Am very grateful for your well explained techniques and methods. What about wearing a pair white or light-colored gloves for more contrast - it would be easier for us, your viewing audience, to see the small position changes in your hands.....
I did it! Rode my horse after this video and practiced opening the rein momentarily then going back to GP hands 💥 I did the easiest shoulder in we every did! This was great! Thank you! Please hurry do another one! Lol 🥰
You Alicia, are the best thing on the whole of the internet in my opinion ! I don’t know why you don’t already have millions of subscribers! I’m totally in awe of you and your training methods and results. Every video has helped me and my pony. I hope one day when we are riding Grand Prix, I can look back and have you to thank. If you ever want to feature a 4 year old pony stallion’s progression, feel free to borrow mine ! Lol. ❤️
What I truly love about Alicia's videos she just knows that just about everyone can be trained to ride a horse and learn the more experienced moves by learning contact, suppleness, and Grand Prix Hands. Makes me again want my own horse after many years of not riding. In brings me excitement for something that I haven't felt in years! Thank you Alicia!
This video came along just at the right time as I was feeling so frustrated after my ride with our contact. Will I ever be able to get this?? Then yr video was there. OMG next ride yesterday I promised my horse I would just do this. He was soft and happy. Thankyou Alicia I am your devotee 💕💕
I really love watching your videos. I have an OTTB myself and your tips and tricks were really useful for me as a rider. Here in Belgium, the race sport is very small, due to beting on horses being illegal. Which means the trainers keeping racehorses, are not the best educated. My horse was literally a cash cow and scrapped after 41 races. As thoroughbreds are considered as ”bad” here, my goal is to prove them wrong and make him a good companion in both dressage and jumping. Thanks for sharing really good content,
Hello, sometimes I find it quite difficult to halt or slow down my horse while cantering with contact or with pulling slightly the reins , can you pls help , you've helped me before , you're the best❤
God could not have led me to the best vid to watch at this minute! Literally, last night I had a crap ride on my TB who decided to ONLY gallop and ignore me whatsoever. So, I decided to sell him because I just felt like a failure. A long day of crying, depression and sulking... this video pops up and I have some new hope for tonight! Def gonna give this a try! Thanks Alicia!
I would like to enter!!!Great video! Enjoyed it so much!! Wessel looks wonderful!!!!! Testing this out today 100%, thank you for changing me as a rider!! Keep doing what your doing girl, your a Queen❤️🥳😍
That was absolutly amazing. Loving all your videos. Im a 50 year old Dad that has started lessons because i love going with my 9 year old daughter to her horse riding lessons. Ive just had my 4th lesson. I had no idea what kind of ninja skills it take to ride and connect with a horse skillfully, wow..... Mind blown indeed. You guys make it look soooo easy. Wish me luck on my present day journey to achive the rythem it takes to achive a fluent and satisfiying standing trot. I did have a taste of a Galop my last lesson and that was totally sick xx. Keep up the great work guys. lovin it. xx
This is yet another great video, I have used so many of the techniques that you have shown us and have had such improvements in our way of going it’s unreal. I have also managed to find a trainer that is really great at helping me get the exercises that you show us correct. We start each of our lessons now with a chat about what I’m trying to achieve from the videos that I have watched and then spend time each week training them as correctly as I can ride them. The combination of a great pair of eyes on the ground and the fantastic information that you give is just unbeatable. My riding has progressed so much in such a short space of time! I can’t thank you enough Alicia, I have spent so many years stuck in the same place with my training. Thank you,thank you,a million times thank you.
