Today I will pick one lateral movement that will encourage engagement because it is early in the week. Later in the week I will combine lateral movements into one exercise to make it more complicated.
Shoulder-in or variations of shoulder-in; shoulder-fore and position-in, are the exercise that I'm picking (Use the book Advanced Techniques of Dressage page 46-54 as a reference). I am going to work on shoulder-in before I do transitions between trot and canter to improve the engagement and carrying power throughout the transitions.
I am going to use simple school figures at the trot and canter to finish my work out-Cool down. This will give the horse a chance to enjoy the new balance and athleticism that they have gained during the work out phase without being challenged by complicated figures. The idea is that the horse should never struggle through the cool down period. They should find the cool down easy and then it will build confidence in the horse. We all like to do things well and ending the work out while the horse is enjoying the new found balance is a good way to promote a happy athlete!!
Let me know what you decide to do today!!!
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