Adrienne Lyle Controlling tempo and stride length at the walk- Dressage Training

Adrienne Lyle Controlling tempo and stride length at the walk- Dressage Training  Controlling tempo and stride length at the walk.

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 reigns just a little on the walk when exercise I do
just to know that you can really control the tempo

bring him back and make a walk in a short got on the long side or in a

circle whatever you want we can walk in the slowest

shortest walk to you like you could pause with any foot in the air

but in still keeping them straight on that right side not too much band

shorten the lock even a little bit more

we stopped a little bump good quality on take a little bit

study hall red

rain just a hair shorter now now

if you could make a march up a little bit quicker but short steps in the lock

we don't gotta go big inflow but he stayed a little short an active

a contest that right side again a little counter flexion

it gets busy with us now hold that counter action until he gets quiet

take that right rain in bed I'm just a little to the right

ok little quicker short walk again what you're looking for here the moment they

get quietness now can hold that contact steady

when you feel that then you can let go out to a big walk is his reward

just let 'em way here a little in the lock without much pressure

Kelly comes to short little steps good

contesting that right rain could look like the little right good

little shorter

it up again I got used to holding that what study in the corner

now

not on lower who became a little pickle with the webcam

when he comes up you think about that right renal

that would like to study contact and let him go when you hold that night

now let him go than the clock in a really big swing iraq

or anything why do on their

you yet let him have much

much rain is still take without completely dropping the contact

their

not less energy than that that's good uneven in the free what you feel like

you could test that

decided that right side with a little bit a counter flexion

that he doesn't soul in Upper slowdown many do that

a little more energy good

then again Ryan pick up the reins back to that collected what contact keep the

tempo the same but just like the strides toward that's our goal

little shorter con cop

well horrible go out with friends or

bringing back to the shortest walk you can make a deal

you could pause with any front foot in your

good good and bad and they're

not likely make him wait there don't let 'em

need of a brand-new burden on the diagonal free walk again

um stretch forward it swinging walking you can think when you're like in a free

Rocco I think

left leg right leg left like right leg left leg right leg rather than using

them both together not later never confused if you're asking a trotter 

you're asking to go to a bigger lock

when you read together a broad range one more time this way between you keep that

marching activity behind as you make those steps a little shorter

we waited out three feeling hold up it nice and steady

or when you feel about the family can go ahead and go to trial

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Protex Horse Arena Footing - River Grove Farm with Adrienne Lyle

Adrienne Lyle coaches rider and discusses how to begin the flying change. In this brief video clip we have a second level horse working on the flying change - just so she can move up to third level.

 

Transcript:

 

0:05in this brief video clip we have a second level horse

0:08working on the flying thing just so she can move up to third level

0:11like most horses when he starts he has a little bit of trouble coordinating all

0:15four legs at once

0:17and the specific buying change issue we're dealing with today is from the

0:21left lead to the right the change

0:22his first tends to change clean behind and then late in front

0:26this comes from the fact that this first ones to lean on the right shoulder be

0:30heavy on the right train

0:31and not respected writers right leg therefore causing her to have a little

0:35trouble getting true suppleness on that right side

0:37and getting him to balance himself upright in a place that he can do a

0:41clean fine change

0:42the first of the writer just pick up the left a counter canter

0:45attempt to fly in change to the right so we can see the issue we're dealing with

0:48here she asked for the change

0:52actually changes clean behind but never completes the flying change with the

0:55front leg

0:55so now he's out a balance she's gotta bring them back on a circle here

0:59get him back with her pretty common problem for a green her starting changes

1:04not a big deal she's gonna bring him back to the walk than ready to discuss

1:09the issue estar exercise

1:10and having the writer start by picking up correctly counter canter on a

1:1620-meter circle

1:17she's holding the weapon her right hand so she can gently tap them on the right

1:20shoulder

1:21encouraging him to lead your of that right side and take that way of it his

1:25right front leg

1:26therefore making him more balance so that is not meaning in around the corner

1:29like a motorcycle

1:30she can tell it gets more balance pretty fine remove that shoulder out

1:34the left becomes lighter and softer on the right train their when she feels a

1:37couple good steps and that softer connection the bright side she walks in

1:41praises him

1:42this preparation and this perspective that right leg

1:45and the suppleness on the right train is the most important before she ever ask

1:49for a change

1:49never asked for the change the moment when you feel the horses fighting in the

1:53connection are you feel there is tension or nervousness

1:55when she feels he gets here does good steps and he gets a walk break

2:02let her walk around for a minute on a loose rein let him relax

2:06think about that take the pressure off so the in everything so the changes are

