Dressage YouTube Tutorials?

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@AnotherRound

This is so obviously Nick Peronace pretending to need tutorials from beginner to fourth level, that the horse world is corrupt for wanting so much money to teach someone how to ride, and all so that HE, The Great Nick Peronace, can then say, look, look at me!!! LOOK AT ME!! Even the great COTH couldn’t help this poor person who just wanted affordable free instruction to get him to fourth level, and I, ME THE GREAT PERO-NACY!!! THE MAESTRO!!! Have created instructional, low cost, FREE videos for the simple, humble rider to learn fourth level dressage!!! Come to my link and I will tell you all about ME ME ME!!! And my FREE, low cost videos!!!

Look for it! Coming soon!!

:lol:

As much of a laugh it would be if this were the master trainer looking for videos on the DL to try to fill the holes in his education so he can try again to break 45% at 4th, I don’t think he’s capable of this level of tr*lling.

All of the other alter-egos have been pretty transparent in their spelling/grammar and their total commitment to the notion that The Great Pero-Nacy is a living dressage god.

The military obsession, the chip on the shoulder, the off-the-charts Dunning-Kruger bias are all familiar, but I don’t think the maestro’s ego would ever let his hands type the words “not trying to ride the grand prix”.

I think this is someone else. Which means either the rarefied air of Planet Peronace can support multiple inhabitants, or someone figured out that conjuring images of dressage via Alantutorial would make a few dressage-ists’ heads explode.

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@Angela Freda

Wait a TXXXl is kinda’ like an Elf, right?
Who loves the movie Elf?

This TXXXl is an Angry TXXXl!

I think this one might be a Grease Fairy, another magical species that goes around with a rubber tube in its belt, collecting spent oil from burger joints for all the good little rescue horses and smiting the unreasonable dressage people who demand work or money in exchange for their ‘free knowledge’.

[NorthernThorn]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=j2DgQbyRrDk

Dressage Hub posted it for free instruction, so you know it’s legit!

[Angela_Freda]

@NorthernThorn

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=j2DgQbyRrDk

Dressage Hub posted it for free instruction, so you know it’s legit!

Oh, I’m sure that horse asks ‘What the heck do you want’ many, many times a day. Poor thing.

[alibi_18]

@NorthernThorn

https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=j2DgQbyRrDk

Dressage Hub posted it for free instruction, so you know it’s legit!

Whaaaat?!?

I knew they became friend but… Whaaaat?!?

Hahahaha

[Glyphica]

This thread has made my day. Thanks everyone!

[ThreeFigs]

Hey, i just had a bright idea! Our hard-used OP could use Go Fund Me to get all the $$ he/she needs to buy the education he/she desires.:rolleyes:

[KBC]

@Dxarmbar06

I understand lots of people do this for fun, and that creates a demand you can charge huge money for, but I’m looking at this as job training that could get me out of poverty…

So you are looking to train to do a job, which to get you out of poverty someone will pay you for, but at the same time you want that your training for nothing??? Yeah that is totally fair.

[ThreeFigs]

If you want to get out of poverty, the horse business is NO place to start. Sure, you can make a small fortune with horses, but sadly, you have to start with a LARGE fortune. Really, this is a tough gig with long hours, sometimes lousy working conditions and even the best have to muck their own stalls.

Try teaching or training outdoors in the teeth of a cold front, then mucking out the barn because the “help” decided to stay home that day. Do that every day for 30 years or until your health gives out, whichever happens first.

Learn a trade like plumbing, electrical, HVAC, auto mechanics, machining. They all pay well (better than being a riding teacher or trainer, probably) and you could pursue the horse passion in your spare time.

[NorthernThorn]

@alibi_18

Whaaaat?!?

I knew they became friend but… Whaaaat?!?

Hahahaha

Yep. It’s an official endorsement according to him, and she vehemently defends him to anyone who dares criticize. It’s a perfect partnership!

[Smthn_Like_Olivia]

To the Op -

I am a measly training level rider and have only been riding a little bit longer than you - 2.5 years. All of the comments here seem to be going completely over your head so I’m gonna give it a shot.

The reason you cannot find free videos to take you to 4th level is NOT because people are withholding information for cash. That’s just silly. It’s impossible. Plain and simple. Since I’ve begun my dressage journey, I’ve spent A LOT of time, not only taking lessons, but WATCHING lessons. We have a GP trainer that comes in several times a year to do clinics, and I do everything I can to be there from the first ride to the last ride, and he may do up to 12 lessons a day.

Every rider is different. Every horse is different. Every rider and horse combination is different. A youtube video cannot tell you that your horse is dropping a shoulder or weak on the left side and what you can do to fix that. A youtube video can’t tell you when you’re crooked in the saddle and leaning to one side. A video can’t tell you when you need to slightly lift your inside rein to correct the bend. You may have 2 horses displaying the same problem, but each horse needs a different approach in how to correct it.

