I mean there are professional jockeys and show riders who must be doing *something* at a very high level, but I honestly don’t understand what. Like if I’m riding a horse that’s jumping over a fence, isn’t that all the horse? And I just need to not fall off?
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When you simplify anything down that far it’s going to sound ridiculously easy. All bull riders need to do is not fall off.
You are using your body not only to not fall off, but to communicate with the horse. You’re communicating the direction the horse is going, what speed they need to go, how they should hold their neck, how curved their body should be, how long a stride they should take, etc. And all of this so being done via shifts in your weight, subtle movements of the rein, and leg position and pressure.
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