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3 SIMPLE EXERCISES TO MAKE YOUR HORSE MORE SUPPLE | PART 2 | DMA TV EP 345
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- čas přidán 15. 08. 2024
- Today we are going to teach you all about how we can use the 10m circle suppling exercise for your horse.
You may be thinking this is a simple movement and exercise, but this exercise is surprisingly good. It enables you to connect the back leg to the front.
We’ll teach you the theory of it and then show it on the horse. You are going to love this episode!
It actually follows on from last weeks Part 1 of suppleness by using the serpentine. If you missed it check it out here • 3 SIMPLE EXERCISES TO ... .
Suppleness is the key to success for so many aspects of dressage. It is important at all levels through to FEI.
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used the serpentine to improve connection with my young horse in warm up walk. He had his head in the air and looking for spooking opportunities - It worked like magic! I am mad at myself for not using this before! Many thanks
I'm glad it's super helpful for you! xx
Love it, love it, LOVE it! Really gave me reassurance that a lot of my instincts for using the 10 m circle in the corners is truly a best practice for suppleness. Thank you so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Could you do a series on putting together fun pattern exercises that puts all these wonderful exercises together- for beginners to advance. Like the serpentine, to a counter bend, to a shoulder-in to a travers…. I like putting exercises together so the horse has to pay attention. That would be fun to see what you do.
Hi there! Sounds like you would like to see a training session? With the exercises how Alicia chooses which exercise is based on each horse and what it needs in that moment, for instance if you got on your horse and he was less supple to the right, you might use counter flexion when going left, or a renver to help the horse to contract the right ribcage and expand the left. Or you might use a serpentine on a more green horse to change direction and stay connected. Try to think of the exercises as a tool box to help you keep your horse supple both sides and able to do the work 🤩
I’m feeling improvement with the serpentines at the trot. Look forward to mixing it up with this video. 🤗
Wonderful! Can't wait to hear how it goes for you!! xx
Would love a video on how to get balanced canter-trot transitions on a green horse :)
You have to develop the basics.. 99% of your work is walk and trot..
Lol.. not going to happen until you have rhythm, suppleness, impulsion... etc.. that's what being green means..
@@audreye7078 English = my second laungege. Green is propably not the right word I'm looking for. My horse is 9 and have the basics but we need more trot canter exercises to get the pony rushing out of canter under control...
This exercise (in the video) might actually work perfectly for your needs as well as suppling! The circle itself is a very balancing/ slowing shape, so if you come down from your trot and feel like you’re speeding into it try circles! I’m not a trainer, but I can see how this exercise might help😊
@@virginiam9293 thanks, will try it next time :D
Brilliant ….. foundational work to scale….. if you can’t master straightness in the basics there’s no place to advance to! Keeping it correct! I love watching you train….. you are an excellent educator! Anticipating for us what our horses will do enables us to achieve success! Brilliant! 👍🏾
Thank you so much!
I can’t believe how amazing your videos are! Never before has anyone explained things so well. I have just backed my friesian mare who is Uber stiff to the right with outside flexion. Your videos have helped me to ‘understand’ the dynamics of why and how I can help her to balance . All your videos are so easy to understand and you give the basic requirements for each movement. Not only the horses position but also rider position. I just love them ❤
Thank you so much for your kind words! I'm thrilled to hear that you find the videos helpful and that they have provided you with a better understanding of the dynamics of dressage and how to address specific challenges with your Friesian mare. Keep up the great work with your mare, and remember to be patient and consistent in your training.
Enjoying your instructional videos so much that I found myself wishing I could have lessons with the Australian version of you.
The dressage instructors I have met have been very keen on micro managing the horse. Am a fan of opinionated (sorry, best description I could think of) horses and they like being given some responsibility and don't like being micro managed.
Soo glad you're enjoying the videos so far!! xx
Thanks Alicia and DMA gang! These are great videos, as always! So many, hard to know where to start!
You are so welcome!
Can't wait for your video on leg yield to changes!! Also agree with another comment - a video on square halts would be fab!!
Thanks Katie! Okay I will add more votes to the halt video!! Stay tuned x
could you please please please do a video on how to do the perfect halt (the horse stays in frame AND has a SQUARE halt) and.. please please please do a video on how to get better at sitting trot! I feel like I keep practising nut I still cant sit for an entire test, either I loose balance or get out of breath... Or my horse seem to loose his rythim and slows down and becomes really stiff.
Thank you so so much! I absolutely love you in these videos! I learn so much and I almost always go try the new stuff the next day!!
