LEGS MUSTN’T MOVE
Lucinda watches the pair warm up. “He’ll be sensitive to where you’re sitting, because he’s small,” she assesses. Allison has arthritis in her knees. As a result, she knows she sometimes over-grips with her knee, risking her lower leg slipping back. When this happens, it allows her upper body to tip forward and she becomes unbalanced, putting her at risk of falling off should Brooks do something unexpected. “All you’ve got to be sure of is that you don’t allow your lower leg to slip back,” says Lucinda. “My Dad once put a 10-shilling note under my leg and said if you can hold that in place you can have it. It worked!”