2:09stressful situation

2:11after she's let him have a momentary break that walk to relax

2:16she picks up the contact again and back to that left three counter canter on

2:19that twenty meter circle to the right

2:21but she's looking for is at suppleness on the right side

2:27that reflection through the poll the neck in the shoulders to the right

2:30so that we know is not leaning through that right side and as she does she also

2:35I think about the canner quality

2:37he's getting here a little bit slow when the Cantor is losing a little jump an

2:42implosion so she's gonna try to pretend I'm a little with that right leg so that

2:45keep setting gauge met behind gets a little bit low here and strong out

2:49not why he has a little break there in a little mistake

2:52not a big deal she continues to make a step of the right leg that's the most

2:55important thing you stick with what you were asking

2:58now he's giving them a couple little caps behind here little match with the

3:01leg

3:02saying let's put a little more ballots in the scanner so we have a little more

3:05airtime in the moment at the change now that's better bounce in the canner

3:08and then a good change he had the energy and the implosion behind their

3:13in order to do a cracked flying change and she had him stepping enough of her

3:17right leg he was soft and not right

3:18rain and not dying down to the right infanticide horses just starting this

3:23fine changes that's enough for him today

3:25a little bit a counter canter a couple changes attempting

3:29he gave us a good one there at the end analogous to go home to his stall in

3:32think about it be proud of the work you did today you always want to keep it

3:36changes a happy thing

3:37never making them feel stressed or worried in them and you can tell he's

3:41quite proud to work to get there

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Protex Horse Arena Footing - River Grove Farm with Adrienne Lyle

 

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Meet Wizard - Adrienne Lyle gives an Introduction to Wizard

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Adrienne Lyle gives us an introduction to her Olympic partner Wizard. 

Q&A with Adrienne:

Q: What is Wizard's age, breed, sex and the name of his owners?

A: Wizard is a 1999 Oldenburg gelding. (Weltmeyer- Pica, Classiker). He is owned by Peggy and Parry Thomas.

 

Career Highlights:

2012 USEF Dressage Festival of Champions

 

Olympic Team: Olympic Grand Prix Special, Saturday 6/16 (74.889%) Gladstone, NJ. With "Wizard"

Olympic Team: FEI Grand Prix, Friday 6/15 (73.298%) Gladstone, NJ. With "Wizard"

1st Place Grand Prix Special (72.6%) Del Mar National, Del Mar, CA. with "Wizard"

1st place in Grand Prix (73.0%) at CDI 5* West Palm Beach, with "Wizard"

1st place in Grand Prix Freestyle (77.73%) at CDI 5* West Palm Beach, with "Wizard"

4th place in Grand Prix (72.5) at CDI World Dressage Masters, wit "Wizard"

1st place in Grand Prix Special (73.2%) at CDI World Dressage Masters, with "Wizard"

1st place in Grand Prix (73.7%) at CDN Gold Coast Opener, with "Wizard"

 

 

 

Video Transcript:

0:00for me

0:02you

0:21always

0:39doesn't like sharing his cross ties with other horses that's why he's making

0:42angry faces at them

0:43because he's pretty sure he's the king he should get it all to himself

0:52he's really secretly ever lace the horse that you won't show anybody else would

0:56be going to stall

0:57all by yourself no one else around you kneel down to come over and put his head

1:00in your lap and cuddle with you

1:02for anything and watch final charge installed or not really tough

1:05as he's got some street credit superb

1:09get him some licorice if

1:18normally we have bananas developing an is that they are you in the mall

1:21you

1:24like job give me a writer for it

1:27going to do that with your butt

1:32of the same foot very lazy

1:38thanks Aaron Walker on the cross ties watches friends go around in circles up

1:41there on the TV that's connected to our you're a walker

1:44so I think saw his friends are movie stars

1:48I've been writing wizard for eight years now and he's definitely been a

1:53it's been quite a journey on him he is a very emotionally complex course that we

1:57started it took a long time for

1:59can depend upon richest person but now we've traveled all over the country and

2:02all over the world together

2:04and now he's my special little me on

2:07he's pretty sweet and I love not to be around him

2:10and

2:14that

2:17how by why when I fly with and he's getting more relaxed than the airplane

2:20but

2:20all the other job programs like fun to me because I stand there with a look at

2:24in front of them and hold it for the entire eight-hour flight so we can sit

2:27there and look as like it and not get nervous because as you can see loves to

2:30lick things

2:30kinda this classifier when he gets nervous when mom leaves German starts to

2:34pass so there I am sitting on a bucket by the plain grey towers whatever else

2:38is

2:38seven first-class leaving things we do for rent

3:19of

3:22oh yes you're so tough

3:36stay

 

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