One of the easiest exercises to practice your balance and lower leg stability is to trot, rising for two beats, sitting for one. It sounds deceptively easy!!
This is also a useful way of passing the time when you’re doing “trot” sets for fitness. You can vary the number of rises but getting into a rhythm makes it harder to “cheat” by gripping during the up phase.
TarrSteps is a Citizen of the World (aka Canadian) currently working with young horses and "problem solving" - for both horse and riders - in the Surrey area. She has dabbled in most horsey disciplines but loves eventing because there is always another question to ask and another answer to find.
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