Thankyou for the tip to rewatch this video DMA & Megan! Yes, just what I needed! Biggest takeaway: the importance of Grand Prix hands in every move all the way up the levels; i love Alicia's principle of always "working with the end in mind"! ie that one can't progress until steering & thus shoulder control is effective! Dressage is a new discipline for me, so yes, developing the steering in of fundamental importance! I also love the concept of developing one's aids to the point of being a mere thought, a suggestion! When I think of dressage that's definitely how it appears! I'm working on my Grand Prix hands as I work with my gorgeous Arab X mare, also new to dressage! Hoping to see some real progress the more I implement all the guidance I'm constantly getting from your videos & discussion! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🐎🐴🐎❤🙏
Talked to myself around the arena today on my older OTT. Grand Prix rider hands, Grand Prix hands, hahaha! Just as well nobody could hear me! Alicia breaking the puzzle apart and explaining each step to put it together is amazing! Concentrating on rhythm, train tracks and Grand Prix hands today, enjoyable riding with a sense of tiny achievements. Thank you so much Alicia. Faking it until I make some improvement! Breaking it down, let's get it!
I just had this conversation with my daughter yesterday after riding Ollie’s Level 2 test!!! It’s amazing how really little you have to do with your hands once the connection with body/seat is there and working. Half-halting then comes more from the body/seat than from the hands. Having said that - there is also a certain level of fitness and finesse that a rider learns or doesn’t learn because they give up trying. Thank you for giving me hope. I’ve said this before in my comments but can’t help repeating just how much my awareness of what I am doing step-by-step has improved. Also, the toolkit of exercises to improve way of going and solve ‘issues’ has enabled me to start thinking more like the ‘Grand Prix’ rider even though I have never experienced that first hand. I can’t thank you enough!
Now I have realized how I missed this. After 8 months of the war in my country (I from Ukraine) I eventually feel the interest in horses and horse riding again. So pity I couldn't use the prize that you gave me as a session with Alisia but hope may be some day I could attach to this incredible world again. Alisia's explanation is comprehensive and clear and horse is absolutely charming. So nice to watch your videos again.
Hi Asia! Thanks for watching this video! hope you learn someting here that you can apply on your next ride. And should you decide to use your one on one coaching prize with Alicia, you can send us an email and one of our lovely staff will be there to help you x
So many ah ha moments. Having ridden some horses that work with "just a thought" and then being stuck on how to train my own to do this- this video is amazing. It also gives people the faith that they can be the rider they dream to become even with their own horses that don't look like Wessel when they're riding them. Love it!
Hallelujah!!!! This is THE exact video I've been looking for for ages! Opening rein is the first rein I was taught when I was 4, and it deserves to be brought into the limelight like you just did! Thank you! 🙏 This video has just made everything clear and given me the confidence to teach with more conviction and clarity! I feel so much better about my teaching and my riding now! As you say, the majority of riders should be using it and yet it is looked down upon. 🐎🐎🐎🐎👏👏👏👏
Question: when you open your hand, do you keep your thumb pointing to the sky, or do you open your wrist up a little? As a kid, we were taught to open our wrist up to the sky to invite the pony to turn. Or is that just a French thing?
Alicia you’re the bomb. I love how you take the good the bad and the ugly. It’s not always pretty. You are so generous with your knowledge and you know how to relay the knowledge. Thank you so much.
I tried it out this morning, steering-grand prix hands, oh my god, what a difference 🤯 she was so nice in her contact after a relative short time, first she became very heavy but then I applied dropping Toby. 🤯 ❤💜💙🧡💜❤ Thank you so much!!!
OMG WOW. Love the motorbike hands and Dressage hands. It finally clicked. Cant wait to go an try this now that it makes sense. Thank you sòoooooooo much from me and my very patient horse.
Thanks Alicia. Such a great video. This gives me something to focus on right now which I need. I’m having anxiety and panic attacks with all the stuff going on in the world. I can barely venture out to the barn. Every time I’m with my horses the world fades away. Gotta keep motivated 👍🏻🖤
Wessel is such a beautiful horse , he' s amazing. At first i could see one hand steering and then moving back in place ( not as i was taught with huge open rein to turn etc..) but after you moved to the part entitled " grand prix rider" , you're far away from the camera and how to do "travers" with your back turned etc i could not see anything and yet this is such an an important lesson , ..one suggestion perhaps would to be doing it like " ralenti" with the lovely lady who's filming so close she could make a focus on your hands ..as it's so subtle ..like what do you do to do "travers" etc.. yep I.. " can do this" in my dreams Alicia ;-) i still don't get it 100% but you're amazing !
