http://www.dressage-news.com/?p=32524
This is really interesting. I’ve read and heard most everything, and I got some good new perspectives to work from.
That was a great read, even though I am nowhere near learning tempi changes.
And I am thinking of asking the author if I may quote her in my signature line - “NOT thinking is historically a problem for me… I blame my stupid PhD”
Thanks for posting that link! The initial exercise I am having a bit of trouble visualizing with the voltes and what we are trying to establish there. I also get discouraged when we get the flying, tangled legs and worry we will “break” something when it gets down to the twos and ones, so often I just do extremely short sessions of doing the changes, but this encourages me to persevere a bit more. Practice makes perfect, right?
Me, too. I need to reread to understand that. I think it’s haunches out, bend out on a volte. Maybe to establish control?
I’ve taught many horses changes, but just hearing leave the head alone, sit down and back, and focus on the legs really helps. And, yes, the idea of keeping at it is not common. It shows we get stuck on our thinking and need to try it differently sometimes.
And that it’s okay to lean back a bit sometimes… I do end up leaning back a bit sometimes to be more effective, but quickly correct myself because it looks ugly. Have ridden hunt seat equitation in the past, and funny to hear that it is okay to lean back sometimes from such a stickler of equitation.
Would love to see him do a clinic or symposium on teaching changes. Our horses in the past have been fairly easy, but my sister’s Haflinger has been a stubborn and tricky one. We finally got a clean change through a buck, which we rewarded yet now she thinks that’s how it is supposed to be done. She shows jumpers as well and it’s cute in that arena - can’t imagine tempi-buck-changes, but would probably be a YouTube worthy talent!
Sometimes, I have buck (huge one) changes on the right lead. It can be a problem in the show ring. I got comments like :
Very expressive
Croup too high
Problem!!
Chaotic
Too expressive
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You know what I LOVE about that video? The smile on George’s face as he’s working on learning/feeling things out.
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And as we can see from this vid (BTW Thx for postin it) - he practices what he preaches in having Winyamaro doing tempi changes strictly from the leg - LOVE IT.
Winyamaro and George is one of the best videos out there and should be kept and repeated over and over again - he is just remarkable how he can get on a horse and get it done. Love it. Admire the man.
