GRN Lynn Palm Dressage Principles for the Western or English Horse and Rider DVD Set (0514-29)

Description

Volume II, Parts 1, 2, and 3.

Also includes Longevity Training Part 4 – Working at Liberty and Ponying.

Dressage Principles Volume II – Part 1 More Details

In Part 1, “Basic Lateral Training” builds a solid foundation for achieving success at lateral work to improve the horse’s self carriage and collection. You will use your aids with more lightness to control each part of the horse’s body so he responds without force or resistance. We will troubleshoot potential problems and demonstrate how to solve them using Palm Partnership Training’s gentle training techniques. You will learn how to correctly execute these building block maneuvers:

Turn on The Forehand: teaches the horse to move away from pressure which is necessary for him to respond to the rider’s leg aids. It also controls his forehand.

Leg Yielding: teaches the horse to independently use and control his shoulders and hindquarters. Leg yielding is the basis for lateral movements required in trail classes, horsemanship/equitation patterns, dressage tests and flying lead changes. Yielding is an excellent exercise for muscle development and stretching. This is a great exercise during warm-up for both rider and horse.

Lateral work is more than teaching the horse to “go sideways.” Lateral movements are physical and mental gymnastics for both horse and rider … and they are fun too! Each lateral movement progressively builds the strength, suppleness, and balance the horse needs to “engage” his hindquarters. Lateral work will improve the horse’s straightness and his ability to naturally collect in response to the rider’s lightest aids. Forget the gimmicks and shortcuts … the classic training techniques offered in Dressage Principles Volume II, “Basic Lateral Training,” will give you the real key to progressing to higher levels of responsiveness, collection and self-carriage in your horse.
— Have Fun!

Dressage Principles Volume II – Part 2 More Details

Take the Next Step in the progression of lateral training with new movements to build the balance your horse needs for advanced straightness and collection. The exercises in this DVD add more difficulty because they ask the horse to move forward and sideways, now with a bend in his body. This important stage of lateral training builds the horse’s strength and flexibility to bend his hind leg joints and increase suppleness in his shoulders and hindquarters. The lateral movements featured in this video are:

– Shoulder Fore: the first step in teaching lateral movements requiring a bend to the horse’s body. It helps straighten the horse and increase the carrying power of his inside hind leg.

– Shoulder In: to strengthen the horse’s hindquarters and joint flexibility, supple his shoulder muscles and encourage him to round his spine or “collect.”

– Turn On The Haunches: for engaging and flexing the hind leg joints and regulating movement of the legs, as the rider learns how to independently control the forehand and hind quarters.

Lateral work is more than teaching the horse to “go sideways.” Lateral movements are physical and mental gymnastics for both horse and rider … and they are fun too! Each lateral movement progressively builds the strength, suppleness, and balance the horse needs to “engage” his hindquarters. Lateral work will improve the horse’s straightness and his ability to naturally collect in response to the rider’s lightest aids. Forget the gimmicks and shortcuts … the classic training techniques offered in Dressage Principles Volume II, Building Balance with Lateral Work will provide you with the key to progressing to higher levels of responsiveness, collection and self-carriage in your horse.

–This is you next step to lightness and harmony! -LSP

Time: 90 minutes

Dressage Principles Volume II – Part 3 More Details

The lateral movements in Part 3 advance the horse’s straightness by asking him for the greatest degree of hind leg joint flexibility and hindquarter mobility. The horse remains bent through his body as he moves forward and sideways through these maneuvers. This adds up to more engagement of his hindquarters, developing his ability to carry himself in a naturally collected frame. In this DVD you will sharpen your horse’s responsiveness to communication from your seat, leg and hand aids as you progress through these exercises to collection.

– Haunches In: Also called “travers” improves hindquarter mobility and suppleness by strengthing and loosening the muscles and ligaments of the hind legs. A must for improving the rider’s outside leg aid control.

– Haunches Out: Also called “renvers,” adds suppleness and strengthens the hindquarter muscles for collection. Provides the same benefits as haunches in and adds variety to lateral work.

– Half Pass: Increases the horse’s ability to engage his hindquarters for collection. This is one of the advanced lateral movements. To achieve it the horse must round his spine and be in a collected frame.

Lateral work is more than teaching the horse to “go sideways.” Lateral maneuvers are physical and mental gymnastics for both horse and rider … and they are fun, too! Each lateral maneuver progrssivly builds the strength, suppleness and balance the horse needs to “engage” his hindquarters. Lateral work fine-tunes the rider’s coordination of seat, leg and hand aids. The goal of lateral work is to improve the horse’s straightness and his ability to naturally collect in response to the rider’s lightest aids. Forget the gimmicks and shortcuts… no matter what discipline you ride, the classic training techniques offered in Dressage Principles Volume II, Lateral Training for Collection will provide you the key to progressing to higher levels of responsiveness, collection and self-carriage in your horse.

– This is my favorite work! -LSP