This is what having a good trainer on the ground is for. And when your horse is correct, they will shout at you, “Feel that??” and you know you got it right and now you know the feeling. I don’t care how many books or videos you read, they will NEVER be able to give you that.

Now, I don’t know where you live, but where I live, lessons aren’t $100 across the board. And I may be one of the lucky ones, but I have 2 regular trainers, and our lessons are $35. We have a senior trainer, and she charges $50. Only our GP trainer who flies in for clinics is in the $100 range. No one is going to give you free lessons, but I would think you should be able to find trainers who offer lessons for less than $100.

[BlueberryEpona]

Your attitude is one of a few things holding you back. No decent trainer is going to want to work with a person who speaks and acts as though they are owed everything. It’s just not gonna happen. You can blame your lack of accessibility to opportunities on everything from the moon and back, but I think you know exactly why you’re in the situation you’re in.

When I took my first working student position I didn’t even know how to put a halter on. For the entire first month, all I did was muck stalls. That’s it. No feeding, no leading horses, no driving the machinery,… I worked fucking hard, asked questions whenever possible (trainers, riders, farriers, vets…), listened A LOT, never turned down an opportunity to do something new, and said thank you. After a year, I was riding 3 horses (one of which was the owner’s retired PSG horse), handling stallions( daily and for collection), foals and pregnant mare. I had earned a well rounded education in the daily activities of a dressage barn.

You need to reevaluate want you really want and how bad you truly want it. Videos and books are a learning tool, but I doubt very much that they will get you to 4th level without regular lessons from a qualified professional.

Every rider has to work hard to make their way up the levels. You are no exception.

[egood]

Sounds like OP and Nick Peronace would make a great team.

[alibi_18]

@egood

Sounds like OP and Nick Peronace would make a great team.

And with all the Dressage Hub videos, she might get what she wanted afterall!!!

Hahahaha

[alicen]

@egood

Sounds like OP and Nick Peronace would make a great team.

Yup, NP could provide those sorely sought free clinics.

[RedHorses]

Well, I for one am hugely disappointed. Mildly entertained, but still disappointed.

I was hoping for a thread of you tube links to interesting dressage training videos. Not a system, but those tidbits produced for various reasons. :​/

But I do admit to being entertained… and suspecting the Maestro has a hand in this. :lol:

[Joanne]

Look at what Nick got by reading dressage books and watching youtube videos: 40 something percent at 4th level.

[Manni01]

I guess thats what everybody loves here… Another sad thread OP I am very sorry for this…

I don’t know whether you understand German, but there is a bunch of free tutorials in German language. You can start here
I think right now they do Western but there are very nice videos about Dressage basics as well
https://www.youtube.com/user/LoesdauTV

ReitTV and Equiva are also great sources.
as well as ReiterRevue

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=reiter+revue
But it is all in German…

[thecolorcoal]

Ima put in my cent of observation. OP sounds like a person in my age group - it is true, we don’t want to pay for ANYTHING. Would I like free dressage instruction via online vids? you bet! Does it work? Not unless you can telepathically communicate with teletrainer and body swap so you know what you’re feeling. Can OP pay a trainer $60 for one lesson a month so they can scream “THAT’S HOW IT SHOULD FEEL!” i think that would be worth better money. Though as a poor post grad student I feel the OP’s struggle.

[CanteringCarrot]

@Manni01

I guess thats what everybody loves here… Another sad thread OP I am very sorry for this…

I don’t know whether you understand German, but there is a bunch of free tutorials in German language. You can start here
I think right now they do Western but there are very nice videos about Dressage basics as well
https://www.youtube.com/user/LoesdauTV

ReitTV and Equiva are also great sources.
as well as ReiterRevue

https://www.youtube.com/results?sear…y=reiter+revue
But it is all in German…

Why are you very sorry for this? Did you miss the attitude that the OP came in with? I know we should not extrapolate attitude from text, but the posts weren’t phrased nicely at all. If someone came in here and said, “Hey, I am a beginning rider a few years into my training and short on cash…anyone have any free resources that could help me better understand dressage?” Then this thread and replies would be structured a little different. It was the entitled and “I am am better than everyone else” attitude that turned people off.

But yes, we just love and live for sad threads! LIVE FOR IT! /sarcasm

While we are recommending German resources:

pferdia.de and cavallo.de maybe be useful.

FWIW I get being short on cash. I took a hiatus from riding during university and a little afterward…but I also chose a completely non-equine related career so I didn’t feel the need to advance, I was more concerned with food, housing, transportation, etc.