"If you can Scramble Eggs,You Can Supple Your Horse!"

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  • Опубликовано: 2 ноя 2024

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  • @AmeliaNewcombDressage
    @AmeliaNewcombDressage  3 года назад +9

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  • @AppyDancer
    @AppyDancer 3 года назад +29

    I love the part of the analogy where he tells us how to hold the bowl. That feeling can carry it over to the non dominant hand. Hold that bowl gently. It gives the outside hand something important to do, rather than either taking over the scrambling, floating away, bracing...and it's also a soft place to hold the outside forearm.

  • @victoriaklembus1724
    @victoriaklembus1724 3 года назад +27

    I was always taught to "squeeze a sponge", which got the job done. But I'm sitting here watching this video, "squeezing a sponge" & my forearm engages! I can't wait to try this with my mare who holds a lot of tension in her neck!

  • @laurieannburdock98
    @laurieannburdock98 2 года назад +2

    The part about holding the bowl really completes the picture of what to do. :)

  • @Crazyrandomhappenstance
    @Crazyrandomhappenstance 3 года назад +24

    My dressage instructor has been trying to get me to understand this exact movement and relaxation. This really helped reenforce what I am working on and drive home that she is looking for quieter, relaxed movement. It was also nice to hear high level riders talk about struggling with the same things the rest of us do. It allows me to forgive myself for my flaws. Thank you so much!!!

  • @elizabethengland3197
    @elizabethengland3197 2 года назад +2

    "Scrambling the eggs" has made all the difference. I can't thank you enough. So very helpful!

  • @helentaylor3138
    @helentaylor3138 3 года назад +16

    Oh this brought me back to my youth! I couldn't afford lessons so would bring my bhs manual to the field where I schooled and balance it on a fence post, regularly going back to read bits (I was about 14). So one piece likened softening your horse to wringing out a dishcloth. So I spent months trying to this by turning the backs of my hands to parallel to the ground and turning one forwards and the other backwards and wondering why it was having the opposite effect. It was only years and years later when wringing out a dishcloth I realised I was holding one side steady while twisting the other and realised it was similar to what I had since learned to do to soften a horse. It made me laugh out loud when I suddenly understood what the author was getting at all those years ago! Visualisation is so good but it can go so wrong! It still makes me laugh!

  • @jozwiarm
    @jozwiarm 2 года назад +3

    Thank you, Amelia and German! I really appreciate your thorough explanations. I'm so glad I found you just when I bought a new horse! LOVE your videos!

  • @falizianme5846
    @falizianme5846 3 года назад +7

    This is so great! And it makes so much sense! Thank you... the struggle is real to stay soft and quietly supple my horses and just not tug away! This visual has been so helpful for me! My ponies say thank you too! ❤🦄🙏🙃

  • @karenb9571
    @karenb9571 3 года назад +7

    Tension is a huge hurdle for me. Thank you for giving another idea to help us improve our connection! It so easy to freeze everything when you focus on a difficult movement. Now I just need someone to shout "scrambled eggs" at me when I do a half pass🤣

    • @falizianme5846
      @falizianme5846 3 года назад

      Me too! 🙋‍♀️🤦‍♀️😅

  • @mjchm100
    @mjchm100 Год назад +1

    Thanks for the further explanation on the this concept, very helpful! The finer details of feel are so so important even for someone that has spent a lifetime riding horses! Thank you two so much!

  • @keepitnatural2541
    @keepitnatural2541 2 года назад +1

    I love the analogies! Good to see your collaboration!!

  • @poorvatambe6218
    @poorvatambe6218 2 года назад +1

    Thank you!! soft handling = happy horse = happy riding

  • @rochellegracilla6157
    @rochellegracilla6157 3 года назад +5

    Best analogy yet !!! I'm always too strong in the forearm - this helps soooo much! Thanks so much! 💕

  • @juliefranck8510
    @juliefranck8510 3 года назад +2

    This is really a great and memorable analogy! And how nice to meet your husband! And you are not only awesome at dressage but also you two appear to have such a nice pleasant relationship! I am so thankful for your videos!