Also... It would be SO cool if you could incorporate just a tiiiiiiny bit of showjumping-dressage knowledge... like what a showjumper could do to better the horses shape over a fence, but on ground without the actual fence, if you get what I mean :D
Hi Pernille, great questions!! Yes we can do a video on halts - good suggestion!! With the sitting trot, what makes it easier is if the horse is connected and in the dressage test you do not do sitting trot until the horse is collected in the trot (this is more achievable to sit to). The second thing is as a rider we need to be able to stay in our own balance and not run out of breath as both of these things will impact on the horse and the ability to ride the horse. Check out Alicia's pilates videos for some tips about body control while riding czcams.com/video/BR0qkZy0sbQ/video.html 🤩
Brilliant so informative …looking forward to part three circles and leg yield. Thankyou
Thank you!! Please tune in for more great content! xx
This is so different to how I was thinking about riding! It makes SO MUCH SENSE. And it feels so easy and simple. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Did this exercise last night as canter/walk/canter - hugely helped our canter-walk transitions which are tough for us as really helped him sit and stay uphill 🦄 thank you, a super video to really think about the 10 meter circle and how much it can help!
Super!!
another great inspiration for my work ! :) thank you
You are so welcome! xx
Your are so positive in your work for us. You explanations are so very descriptive and simple for me to really understand, you are definitely a great teacher.
Wow, thank you! So nice of you!
I would love to see a video on how to use spurs for a beginner x
Hi Nicola! Great idea! I will add this to the list 💕
excited to use all these exercises in my next ride. :)
Yay!! Can't wait to hear how it goes for you xx
These videos are GOLD!!!!! ❤
I have been doing the serpentine exercise with Reggie and he got better and better! I actually had for the first time ever, the feeling of being able to put his shoulder or his hind where ever I wanted!! I've never had that!!! 👏😍 even had a pretty good shoulder in afterwards! Woo hoo!! 😁😁🎉
Can't wait to try this one as well!
Also just wondering is there any chance you could show this and or just the serpentine one when riding Mowgley? Even if just in the trot! 😊 thank you
Hey Jenni! That is top news about your horse! Yes and in fact there is a video where Alicia is using the serpentine exercise on Mowgley, watch this one and it is towards the end xx czcams.com/video/Q81vD78QZco/video.html
Fantastic! Thank you 😁 I forgot Alicia did this in the round yard. I was thinking the arena but it is the same 😊
This is exactly what I need, even if I miss the little one a bit…
Yay!!
I’ve been riding and training dressage my whole life and this wisdom is priceless and this is crazy easy. Thank you so much.
You're so welcome!
This are amazing ideas ✨🐴💕❤️
Glad you like them! xx
Thankyou,love this!
Glad you love this!
Hi. Loving your work here. Please could you do a video on taking up contact with your horse, by way of the tension on the reins and the weight of the contact? I struggle to know is I’m giving the rein away too much or strangling my horse to death . Thanks x
Hi Lorna, try watching this video and note when the horse is connected versus when he is not, really as long as you do not have loops in the reins then you will be feeling correctly when the horse takes the contact from you, rather than the rider taking contact from the horse. czcams.com/video/Q81vD78QZco/video.html
Love these exercises . Keep them coming
More to come!
Thank you SO much Alicia 🙏🏻 Love your videos 👍🏻great explanations 🤩 even works for jumping riders 💡😁 Camilla
You're so welcome!
Alicia…your videos are the best I have seen and my riding has improved significantly from your explanations (banana and tilting the pelvis). I do have a question regarding your upper body position and your arms. I notice you have a more relaxed shoulder position and your elbows are not as bent as other riders. I have a really tough time with a super bent elbow….they are never locked but are not super bent either. I am of quite short stature and don’t have long arms which I feel gives me a slight disadvantage. So I am wondering your theory on elbow and arm position. Thank you in advance.
Hi Gracie! So glad the videos have helped! A good way to think of your elbows is to always keep a straight line from the bit to your elbow, so depending on how round your horses frame is this will change your arms, also how short the horse is in the whole body will change your elbows. Hope this helps!
I love this cause
Thank you!!
Alicia,love your instruction.
Could you suggest a mini training scale to follow using the videos you have done?
Eg- start your young horse training with this video and then progress to this video next etc.
There are lots of videos but not always easy to know a correct progression.Thank you
Hi Eric, Yes!!! The basis of dressage is The Training Scale so a great idea is to start with these videos (czcams.com/video/Wzz9f1Qs8I0/video.html czcams.com/video/OJFP59HZzOA/video.html czcams.com/video/mUbUgwdJbUM/video.html) then a great place to go would be the OTTB videos from when Alicia is riding Mowgley as you get to see how to apply the training scale to a horse that is not trained! czcams.com/video/mBIi_O6GVys/video.html Then use other videos as you need them ie if you need some help with your position take a look at the position or pilates videos or when your horse is progressing look at the suppleness series. Hope this helps xx
@@YourRidingSuccess thank you very much for the reply,I really appreciate it and your time.I learn so much from your videos .
