Flying Changes: Beginner, Medium and Advanced!!
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Flying changes are one of THE MOST difficult things to teach a horse to do! While it is a “natural” movement for horses, teaching the horse to do the flying change on command when the rider asks for the change is very different.
In today’s CZcams video, I share 3 horses at different stages of learning the flying changes. The first horse is literally the first time I ever asked for a flying change. The second horse has been working on changes for about 6 months or so, and the last horse, Natasha, is a confirmed Grand Prix horse.
It is so important in training the flying changes, and in everything with Dressage, to always go back and work on the basics. The key to the flying changes is having a good canter quality, obedience to the aids, thoroughness, and a supple and straight horse. When working on the flying changes, it is essential to keep in mind the Dressage Training Scale.
The canter must have the correct rhythm, suppleness, connection, impulsion, straightness AND collection to do a correct flying change! If any one of these elements from the Dressage Training Scale is missing, it will cause issues in the changes. If you want to learn more about the Dressage Training Scale, don’t forget to get the “Early-Bird” special for the online masterclass on “The Dressage Training Scale.” Early enrollment ends June 1st and the course starts June 15th!
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I love this! Would love to hear your breakdown of the aids, especially in the tempi changes, it all happens so fast it's hard to see!
This was amazing to watch. All of the horses did a superb job under your highly skilled guidance. Something to aspire to!
Thank you for your kind words!
It's so beautiful and wonderful. Still I can't canter yet, but this video triggers me to foster the dream of flying change.
The shallow serpentine exercise was way to fun! It was the fist time I was able to do flying changes when I asked for them. Thank you so much for this video!
Oh so glad it helped Renee! And thanks for watching and subscribing!
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We are just starting. It was good to see the beginner horse rush. That’s just what my horse is doing. He’s anticipating the change and then rushes through them. I need to sit back and keep that canter collected! (So says my trainer! )
Thanks for the great videos! They are all great and I learn something from each one.
yep!! and also do alot of cater-walk transitions to keep him from anticipating the lead
Good morning Amelia, I only started dressage last year and simply loving the learning journey. Your videos are so encouraging so a huge big THANK YOU from me in Perth Western Australia.
Yay!! Glad to hear this!
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage WOW I actually am double happy you responded. You are inspiring me so much you have know IDEA.... I will never be at your level, but i strive to be the absolute best I possibly can, and your videos are helping so thank you again!!
I think on the last horse you were showing off. Hahaha. Seriously it's beautiful riding. I love watching the tempi changes.
Hi Amelia after watching this video numerous times. I put what you said into action. The lead changes on the small loops was so great. So being very inspired and a little braver I tried the straight line and even though it felt a little rough and probably too much exaggerated aid and bend . My boy gave me three perfect changes and there we where skipping down the five meter line. You are the best !!!🇿🇦❤
This is so awesome! Beautiful to watch!
Thank you for this video! I’d love your advice on how to fix changes on a 16 year old ex-jumper 🤣 cause she jumps into it with both hinds together AND gets super excited and tense. She must have been taught them when not ready.
Thank you
More on the beginner flying change with a more beginner horse. I can do the transitions from
Walk to canter and canter to walk but the exact point at going to flying isn’t specified.
I've got a new video on that: czcams.com/video/XKpYF5H6v7s/video.html
Awesome! So useful to see the different stages of learning this. Thank you ☺️
Best video on flying changes,
So glad you like it!
You’re such an inspiration and so informative! Thank you for all your videos! I love how you can genuinely see a connection you have with your horses. I aspire to be like you
Thank you for posting. I'm excited to try!
Hi Amelia!
Excellent to se three different horses! ❤. I enjoy so much seeing youre videos.
This is so cool! I'm still working on intermediate...it's been a few years (like 35!) lol
Great great video!!! 😀The one time changes are soooo straight 😱
Love this 💕 Guess I am more at the canter walk canter with my horse and the setting up for one time changes which are usually OK ..
This was so helpful! So once again, thank you!
Have you ever tried to teach a horse the flying changes?
I hope to someday. Currently working on counter canter. Thank you for such an awesome instructional video. Where were you 20 years ago when I was trying to train my last horse? (joke) CZcams is so wonderful for learning things that I otherwise only read about in books and magazines. Thank you, thank you!!! I never want to rush my horse into new things, but this is one bit of training that I have been waiting my whole life to get to. When I have been working on the counter canter he will sometimes switch leads in front and then in back when he gets unbalanced, so I think he has the potential to eventually get to flying changes. No rush though. I really want him balanced at counter canter before going on. He used to be so bad at just plain cantering he was crossfiring constantly when I got him, and he was afraid of cantering. (we worked on the lungeline for 6 months or more with trot-canter-trot transitions to get him used to cantering). So I'm happy with our progress so far in 2 years of work. No rush, patience is the key. This video is just fantastic. Actually, I'm a big fan of all of your videos, even the ones that are too advanced for us. They give me hope.
Trying at the moment!! Unfortunately it’s a little the blind leading the blind!
Thankfully my horse has started popping them in by himself when I change my weight and is quite talented with these!
Thank you so much for this video!!!!
Thanks Amelia.🇿🇦
thank you for this great video
Great video!!
With a horse first learning flying changes, do you keep them straight for the change or start to introduce the new direction of bend before asking for the change?
new direction of bend. remeber start with simple changes!! then shorted the steps of walk inbetween the canter and eventually ask for the flying change.
Love too see the progessions! Im wirking on 1 and 2s... 2 are coming along but well the 1s not so much. Im just not quick enough. But ive never ridden ones... do you think its easier if youve done them before just to know the ryhthm? Or is every horse different?
I can get like tik tok... but not consistently... for now they'll have to wait till my foot heals! 😥😊 thanks for my virtual ridding ridding lessons! ❤
Thank you! This was so helpfull! I wonder why the intermediate horse jumped the flying change with his hind limbs together? Is it just a normal stage in the learning proces of the horse? Should you just ignore this and have confidence it will resolve on its own? Or is it a sign something went wrong in the preparation, like not enough quality of the canterstrides just before the flying change? And how do fix it then? How do you teach the horse he is not supposed to jump with his hind limbs together of even worse: with his frontlegs first?
Great question. Yes, jumping together behind is for sure a sign that the canter quality was not good enough and did not have enough engagement before the change. So need to go back and work on the collection in the canter and getting him better engaged.
Thank you for your response, Amelia!
Oh, when do we get to see your new horse in a video??
Love it but why are you never senterd in the camra, we can never see you riding in this video 😢
As I've gotten more experienced with my videography, I like to think my videos have gotten better! This one is 2 years old now, check out some of my newer ones, like this one on starting changes :) czcams.com/video/XKpYF5H6v7s/video.html
I will check out this video thank you. Love your work and respect for you🙂
Thank you for your video, very interesting. I would like to know how often do you introduce the flying change into training of horse beginner? Every session or less? I started with flying changes in february 2020 accordingly to your video instructions and both horses seems to understand it now enough for making them clear (just one hurrying up a bit on one side) but I m not sure on how often I should do it for not get them bored by it. Can I please have your opinion?
I have been working on changes with my Arab gelding for 2 years. I am having difficulties with his right to left. He wants to buck up every time no matter how quiet my aids are. He just seems to have some mental block with it. I have done tons of counter to walk to canter changes on a circle straight to half pass to walk to change. Then I will occassionally throw in a change aid and he still bucks hard too. I just don't get it. Should I just keep asking until he just gives up the bucking should I get after him for bucking. I'm not sure what to do at this point. Im just frustrated. His left to rights are fine. No buck seems easy for him. I even put shoes on back to give him extra support on the outside as he kind of curves in on that inside hind. Any good ideas. Ive taught one tempis before to a very talented mare and they were clean and uphill and expressive.
Great question, it’s hard for me to give advice without seeing him, but it kind of sounds like he’s loosing connection. Have you tried going through the training scale and working from there? I’ve got a free webinar this weekend I think you’d like on it, would love for you to come amelianewcombdressage.com/free-training-scale-webinar/
do you think that i would be able to train my 11 yo lease mare (riding 4x per week), tempi changes with multiple 6mth leases? she also has never done dressage in her life other than leg yields.
Hi Jenna! Does she do a single change?
@@AmeliaNewcombDressage nope! haha. im hoping she'll get there soon but for now, we're just doing simple changes!