Leg Yield ... does it have a place in training?

[catkin]

C'mon VR - let's see a pic of these feet

[VR]

  His poor little tootsies are turning in to the most talked about feet in Devon!! (They are also probably the fluffiest in the county too mind!) Ok, tomorrow I will take some fluffy feet pics and post for all to see but I'll stop hijacking this thread  and start a special Bobby feet show one 

[ukica]

excellent  looking forward to seeing feet!

[shoveltrash]

this merits it's own thread
and yes, i too am dying to see the "fluffy feet"

Leg Yield ... does it have a place in training?

regarding the original question:  YES
howzat for a succinct answer

[phillipa]

correct leg yield is very important, however..... I have so many people riding a leg yield which is simply the horse falling out through the outside shoulder, which helps no one.
Like every dressage movement, it is really important and is always there for a reason but has to be done correctly.

So there....... 


PS, Another vote for fluffy feet please....

[winnieandben]

Sorry totally OT, Phillipa just noticed your sig. quote 

[phillipa]

 
It works for me.... 

[Heather]

Haha, I hadnt spotted that sig quote either, Janet- brilliant, Philippa!

As for Mr Bobby's fluffy feet, we really must get some pics of him, fluffy feet or not! He is very cute!

Tori's riding is coming on brilliantly too, she was practising her new found lateral work skills on Rei too today!

Heather

[Cyrus]

In aussie-
Snake to left = ;eg yield to right
I have always had it taught to me by varying teachers, my appy just had so many issues with it, until he got the Fhoenix saddle, now- he can do it, as his shoulders are better off and less blocked.
The one issue I find with it, is the way it can be taught, and you turn down the 3/4 line, and you are rising trot- as some do, and  you seem to be on the wrong diagonal- but maybe thats just the way I see it.

[VR]

Tori's riding is coming on brilliantly too, she was practising her new found lateral work skills on Rei too today!

  Yes, I rode Rei ... off the lunge!  Wooo hooo, best day ever!


Fluffy feet pics of my little pone to follow when the little fur ball comes in later 

[Mandeigh]

Wot no pics! 

[Heather]

They are on a thread on general, Mandeigh!

Heather

[Belbe]

Missed the second bit - the aids

Rider's leg behind, not on girth - it's a 'move-over' aid not a bend/flexion one.

agreed! there enough aids to confuse the poor fellas, no use putting on the same spot to worsen things further.

[chapsi]

LY is the basis for all the training of the horses at our yard, seen as the foundation for the remaining lateral exercises.
It aims to provide the horse in his early beginnings with balance, suppleness and mobilization.