  • @dorisstam1411
    @dorisstam1411 3 года назад +1

    You explained some many things for me.....even defining connection and contact!

    • @AmeliaNewcombDressage
      @AmeliaNewcombDressage  3 года назад

      Thank you so much Doris!
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  • @101byork
    @101byork Год назад

    I LOVE this explanation! When I was a trainer, this would have been so helpful when explaining how to make a horse soft without arguing with them. Thank you so much for all of these lovely tips. They make riding so much more rewarding for us all!

  • @juliefranck8510
    @juliefranck8510 3 года назад +1

    This is the second time I watched this. I got even more out of it this time! I plan to watch it each day until my next ride on my young horse! Thank you again!

  • @KimH11
    @KimH11 3 года назад +6

    I scrambled eggs on the trail yesterday and realized how tense I have my forearm. I made the change scrambled the eggs and got the results !!

  • @dorisstam1411
    @dorisstam1411 3 года назад

    what a great image....as an intermediate rider all the descriptions, especially how Amelia talked about the tone in you arm will equal the tone in your horses neck and body.

  • @dawnjennings3709
    @dawnjennings3709 3 года назад

    Perfect mental image! I was told to think about scraping a bowl with my hands. Very helpful explanation!!

  • @helenfox3415
    @helenfox3415 2 года назад +1

    Great analogy! Very good teaching video!

  • @smlmentorship1969
    @smlmentorship1969 3 года назад +1

    Such an awesome concept, makes total sense!! I am definitely the lawn mower, going to give this a try!!!

    • @AmeliaNewcombDressage
      @AmeliaNewcombDressage  3 года назад

      Glad it makes sense to you!
      By the way, I'm giving a free webinar on the Dressage Training Scale, you will find it really helpful with your journey! You can sign up at the link below! I would love to see you there! But if you can't make it, sign up anyway as we can send you the recording!
      www.ameliasdressageacademy.com/trainingscalewebinar

  • @luemun
    @luemun 3 года назад +1

    Love this visual! I really wished I had had your videos when I had a horse. They're so helpful

  • @JessHorsemanship
    @JessHorsemanship 3 года назад +3

    Hello Amelia, Thanks for this. I had watched my coach doing this for a while wondering what it was and she explained it briefly to me. Bit you guys have solidified it now and I understand the whole point of subtling my horse. Thank you so much to you both.. will keep trying and learning to improve this technique !

  • @lyndaburch9381
    @lyndaburch9381 3 года назад +2

    I love scrambled eggs....I was working on connection in my lesson and then I saw your video on scrambled eggs. I was so excited because the scrambled eggs image helped me sooooo much!!! Still working on making the smooth transition when changing directions. But, what a
    well taught tip! Thank you sooo much!!!!

  • @sharonperkins448
    @sharonperkins448 3 года назад +1

    Every time I watch, I think.. You've thought of everything! thank you so much .. always a huge help!

  • @gayleudall7971
    @gayleudall7971 2 года назад +1

    Excellent analogy! Gayle in Colorado at 10 degrees and snow!

  • @melindarigney8312
    @melindarigney8312 8 месяцев назад

    Great analogy. When things are going well, we are using the reins like this but now we have another way to check if we are doing correctly when things start to go wrong.

  • @kck3163
    @kck3163 3 года назад +1

    Awesome video explanation! Thank you for clarifying/demonstrating both scrambled eggs and holding the bowl and keeping outside hand steady!

  • @valking3197
    @valking3197 Год назад

    Scrambled some eggs today and it worked very well. I need to practice more to get the timing just right but having this feeling will make that practicing so much easier. Our whole ride today was so much more fluid and relaxed so the skippy parts did not seem so bad. :) Great new tool in my toolbox, thank You.

  • @sarikirchmann6751
    @sarikirchmann6751 3 года назад +1

    Love this and can't wait to try this out with my mare that gets tense over everything. Thanks Mr. & Mrs. Scrambled Eggs!! :D

  • @paulabee4645
    @paulabee4645 9 месяцев назад

    I heard the scrambled eggs reference in one of the Strides sessions and was not sure what it meant exactly. So grateful to you both for this video, the explanation and demonstrations are excellent. I hope you know how much your advice/videos are appreciated. You guys teach in way that is able to be understood. Thankyou 🙂

  • @christineporter2479
    @christineporter2479 2 года назад +1

    Great video Amelia and good to know that even you feel that contact is so difficult to achieve. I will try to scramble my eggs next time. Thank you.

  • @donnawells9782
    @donnawells9782 3 года назад +2

    Love this. Watched it again and added it to my Amelia library

  • @lindav3747
    @lindav3747 3 года назад +2

    this IS AWESOME and so are YOU. Anyone viewing this and liking should join Amelia's Dressage Academy. YES this method you developed is a game changer. 🐎Thank you so much and honestly, my horse is grateful, too!

  • @mstone8001
    @mstone8001 3 года назад

    Thank you! This is THE most helpful and insightful thing I have ever seen about what the right contact/feel should be and how and where to be softer for better going and relaxation! Totally priceless!!

  • @traceymiller2038
    @traceymiller2038 3 года назад +3

    Fantastic
    Learnt a lot
    Thank you
    Such a sweet couple
    May God draw you into His kingdom to His side for eternity

  • @kmiklaszewski
    @kmiklaszewski 3 года назад +3

    It was such a great video. These types of explanations are so important because of how helpful they are and of course the end result for the horse if they’re done right. I look for these types of visuals and explanations when I’m reading articles and trying to educate myself on different things for a riding and training and they really help when you explain to other riders. I would love to see you and your husband do another video like this and maybe even on a horse That really breaks down the half halt and different kinds of have halts and when you would use them on one hind leg compared to the other hind leg. So many people just get told to use their seat, leg and hand but then they’re left to their own devices and sometimes you see them struggling with driving with their seat or holding with their seat too much and then kicking and squeezing and then holding or pulling and even doing the lawnmower pulling with their entire arm. I’d love to see you guys really break down the details of the seat, legs, rein aids and the core and how the rider needs to use the body. I like to think of the body as a skeleton when I ride or when I teach people so that they can visualize individual body parts and it can help to have more independent body parts when riding. A video from you guys on this topic would be great because A lot of riders don’t get shown or told the little important details and even the action that your body needs to make when an instructor yells out to them what to do during the lesson. I know I started out that way at lesson barns and was kind of left to my own imagination and thoughts of what I was supposed to do when they said inside leg, outside leg, inside seat bone, outside Seat bone, half half and all the other things. Thanks and hope we get to see a video on this with you and your husband on this topic.

  • @secretgardenfarmct614
    @secretgardenfarmct614 3 года назад

    I ride a schoolmaster PSG and I am personally a 1st/2nd level rider, I feel I am always playing catch up to what he already knows, he does everything I ask even if I am in the way.
    I have a lot of book smarts when it comes to dressage but not a lot of practical experience in dressage, when I watched this it changed they way I communicate with my horse, created a huge bridge that will definitely be to progress in the weeks to come.
    My horse thanks you! I am a so thankful your you videos

  • @meinthewild312
    @meinthewild312 Год назад

    Super helpful! Beth Baumert told me that my reins are dead. I was so embarrassed, but I was always taught that my hands, arms and body should remain perfectly still and I’ve spent decades perfecting my stillness and NOW everyone wants me to be soft and move. It’s so difficult.

  • @sherylsmerker3864
    @sherylsmerker3864 2 года назад +1

    You are both AMAZING, Thank you so very much.

  • @kitimation
    @kitimation 3 года назад

    Love this video - found on my way to the barn this morning, and can already tell it created an immediate positive change in the conversation with my young OTTB (2nd month into his new job). Thank you!