You're most welcome!
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Hi, thanks for the videos, can you do a video of
how can you halt your horse with your seat?. Thanks
Hi there! Yes we can! stay tuned ✨
I watched the video then went out and did it. Walking a circle to the right was easy, and a circle to the left was decent. The canter was very fast, but we were able to do both directions reasonably well. The trot was a disaster. A circle to the right was better than going to the left, but she dropped her shoulder off o the inside, however I was able to work on correcting it. Going to the left she would trot her circle but her head would be tilted to the right, if I tried to pull her head more to the left her circle would get smaller, if she gave me her nose she would drop her shoulder to the inside, and the circle would get much smaller. Trying to legs yield out of the circle would kinda help with standing her shoulders up but not much. I tried to relax/release the rein whenever she actually had her nose on the circle line and wasn’t dropping her shoulders but, I don’t think it clicked for her that giving her nose on the circle is what I wanted. I know if I can get her to connect the dots once this will no longer be and issue, it’s just getting that split second light bulb. I also think I may be the problem, posting to the right diagonal is very difficult for me, and I just figured out how to pick it up reliably yesterday. But regardless I’m a noodle while posting to it. So I’m probably throwing her off ballance. Any advice for fixing that left circle?
Hi there! Thank you for taking the time to explain what is happening! So it sounds like you are doing exactly the right correction, however your horse just needs time to develop more suppleness and balance to the left, when correcting her to stay on the train tracks move the bit in her mouth like you are sliding it over her tongue, also try using your left rein a little upwards and to the outside (diagonal) this will help you to upright her left shoulder, keep it on the line and put her head more in the middle. Remember just like our bodies, when the horse is not supple it will take a little time to get her more supple!
@@YourRidingSuccess thank you it is very encouraging to hear that I am on the right track.
You're so welcome xx
Could you make a video on improving straightness? My horse is a wiggle worm and constantly over flexes and falls out in either the shoulder or hip
This is a good question! A horse that is "too supple" is as much as an issue as a horse that is not supple at all! Try to think about keeping the horse on the "train tracks" all the time with his head in the middle of his chest and take his shoulders on your desired line like a set of train tracks. Work on basic figures (up the wall, circles, serpentines) and ensure he stays on the train tracks, think of riding along and having to keep him between two sheets of glass! This will help him stay upright and then connect into the bridle x
My gelding bends and flexes nicely after riding and circling and doing serpentines but that's only after about 30-40 minutes of those. He likes to use the walls as a crutch to stay straight too. My gelding also tosses his head a lot or holds it very high. I've had his teeth checked and his bit confirmed as no issues.
How good are your hands? If he is not seeking contact, go back to stretching down and out at walk and trot. You cannot just ask him to go on the bit until he first learns to seek it.
@@audreye7078 Oh, Im not going for full collection with him. He's a gaited DraftX who was used on trails only before I bought him. He'll toss his head on an rein and even dramatically pulls his head to the right to move away from the arena rail. If I keep a tighter rein and get him a little more forward then he'll relax slightly and release a little tension but he will still try and raise his head up like a giraffe or toss his head. I'm trying to be patient with him and ignore his behavior by still making him work but I'm just seeking some advice to helo him and me.
Hi there, good question, try to think of the training like - rhythm plus suppleness = connection. So what is enough suppleness to connect one horse may not be enough to connect another. So with your horse it might be that it takes some suppleness to connect him, but try to take action as soon as he is not supple, don't get stuck on the circle but ride on the wall and everytime the horse is not connected turn a circle (keep the horse on the train tracks) and use a slight leg yield to help make enough suppleness to connect the horse. Try watching this video and see how Alicia works through the basics with the OTTB Mowgley czcams.com/video/mBIi_O6GVys/video.html 🤩
Great excercise! Love how you use lots of vocal aids with Gee. Do you struggle not to use them when you're competing? 🙊
Hi Jenny, good question! We try to limit the amount of voice cues (except praise which is always important) as the horse gets more confident and always back up the voice commands with the appropriate aid so that when in the test you can apply just the aid. It is hard sometimes when in the test to not use your voice but have to stay quiet as otherwise you get marks deducted 😬
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@@YourRidingSuccess Hi. Thank you, but I think you've got the wrong person, I think it was someone called Trowsyou?
Hi Alicia, loving all the videos. Just a question about this one. When he stretches down when you are circling, do you let the reins out or keep the same rein length? Thankyou for your time.
Hi Janelle,
Thanks for your support!
It really depends... if you are finished... ill let the reins out. If not, ill make my arms longer and move my body so I can make them longer or shorted in a matter of seconds
hope that helped! x
when you turn or change direction with your weight do you do anything with your hands?
Yes! You need to take the horses shoulders "on the train tracks" with you, and the reins move the shoulders x
I notice you do not use a dressage whip, just curious why. Love your enthusiasm!
Probably for more promptness/ responsiveness to her aids😊
Hi Stacey, Alicia does use a dressage whip if needed but as Virginia said below it is important the horses react to the leg aid as this should be the first and foremost aid the horses listen to, and at the higher levels of competition you can not use a whip! ✨
I have a young friesian warmblood (5yo) who has a tendency to barge through his neck and shoulders when I'm riding and has been struggling to keep him on the train tracks. Are there any exercises that you would recommend to help keep him from doing this???
Hi Metina, the same rules apply as all horses that is the horse should stay between the two hands and two legs and if the horse pushes one way to make the horse supple and upright in the shoulder so they can not barge, but also think about the horses "underneck" when the horse is not yet connected the horse may be bracing in the underneck which will make it harder to control, use more suppleness to ensure the horse is connected and using the top muscles of the neck, not the bottom.
The serpentine exercise has really helped balance both Ollie and Denver. I guess you can increase the challenge by making 4 loops instead of 3, once the horse is moving correctly in 3?
Yay!!!! Yes absolutely!!! Good thinking and it is always a good idea to increase the challenge for the horse once they are confident, then when you go in the test they will find the work easy!!!
How do you tell when the outside hind leg is going to just about touch the ground at a trot for the upwards canter transition?
Super question! Think about it in relation to your sitting and rising phases of the rising trot. So when the outside hind is on the ground is when you are in the "sitting" phase of your trot. 💕
When you say “no message” do you mean no aids and to just ride/go with the movement?
Hi Wendy! Yes no additional requests of the horse except for basic keeping on the train tracks and riding up the wall ✨
How do you control your breathing while riding these exercises? I get very short of breath sometimes
Hi Deb, a couple of things to think about, the first is that you do need a level of cardio fitness for riding, you can try doing some exercise off the horse like walking etc and practicing controlling your breathe through some breathe work can help too if you hold your breath or shallow breathe xx
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I have a question about tempo: how do we know what the correct tempo is for our horse in working trot and canter? Is it a feeling? I've noticed Gee doesn't move with a quick tempo. Hope that makes sense!
Hi Victoria! Super question! With the horses there is always a "happy" tempo where the horse is moving on his own, tracking up but not rushing and for each horse this can be slightly different. Try to have the horse in front of your leg and then use your seat to set the tempo and it should be one where the horse is balanced, and not rushing.
@@YourRidingSuccess thank you for that 😀
Nice!! Curiosity: Are comfortable walk on arena sand with boots?
Not always! Also with riding boots it is good to not walk around in them a lot as the sand etc can make them wet which makes them stretch and potentially rot, so if you do wear them while walking around etc make sure you dry them out after x
@@YourRidingSuccess Same thing also with rubber riding boots? :)
Rubber is not as bad as it does not get wet and stretch like leather does! Rubber boots were made to be more an allround boot like mucking out etc. Leather boots do have a rubber sole which helps but you still need to look after them
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Can I ask you something I am scared of cantering how do I conquer my fear? Alicia
Hi Lauren, a great place to start is to break down what makes you worried when you canter - is it because you feel unbalanced? Or worried about the horse getting faster? x
I have a question: my horse doesn’t have clear train tracks because of hind leg position and the way she walks. So it’s not like she is croocked or something, only her hind legs are stepping a bit inner than her fronts. It is count as straightness or not? If not, how can i improve her steps?
Nope that's not straight.. practice off the wall going straight.. put your hands in line with the hind legs and let him stretch into the reins.. the shoulders should move in front of the hind. Are you sure you are sitting square to the hips?
@@audreye7078 thank you for your answer the problem is that i’m pretty sure it’s her genetic, before i had bought her a dressage trainer rode my horse and she was walking the same way. She does it even when i lead or lunge her.
@@audreye7078 yes we had chiro to treat her and he put back her hips to the correct position and told me to ride her more to the left hand. I even ask an orthoped farrier to do her feet and he says my horse has a very special different way of walking. I will definitely check art2ride’s chanel thank you so much. I hope i can improve her walk and help her to find a lighter motion.
@@alexandrabardos9142 if you have trouble finding the videos, we'll link up some otherway.. I hesitated to mention his on Alicia's, but his are very specific to each horse it's basic issue and whereas Alicia is trying to teach in a more general way. I hope she doesn't mind.
Hi there! A good way to think is that the shoulder controls the hindleg so if the quarters are in that means the horses outside shoulder is not straight but actually drifting too close to the rail or wall. Don't forget the walk is the hardest pace as it has no forward momentum so the horses do find it difficult x