I’d watched this video a few months ago and it was a great refresher to watch again. Alicia - you’ve helped me to connect all the dots between years of lessons, horses and trainers. My understanding has grown exponentially and I’m able to translate her teachings to my rides. Night 🌙 and day ☀️!! This video will stay in my Main Library as a reminder! Many thanksl! 😊 💕🐴🥕🍎
love this Alicia!! and it has helped me with my mare QUITE a bit! some previous advice/training I've had had me using low wide hands and loose reins, which was all well and good for trotting around with her nose in the ground, but really nothing else. Now we're working on getting more consistent connection, she goes on the bit and is starting to use her hind end more :) AND is becoming spook proof! AND this is making evrything else we're learning go so much faster and easier. WOOHOO!
Absolutely the best piece of instruction about the inside rein. I was taught this about the inside rein before but the reason was never explained. I be watch international dressage riders and seen them do it and never understood why.
My biggest takeaway from this video was learning to use different rein techniques! Thank you for explaining this so well, I love how all your videos apply to every level! This was a SUPER helpful video and I can’t wait to go try it tomorrow! 😍🐴
I just ran into this video series today. What a super find!Thank you so much for the helpful and simple to do exercises! I have been riding for years and years, but haven't had a horse for 5 years. I just recently purchased a young Westphalian gelding- we'll be following you along and practicing each ride so we can bond and progress together :-) We hope to be like you and Wessel some day!
Hi Dana! So happy to have you join us in the community!! So glad you loved the video so much! Would love to hear how you and your new gelding go trying out all the different tips :]
I have ridden western most of my life and these videos really amaze me . I want to see if I can learn dressage without a coach...there is little gold nuggets in every video. Like keep the shoulders in-between the hands. Thanks so much... sending love and good vibes!
Genius Alicia! Holly walk out like a boss no jogging' no stickiness, using GP my hands wow for me, Holly "finally you get it don't fuss with me I know my job mum". Thank for breaking it down for all of us Alicia excited for the next part Eeek 😁😀
Recently started riding a new horse and I feel like I have no control. He wants to run through the contact and it makes me feel so insecure. I am super excited to go and try what I have learned here today. Absolutely LOVE your videos! Thanks so much. Regards all the way from South Africa, Celeste
Love this. So clear and simple. For the giveaway, my biggest take home was the returning to the middle. Seems so obvious now but definitely guilty of leading the nose and continuing to keep hand out even after the nose follows and the shoulder falls out!
This video is so perfect, and gave me a huge insight that has never been taught to me before. I’m so excited to try this with my gelding. Thank you so much for this my mind is blown!
MARY JO. I will be using this next ride! I know I do way too much with my hands, this will be a great thing to focus on. The more I watch Alicia, the I realize I do way too many things with my body! Thank you for making these simple breakdowns 🥰
Hi Alisha and team. Just wanted to say thank you for the work that you’ve put in to this video. I watched it about 3 or 4 times to make sure I could really understand what you were saying. Rode the loan horse I have today and it felt really different. It feels like it’s coming together with understanding of the theory, see it practiced by Alisha in the video so I can visualise what it should look like and then having a go myself. Train tracks, banana, half halt (keeping reins even on both sides) and Grand Prix hands with short reins meant we’ve got rid of head bobbing and cutting in on the corners, so I can keep my hands even stiller and today for the first time since I’ve been riding her (about 8 weeks) she responded by stretching down into the contact on a circle, by herself. As you said, if I understood correctly, the circle does the suppling and I didn’t need to be working it so hard. For weeks I’ve been excessively fiddling with my hands to make her keep her head down, when I probably needed to keep them stiller, which made her worse, so it’s Grand Prix hands for me forevermore. Thank you so much 😊
On my goodness. It's silly but I'm close to tears right now. I have tryed and watched so many videos trying to improve but nothing has worked. I was getting frustrated and disappointed and I thought I just couldn't do it. Your video solved my problems. Thank you so much I can't tell you how happy I am right now! Your amazing! P.s my name is actually Ellie Clarke. (Using my sister's account) xxxxx
Very well explained. Watching your videos gives me confidence that it's passable to do. Not knowing anything about dressage watching your videos makes me feel like that I can really understand it. Thank you for all your help 🤠
ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE VIDEO!!! Thanks for sharing once again your knowledge - it is wonderful to have someone of your skill shedding light on all the grey areas. Thank you so much ❤
This video is life changing! I have never seen a video of someone explaining this, I can't wait to try it out tomorrow! I'm currently training a young horse, so it's lovely to see a video that I can apply to our training!
