SteadyHands is based on resistance training principles. As a rider, like any athlete, you have to engage the right muscles in order to perform. By providing immediate kinesthetic feedback, SteadyHands helps you to understand how to engage your upper and lower arms, as well as how to align your wrists and fingers. Thanks to that same feedback, repeated use builds new neural pathways quicker than without SteadyHands.

Riders from beginner level all the way to Grand Prix have told us that they feel that SteadyHands has been a great training tool for them.

Beginners will get to experience what constitutes a correct hand position without having to spend 1000's of hours in a trial and error process, drastically accelerating their riding ability.  

Experienced riders are able to use SteadyHands to experiment with small changes in hand position while getting immediate kinesthetic feedback. At the top level, those minute changes can make all the difference between a good performance and a great one.

Not at all! SteadyHands is designed to build new neural pathways(in other words, habits). It is a tool to use as you learn a better hand position and contact, not a crutch to mask poor position! You will probably find that you will use SteadyHands for a couple of months at the beginning while you work on improving your position, then you might put them away and pick them up here and there for a refresher, or if you get a new horse, or you are learning a difficult movement and your body is reverting to poor habits.

To a certain extent, SteadyHands restricts your ability to move your hands - that's why it works! However, good contact does not require sweeping hand movements (except on very green horses, and we do not recommend using SteadyHands then). You will learn just how little you can do with your hands to obtain the same effect, and that your fingers are able to send clear signals while your hands stay steady. SteadyHands may feel a little restrictive at first, but the benefits you will get by pushing through that feeling are worth it!

SteadyHands gloves are very safe. The gloves have been designed with safety at the forefront of the development process. The connecting strap is equipped with a centre release clip which comes apart easily with any fast or sudden movement from the rider or the horse. You do not have to worry about your hands being constrained if your horse spooks or plays up - SafetyHands will release quickly.