I found that when i ride but, I find that even if you dont feel like your improving if you look back a what you could do a year/month ago you can see that you have improved. At my riding school we ride a different pony/horse each week to help us be able to ride on different abilities eg. riding a pony on week that is strong but, easish to conrtol, then the next week a pony that is a tad bit loopy and you can keep control of it. But, in general even if you dont feel like you are improving you are you might not realise it your positioning might be getting better or you having more contol of your horse/pony. I hope this helps :P