@@YourRidingSuccess Today, I try to hand still and hand closer together all the time and I find horse become more concentration and more energy. Good tip. My coach also always told me parallel movement my both hands not pulling.
Thanks so much for this video on contact because it has helped me to much in my riding! There is so much information that I go back to this video and review all ur points!
this video is soo good. thank you for this video so much. I have my very first horse show on December 5. I started riding this June which was my 20 year old dream since before I was born. so I'm loving and going to implement all the knowledge you have giving me. Thank you Alica!
Love your videos so much. I’ve a super little Connie ( extremely stubborn 😂🥴) but getting him connected and round is very challenging. He has fused hocks - chemically fused btw - and tries to compensate by being on the forehand rather than using his back end so to speak. We’ve had ‘discussions’ on this and I feel I’ve done all the work rather than him 😂 I’ll be watching you religiously and trying it all out on him. Many thanks x
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much! I'm learning all this stuff while being on a break from riding (just moved from Australia to the US), and I can't wait to see how different my riding is when I get back on! And I'm so excited to see how my riding develops over time now that I'm a DMA member. ****HAPPY DANCE****. Looking forward to hands dash cam!
I would love to enter! I've struggled with my boy's shoulders and keeping connection and now I know it's me making him loose balance. Thankyou for what you are doing for us as rider's it has been MAGIC! 💥💥💥💥
Gutted I missed the comp! But love your videos, and really want you guys to do well! Because you’ve helped me enormously!! My current issue is all about connection. I often worry whether my reins are too short or too long etc! Will practice Grand Prix hands tomorrow! Thank you!
Thank you for this! My horse has been giving me so much trouble in the right lead canter. And he does behave naughty and sticks him up like a giraffe only to the right. I figured out after a terrible ride that I wad locking my left side that's why he was falling to the right all the time.
I WANT TO ENTER!!! I'm a beginner and just learning the basics of contact, can't wait to learn all I can :) LOVE the way you explain things, it makes it so much easier to understand how I should be communicating with my horse.
I have not done English riding in along time but watching your video I am excited to begin again. 👌🐎💓I use to be good at English would love to learn dressage and I will begin watching your video
Loving these training videos! Great how you are breaking down everything into easy to follow steps, can't wait to see your next video on contact. Would love to enter the comp!
I definitely want to enter! Makes me realise how much I overuse my hands, too much motorbike steering, not enough Grand Prix! Can't wait to try this out on my horses when I next ride
What a great video! My Andalusian is new to Dressage and I am not a Grand Prix rider YET - (but I will be chanting that mantra from now on). I recently went to a show and we got in the ribbons, but the comments were mostly about contact. This video was a great reminder of what another trainer taught me previously. I am excited to see how much improvement we will achieve after being consistent with this training!
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Am very grateful for your well explained techniques and methods. What about wearing a pair white or light-colored gloves for more contrast - it would be easier for us, your viewing audience, to see the small position changes in your hands.....
Thanks Jen! Good suggestion with the gloves, we will give this a try and see how it works on the film x
I did it! Rode my horse after this video and practiced opening the rein momentarily then going back to GP hands 💥 I did the easiest shoulder in we every did! This was great! Thank you! Please hurry do another one! Lol 🥰
Awesome!! Love it!
Super helpful - you are right - lots of gaps to be filled from other videos. This is the first time I have heard it explained this way.
Love it, Valerie!! Glad you enjoyed this xx
You Alicia, are the best thing on the whole of the internet in my opinion ! I don’t know why you don’t already have millions of subscribers! I’m totally in awe of you and your training methods and results. Every video has helped me and my pony. I hope one day when we are riding Grand Prix, I can look back and have you to thank.
If you ever want to feature a 4 year old pony stallion’s progression, feel free to borrow mine ! Lol. ❤️
Yes!
GO! GO! Yesss love the or canter😂 awesome♥️
Yay! Thank you!
What I truly love about Alicia's videos she just knows that just about everyone can be trained to ride a horse and learn the more experienced moves by learning contact, suppleness, and Grand Prix Hands. Makes me again want my own horse after many years of not riding. In brings me excitement for something that I haven't felt in years! Thank you Alicia!
This is amazing, Karen!! We hope to see you ride soon xx
This video came along just at the right time as I was feeling so frustrated after my ride with our contact. Will I ever be able to get this?? Then yr video was there. OMG next ride yesterday I promised my horse I would just do this. He was soft and happy. Thankyou Alicia I am your devotee 💕💕
This is amazing!!!! Go you!!
I really love watching your videos. I have an OTTB myself and your tips and tricks were really useful for me as a rider. Here in Belgium, the race sport is very small, due to beting on horses being illegal. Which means the trainers keeping racehorses, are not the best educated. My horse was literally a cash cow and scrapped after 41 races. As thoroughbreds are considered as ”bad” here, my goal is to prove them wrong and make him a good companion in both dressage and jumping. Thanks for sharing really good content,
So glad the videos are helping you, Lottie!! Go for your goals!! xx
Hello, sometimes I find it quite difficult to halt or slow down my horse while cantering with contact or with pulling slightly the reins , can you pls help , you've helped me before , you're the best❤
God could not have led me to the best vid to watch at this minute! Literally, last night I had a crap ride on my TB who decided to ONLY gallop and ignore me whatsoever. So, I decided to sell him because I just felt like a failure. A long day of crying, depression and sulking... this video pops up and I have some new hope for tonight! Def gonna give this a try! Thanks Alicia!
This is great, Ariska!! Tell us how you go on your next ride :)
I would like to enter!!!Great video! Enjoyed it so much!! Wessel looks wonderful!!!!! Testing this out today 100%, thank you for changing me as a rider!! Keep doing what your doing girl, your a Queen❤️🥳😍
You're welcome anytime! x
Awesome!! You were born to explain😂♥️
You're welcome anytime! x
That was absolutly amazing. Loving all your videos. Im a 50 year old Dad that has started lessons because i love going with my 9 year old daughter to her horse riding lessons. Ive just had my 4th lesson. I had no idea what kind of ninja skills it take to ride and connect with a horse skillfully, wow..... Mind blown indeed. You guys make it look soooo easy. Wish me luck on my present day journey to achive the rythem it takes to achive a fluent and satisfiying standing trot. I did have a taste of a Galop my last lesson and that was totally sick xx. Keep up the great work guys. lovin it. xx
This is yet another great video, I have used so many of the techniques that you have shown us and have had such improvements in our way of going it’s unreal.
I have also managed to find a trainer that is really great at helping me get the exercises that you show us correct. We start each of our lessons now with a chat about what I’m trying to achieve from the videos that I have watched and then spend time each week training them as correctly as I can ride them. The combination of a great pair of eyes on the ground and the fantastic information that you give is just unbeatable. My riding has progressed so much in such a short space of time! I can’t thank you enough Alicia, I have spent so many years stuck in the same place with my training. Thank you,thank you,a million times thank you.
Thank you for sharing! Love to hear this!!
Thankyou for the tip to rewatch this video DMA & Megan! Yes, just what I needed! Biggest takeaway: the importance of Grand Prix hands in every move all the way up the levels; i love Alicia's principle of always "working with the end in mind"! ie that one can't progress until steering & thus shoulder control is effective! Dressage is a new discipline for me, so yes, developing the steering in of fundamental importance! I also love the concept of developing one's aids to the point of being a mere thought, a suggestion! When I think of dressage that's definitely how it appears! I'm working on my Grand Prix hands as I work with my gorgeous Arab X mare, also new to dressage! Hoping to see some real progress the more I implement all the guidance I'm constantly getting from your videos & discussion! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🐎🐴🐎❤🙏
You're doing really well! You can do it! :)
Talked to myself around the arena today on my older OTT. Grand Prix rider hands, Grand Prix hands, hahaha! Just as well nobody could hear me! Alicia breaking the puzzle apart and explaining each step to put it together is amazing! Concentrating on rhythm, train tracks and Grand Prix hands today, enjoyable riding with a sense of tiny achievements. Thank you so much Alicia. Faking it until I make some improvement! Breaking it down, let's get it!
Amazing, thank you! 😍
I just had this conversation with my daughter yesterday after riding Ollie’s Level 2 test!!! It’s amazing how really little you have to do with your hands once the connection with body/seat is there and working. Half-halting then comes more from the body/seat than from the hands. Having said that - there is also a certain level of fitness and finesse that a rider learns or doesn’t learn because they give up trying. Thank you for giving me hope. I’ve said this before in my comments but can’t help repeating just how much my awareness of what I am doing step-by-step has improved. Also, the toolkit of exercises to improve way of going and solve ‘issues’ has enabled me to start thinking more like the ‘Grand Prix’ rider even though I have never experienced that first hand. I can’t thank you enough!
Thank you Mimi! This means a lot and absolutely love hearing about your light bulb moments and how much it is helping your riding xx
Now I have realized how I missed this. After 8 months of the war in my country (I from Ukraine) I eventually feel the interest in horses and horse riding again. So pity I couldn't use the prize that you gave me as a session with Alisia but hope may be some day I could attach to this incredible world again. Alisia's explanation is comprehensive and clear and horse is absolutely charming. So nice to watch your videos again.
Hi Asia! Thanks for watching this video! hope you learn someting here that you can apply on your next ride. And should you decide to use your one on one coaching prize with Alicia, you can send us an email and one of our lovely staff will be there to help you x
@@YourRidingSuccess dear team, thank you very much ❤️
So many ah ha moments. Having ridden some horses that work with "just a thought" and then being stuck on how to train my own to do this- this video is amazing. It also gives people the faith that they can be the rider they dream to become even with their own horses that don't look like Wessel when they're riding them. Love it!
YAY! Thanks for watching, so glad you enjoyed it x
Hallelujah!!!! This is THE exact video I've been looking for for ages!
Opening rein is the first rein I was taught when I was 4, and it deserves to be brought into the limelight like you just did! Thank you! 🙏 This video has just made everything clear and given me the confidence to teach with more conviction and clarity! I feel so much better about my teaching and my riding now! As you say, the majority of riders should be using it and yet it is looked down upon. 🐎🐎🐎🐎👏👏👏👏
Question: when you open your hand, do you keep your thumb pointing to the sky, or do you open your wrist up a little?
As a kid, we were taught to open our wrist up to the sky to invite the pony to turn. Or is that just a French thing?
Hey Lucy! Love the comment!! Thank you and so glad we could confirm what you already believed x
Yes that is right, keep thumb up is best x
Alicia you’re the bomb. I love how you take the good the bad and the ugly. It’s not always pretty. You are so generous with your knowledge and you know how to relay the knowledge. Thank you so much.
Thank you so much for your kind words! :)
I tried it out this morning, steering-grand prix hands, oh my god, what a difference 🤯
she was so nice in her contact after a relative short time, first she became very heavy but then I applied dropping Toby. 🤯
❤💜💙🧡💜❤ Thank you so much!!!
This is great!! Super job!! xx
OMG WOW. Love the motorbike hands and Dressage hands. It finally clicked. Cant wait to go an try this now that it makes sense. Thank you sòoooooooo much from me and my very patient horse.
You're welcome anytime! x
Thanks Alicia. Such a great video. This gives me something to focus on right now which I need. I’m having anxiety and panic attacks with all the stuff going on in the world. I can barely venture out to the barn. Every time I’m with my horses the world fades away. Gotta keep motivated 👍🏻🖤
You're welcome anytime! x
Wessel is such a beautiful horse , he' s amazing. At first i could see one hand steering and then moving back in place ( not as i was taught with huge open rein to turn etc..) but after you moved to the part entitled " grand prix rider" , you're far away from the camera and how to do "travers" with your back turned etc i could not see anything and yet this is such an an important lesson , ..one suggestion perhaps would to be doing it like " ralenti" with the lovely lady who's filming so close she could make a focus on your hands ..as it's so subtle ..like what do you do to do "travers" etc.. yep I.. " can do this" in my dreams Alicia ;-) i still don't get it 100% but you're amazing !
I’d watched this video a few months ago and it was a great refresher to watch again.
Alicia - you’ve helped me to connect all the dots between years of lessons, horses and trainers. My understanding has grown exponentially and I’m able to translate her teachings to my rides. Night 🌙 and day ☀️!! This video will stay in my Main Library as a reminder!
Many thanksl! 😊 💕🐴🥕🍎
This is amazing!! LOVE that you're finding the videos super helpful for you x
Thanks for talking to all the "levels" of horses and riders out there. Love the tips you have for really green and "just started" horses.
YAY! So glad you enjoyed the video x
love this Alicia!! and it has helped me with my mare QUITE a bit! some previous advice/training I've had had me using low wide hands and loose reins, which was all well and good for trotting around with her nose in the ground, but really nothing else. Now we're working on getting more consistent connection, she goes on the bit and is starting to use her hind end more :) AND is becoming spook proof! AND this is making evrything else we're learning go so much faster and easier. WOOHOO!
So much learning! YAY!! And so glad they're super helpful for you x
Grand Prix Hands - perfect thought to keep in our heads. Superb tip
Super!! Glad you enjoyed it xx
Absolutely the best piece of instruction about the inside rein. I was taught this about the inside rein before but the reason was never explained. I be watch international dressage riders and seen them do it and never understood why.
Thanks Sharon! Glad you loved it x
My biggest takeaway from this video was learning to use different rein techniques! Thank you for explaining this so well, I love how all your videos apply to every level! This was a SUPER helpful video and I can’t wait to go try it tomorrow! 😍🐴
Glad it was helpful!
Can’t wait for your next video on contact with the weights on the reins to explain amount of contact.
Thank you Doug! You might want to check this out - ruclips.net/video/ziWQEzXR4F8/видео.html - IMPROVE YOUR CONTACT WITHOUT HELP!
I would LOVE to enter! Great video! I love how you change perspectives! It will change so MUCH for me❤️🐎
You're welcome anytime! x
Another fab video well done team 👍👍👍
You're welcome anytime! x
Im going to try this when i ride tomorrow. It makes so much sense when you explain it this way
YES! Tell us how you go trying out this technique on your next ride x
Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge!
You're welcome anytime! x
I just ran into this video series today. What a super find!Thank you so much for the helpful and simple to do exercises! I have been riding for years and years, but haven't had a horse for 5 years. I just recently purchased a young Westphalian gelding- we'll be following you along and practicing each ride so we can bond and progress together :-) We hope to be like you and Wessel some day!
Hi Dana! So happy to have you join us in the community!! So glad you loved the video so much! Would love to hear how you and your new gelding go trying out all the different tips :]
I have ridden western most of my life and these videos really amaze me . I want to see if I can learn dressage without a coach...there is little gold nuggets in every video. Like keep the shoulders in-between the hands. Thanks so much... sending love and good vibes!
This is amazing!! Glad you're getting so much from the videos xx
So simple yet so effective! That’s what I love the most about Alicia’s tips!!!
Thank you! 🙏🏻
Can't wait to be able to try all this out when my horse gets better! He knows more than me 🤭 and I forget that I still need to show him what to do.
Go for it!
Genius Alicia! Holly walk out like a boss no jogging' no stickiness, using GP my hands wow for me, Holly "finally you get it don't fuss with me I know my job mum". Thank for breaking it down for all of us Alicia excited for the next part Eeek 😁😀
So glad you enjoyed the video so much! :]
Recently started riding a new horse and I feel like I have no control. He wants to run through the contact and it makes me feel so insecure. I am super excited to go and try what I have learned here today. Absolutely LOVE your videos! Thanks so much. Regards all the way from South Africa, Celeste
You got this. :)
Thanks for the live! Please keep the videos comming, they are so inspiring
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More to come!
Love this. So clear and simple. For the giveaway, my biggest take home was the returning to the middle. Seems so obvious now but definitely guilty of leading the nose and continuing to keep hand out even after the nose follows and the shoulder falls out!
Perfect! So glad you learned so much from this video! Thanks for watching!!
This video is so perfect, and gave me a huge insight that has never been taught to me before. I’m so excited to try this with my gelding. Thank you so much for this my mind is blown!
I hope this technique works for you! Tell us about it! x
Yes, this video did help to clarify how to begin to establish connection. I can't wait to watch the next one!
Amazing, thank you! 😍
MARY JO. I will be using this next ride! I know I do way too much with my hands, this will be a great thing to focus on. The more I watch Alicia, the I realize I do way too many things with my body! Thank you for making these simple breakdowns 🥰
Wonderful! You're welcome anytime! x
Wow. Still super useful three months after my initial watch. Thank you so much Alicia for being an amazing teacher and sharing with all of us 🎠🎠
You're so welcome!
love how all of your teachings apply to every level!! the competition sounds amazing for the winner(s)!!
Thank you!! x
I hadn't thought of it this way! Beautiful willing horse. White gloves would be great for us to see better. Thank you for sharing!
You are so welcome!
Hi Alisha and team. Just wanted to say thank you for the work that you’ve put in to this video. I watched it about 3 or 4 times to make sure I could really understand what you were saying. Rode the loan horse I have today and it felt really different. It feels like it’s coming together with understanding of the theory, see it practiced by Alisha in the video so I can visualise what it should look like and then having a go myself. Train tracks, banana, half halt (keeping reins even on both sides) and Grand Prix hands with short reins meant we’ve got rid of head bobbing and cutting in on the corners, so I can keep my hands even stiller and today for the first time since I’ve been riding her (about 8 weeks) she responded by stretching down into the contact on a circle, by herself. As you said, if I understood correctly, the circle does the suppling and I didn’t need to be working it so hard. For weeks I’ve been excessively fiddling with my hands to make her keep her head down, when I probably needed to keep them stiller, which made her worse, so it’s Grand Prix hands for me forevermore. Thank you so much 😊
Thank you so much Jan! So glad you have been learning so much from the videos! x
On my goodness. It's silly but I'm close to tears right now. I have tryed and watched so many videos trying to improve but nothing has worked. I was getting frustrated and disappointed and I thought I just couldn't do it. Your video solved my problems. Thank you so much I can't tell you how happy I am right now! Your amazing!
P.s my name is actually Ellie Clarke. (Using my sister's account) xxxxx
Hello Emily! Thanks for sharing! We are so glad this has helped!! :)
Very well explained. Watching your videos gives me confidence that it's passable to do. Not knowing anything about dressage watching your videos makes me feel like that I can really understand it. Thank you for all your help 🤠
YAY!! