or worse – falls off? Or does his solid foot position anchor his body position so he is able to correct the horse and maintain forward motion?
Your beginner daughter is along on a trail ride. A strange object blows across the path and her horse leaps to the side. Her heels come up, her hands go up, her foot slides through the stirrup and the horse steps out from under her. Or – do her heels stay down, her weight stays stable and she safely rides out the spook?
You’ve practiced long difficult hours in the saddle with an expensive trainer. Yesterday at the dressage show, your scores were disappointing. While unsaddling, you overhear across the aisle, “Such a shame, but I saw her heels move up during transitions and it threw her whole leg and body out of position.” You wonder – “Should I have practiced with the Heel Trainers?”