How to Sit in a saddle

Steps:

1- Sit on your saddle, but without your feet in the stirrups.: It will show you what "sitting deep" feels like. Do this while walking, until you get the jist of it

2- Copy that feeling while your feet are in the stirrups.:It would look funny if you took your feet out of the stirrups while competing, wouldn't it? That's why you practice, practice, practice

3- If your rodeo event involves sitting deep, see where you do it.: In barrel racing, you usually sit deep when you're making your turns

Tips:

• You usually sway from side to side and feel like jello, and that's when you know you're doing it right.
• Try and relaxing your leg muscles when you ride deep with feet in the stirrups. It helps A LOT.

Warnings:

• You could scare your horse if he's not use to feet dangling, so be cautious.

Ref: http://www.wikihow.com/Sit-Deep-in-a-Saddle