  • @phburdett
    @phburdett 3 года назад +1

    Super. You guys are such a cute and helpful couple. Love the videos you do together. Very glad you added the leg and seat comments, Amelia. It has taken me years to be able to catch the forward impulse without letting the energy out the front door. Activating the hind leg first and having the skill to catch it in the seat and rein is what it is all about, what takes years to develop. This tip about the reins is very helpful, if one keeps in mind that is it used to catch the impulsion generated by the rider's leg.

  • @rachellocktovambrose3880
    @rachellocktovambrose3880 7 месяцев назад

    Great info - can't wait to try it - thanks so much for sharing!!

  • @GabbyWarner-t7r
    @GabbyWarner-t7r 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome.. great analogy, can’t wait to try it!

  • @mariannelee2890
    @mariannelee2890 3 года назад +1

    WOW! this is an amazing analogy and I can't wait to try it. Also sending it to my coach.

  • @maloveng
    @maloveng 3 года назад

    Oh thanks. It’s big help for me to understand and getting images of inside and outside hands.!!

  • @Faska_
    @Faska_ 3 года назад +3

    Thank you this was lovely. Can’t wait to try it. Love to see you explaining this as a couple too, very cute ❤️

  • @sandrapouliot1180
    @sandrapouliot1180 2 года назад +1

    A gigantic thank you! I just had one of my best ride ever 🦄😍!!! keeping in mind the scrambled eggs analogy! My fore arm is finaly starting to relax! I was trying so hard to keep my position but my arm got so tense and did not realized it.

  • @patriciaw2596
    @patriciaw2596 Год назад +1

    I watched this a year ago and didn’t get it; just rewatched tonight and I finally get it! And my horse thanks you!

  • @thezagnolis7017
    @thezagnolis7017 Год назад +1

    Fantastic…I can’t wait to try this!!!!

  • @JavierBonillaC
    @JavierBonillaC 3 года назад +1

    This works like magic. If you tend to forget that the outside rein is supposed to be fixed and it's the inside rein that is used for suppleness, this will get you focused. Amazing tip, I will subscribe yeah yeah...(sounds like Gloria Gaynor I will survive.... ha ha).

  • @acools07
    @acools07 3 года назад +1

    I love this! I tend to get tight all the way up to my shoulder and need to constantly check in to see if I need to relax!

  • @shakeitshakeitbaby
    @shakeitshakeitbaby 3 года назад +1

    This is a great tip. My horse often stiffens and today using this tip he rounded and got on the bit. WhaTTT? 🤩

  • @nataliedavies69
    @nataliedavies69 3 года назад +1

    So interesting! I also loved what your husband had to say about Goldilocks Amelia; every horse is so different and I still am searching for that ‘just right’ amount of feel that suits both me and my sensitive TB. I will definitely experiment (gently at first) with scrambling the eggs to see if he supples and if it unlocks the bracing we both can sometimes get. Thank you! Was good to meet your husband - lucky you that he’s a horse guy!

  • @staceymccarthy4843
    @staceymccarthy4843 Год назад

    Fun video and great analogy. Very helpful!

  • @yuhurio
    @yuhurio 2 года назад

    Amazing tips! You two are a great teaching team, thank you !

  • @michawika8991
    @michawika8991 Год назад +1

    Wow, never heard about the softness of the forearm and about how to feel it explained in such a perspective, but I love it. I am just going to the stable for today training and being really inpatient to try, to check it. When I heard you talking about scrambled eggs, I guess my forearm is possibly too stiff and too tense.

    • @AmeliaNewcombDressage
      @AmeliaNewcombDressage  Год назад

      Let me know how it goes!

