Teach the Leg-Yield with this Simple Exercise
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- Опубліковано 1 лип 2024
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Once our horses understand to move forward off our leg, the next step is to begin teaching them to move sideways off our leg. This is when we introduce the leg-yield. In the leg-yield, we want our horses to move sideways off of our inside leg and cross both the front and hind legs. Because horses don’t naturally move sideways, this can be tricky to teach. Plus, when you’re on the horse, it can be hard to tell when they’re actually crossing their legs!
In today's video, I'm going to share my secret to teaching leg yield...
Whenever I’m having trouble with something in the saddle, or when I first introduce a new movement to my horses, I always start with groundwork. So, in this week’s video, I will be showing you how to teach the leg-yield from the ground! I always teach every single horse I train the leg-yield from the ground. You can more easily coordinate and introduce the aids to your horse and actually see when they are doing it correctly.
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Okay, now on to the training tips! The aids for the leg-yield are inside leg at the girth, half-halting outside rein, and inside rein for flexion. Remember that the leg-yield does not have bend in the body, only slight flexion of the neck to the inside. On the ground, you will replicate these same aids that you would use in the saddle.
To teach the leg-yield from the ground:
· Start by putting the reins over your horse’s head, taking steady contact with both reins and holding them just like you would when riding. Hold your whip in the hand that holds the outside rein. Get your horse moving forward at the walk as you walk alongside them. A nice forward walk is the first step to getting a good leg-yield.
· Next, turn up the quarterline or centerline, and ask for a little flexion to the left.
· Then, half-halt the outside rein, and give a few little bumps with the handle end of your whip on your horse's side, just where your heel would be when you're mounted, to ask your horse to move over.
· Watch for your horse’s front and hind legs to cross as you are asking for the leg-yield. Once they give you a few steps, release the pressure and let them walk forward a few steps before asking for a few more steps sideways. Make sure that you repeat this exercise on both sides. As you work on this with your horse you can ask for more and more steps, and pretty soon you will be leg-yielding all the way to the rail!
Watch the video where I demonstrate the leg-yield in the saddle and on the ground. I hope these tips help you and your horse with the leg-yield! Let me know in the comments below if they do! Groundwork is such a great way to teach your horse new things, because it’s easier for your horse to learn something new without you on their back, and it’s easier for you to teach them because you can see when they are getting it right and reward them at the right moment.
Happy Riding,
Amelia
00:00 Intro/Teaching the Leg-Yield
01:48 What is a Leg-Yield?
04:04 Leg-Yield from the Ground
07:48 Piaffe Webinar/End of video - Розваги
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Good reminder! We've been off for a couple of months and just started back in-hand exercises. Definitely adding this one for today. Amelia, as always, quality and relevant. Thank you!
brilliant, can't wait to try this. many thanks.
Thanks Amelia!
Thanks Amelia.
Hello Amelia! As always,..thank you for your kind voice and detailed examples in this video. It helped me immensely! I do have a question regarding the groundwork though. Yes, we cue with the whip or knuckles where the leg will be cueing; however, the wrist flexion you stated does not quite hit home yet. Am I to assume we just mimic the way the reins would be held in saddle here? Meaning, when I press with my left leg for the horse to cross over towards the left, the left rein is snug to the neck while the right rein(direction of travel) is loosed and pulled to the left?
Yes you have got it!
How much can the shoulder lead when you are first teaching the leg yield? Some people talk about “big sloppy” leg yields where the shoulder leads A LOT. I’ve done this with my older more advanced horse when I need to get him moving more forward before switching to the more correct parallel to the wall leg yield. But, if I am initially training the leg yield with my youngster, will that confuse him or teach him a bad habit?
Sometimes it can be helpful to understand that you want them to move over! Then introduce it correctly gradually!
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