    • @michawika8991
      @michawika8991 Год назад

      @@AmeliaNewcombDressage Finally I came to the point. I am answering after a month, but it took time for me to get there. I was curious and immediately tried to check it, but failed. Anyway, didn’t give up. I went through 30 Days Rider Position Change with setting my priority to soften my hands and elbows. Working hard to take care about my soft hands and to remember about it whatever happens during my training. And finally I came back to scrambling eggs exercise… it works well and helps a lot. My horse is much, much rounder and supple! Thank you Amelia! 👍🐴

  • @ladym3137
    @ladym3137 3 года назад +2

    So my classical instructor who I took lessons with from 1996 until 2012 used the whipping egg analogy all the time for the action of the inside happy hand - I think she got this from Major Lynch at Morven Park.

  • @evamolnar204
    @evamolnar204 3 года назад

    You are just so sweeet together! Thank you! :) And of course I will try to scramble an egg on my horse!

  • @johniburg3409
    @johniburg3409 2 года назад +1

    This makes sense, I am going to try it. Thanks.

  • @lpequestrian46
    @lpequestrian46 3 года назад +1

    I was struggling with this problem so much recently with a horse I recently got to ride! I am going to try this next time!!!

  • @Lynne2106
    @Lynne2106 3 года назад

    Bing! Light went on. Thank you!

  • @KimH11
    @KimH11 3 года назад +2

    The live was fantastic we enjoy German coming on as well

  • @MonicaMoinet
    @MonicaMoinet 7 месяцев назад

    FABULOUS advice, THANK YOU!!!!!!!! you made a happy rider and I think a very happy horse!!!!!😂😂😂

  • @emilybender4268
    @emilybender4268 2 года назад +1

    This was so helpful!

  • @kku961
    @kku961 3 года назад +1

    Love this video, thank you so much! Greetings from Vienna, Austria😊

  • @vickyelmes3558
    @vickyelmes3558 3 года назад +2

    Love the goldilocks reference. Great video; thank you :)

    • @AmeliaNewcombDressage
      @AmeliaNewcombDressage  3 года назад

      😂😂😂

    • @maryannmccarthy1824
      @maryannmccarthy1824 3 года назад +1

      I too love Goldilocks reference because it encapsulates being in the present moment with the horse that is under you and having the conversation that is needed between you and that horse in that moment! Not “one size fits all”. Another GREAT fast easy analogy from Mr. Scrambled Eggs!!!

  • @revans1613
    @revans1613 3 года назад +2

    So helpful even for myself long in the tooth!

    • @AmeliaNewcombDressage
      @AmeliaNewcombDressage  3 года назад

      Thanks so much for watching (and no-one is too long in the tooth!)!
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  • @roxannelundenart2150
    @roxannelundenart2150 3 года назад

    All hail Mr. Scrambled eggs! Can’t wait to try this out! 🤩

  • @santitacorodall2319
    @santitacorodall2319 3 года назад

    I tried this 30 min after watching the video and it really does work! I ride in a traditional hackamore and it worked just as good!

  • @shakemtuffy
    @shakemtuffy 3 года назад

    Wow! Wonderful analogy! Thank you!

  • @lorihanson273
    @lorihanson273 3 года назад +1

    Wow cant wait to try this. I'm usually told wiggle your ring finger but it sounds like I need to think of it more like a soft vibration.

  • @pattirockgarden4423
    @pattirockgarden4423 3 года назад +1

    Hilarious! Great suggestion/ demo!

  • @debraallen5588
    @debraallen5588 2 года назад +1

    Great explanation 👌

  • @dianaimpossible7196
    @dianaimpossible7196 3 года назад

    It works so well for me and my horse, thank you sooo much ❤️🥰

  • @chandorequestrian
    @chandorequestrian 3 года назад

    Ohhhh wow! What a great way to think about suppeling 👍❤

    • @GloriaK1065
      @GloriaK1065 3 года назад

      Every time I scrambled eggs, I got a shoulder-in. I think I need to practice

  • @TaylorLewisWebDesign
    @TaylorLewisWebDesign 3 года назад

    Thanks for sharing! Excellent information!! Going to try today!

  • @acceptingWhatIS
    @acceptingWhatIS 2 года назад +1

    beautiful thank you!

  • @beemar1890
    @beemar1890 3 года назад

    Yesss! Love the imagery.... bringing me back to sally swift💞

    • @The23vivienne
      @The23vivienne 3 года назад

      I loved Sally Swifts images in her books, very practical ideas but they worked. I lent the book to a friend and she kept it.That's how good it was !!

  • @dianag5668
    @dianag5668 3 года назад

    Excellent mini lesson. Going to try it today. Thank you!

  • @EC-xj1zc
    @EC-xj1zc 3 года назад

    Fantastic video, a real conversation about connection and more., thank you Amelia.. I've forwarded this to my students. There are so many levels of insight to this that will be helpful for Pro or Amateur. Worth watching more than once. Super content once again, thanks!

  • @KasiaExc
    @KasiaExc 2 года назад

    Doskonałe porównanie 👌
    Dziękuję za ten materiał w imieniu wszystkich koni, z którymi pracuję 🍅

  • @michellehovanek6282
    @michellehovanek6282 3 года назад

    Excellent thank you so much, great visual! Cant wait to try it.

  • @angelahamond-fenton497
    @angelahamond-fenton497 3 года назад

    awww :) thanks Amelia and German! Super video xx

  • @kristinehowe6780
    @kristinehowe6780 3 года назад +1

    This is so good you two. Thank you so much!!!!

  • @sofiaspanou3357
    @sofiaspanou3357 3 года назад +2

    Some of the best information I have ever got ❤❤❤💯💯💯

  • @reneenowicki6859
    @reneenowicki6859 2 года назад +1

    It works!! Thanks!

  • @soundhorse
    @soundhorse 3 года назад

    Amelia, your videos are so helpful. Thank you. Also, you ride so beautiful, make everything look so easy 🤔 and obvious you care about the horse as well.

  • @susangillham8771
    @susangillham8771 3 года назад +1

    Great Imaging , Thanks

  • @simonarizzi9042
    @simonarizzi9042 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for this great video! Your are both so enthusiasts and transmit this and boost me so much!! Indeed, using the sponge Action makes your forearms strong!!!! I'll try this Wednesday and let you know!!! Sure it will change all 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @AmeliaNewcombDressage
      @AmeliaNewcombDressage  3 года назад +1

      Thanks so much for watching Simona!

    • @AmeliaNewcombDressage
      @AmeliaNewcombDressage  3 года назад +1

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    • @spaziocasainterioare1656
      @spaziocasainterioare1656 3 года назад

      @@AmeliaNewcombDressage Yes! Thank you!! I am in all :) But have 2 accounts. One office and one personal. I am in with the personal :) Love your work and passion and you surely boost as all :) Thank you so much!!!

  • @patriciasaul9544
    @patriciasaul9544 2 года назад +1

    THANKS!!

  • @soledadnavarro966
    @soledadnavarro966 3 года назад +1

    Es el mejor video que he visto en mi vida, muchísimas gracias desde Barcelona. Soy una gran admiradora!!!!

  • @quiqui4772
    @quiqui4772 3 года назад +2

    Lendon gray once helt my armwhile I had a lesson ,and said, ‘when I need to move furniture, I’ll call you’ needles to say I had the same problem….

  • @helenfox3415
    @helenfox3415 2 года назад +1

    Great video!

  • @equineomine6246
    @equineomine6246 3 года назад

    5:47 This is me with littraly everything!! I do this, I think of horses, I do that, horses! I use horse analogies 24/7, I am not kidding lol

  • @vascotamagnini1508
    @vascotamagnini1508 3 года назад

    I have srambled the egg !!!! really an epyphany! Tx so much for the video. Really insightful

  • @Teach13447
    @Teach13447 Год назад

    Operation scramble eggs day one, 👍 Hope day 2 goes just as good.

  • @yasminegray6675
    @yasminegray6675 3 года назад

    I loved this - can't wait to try it and see if it makes a difference - thank you!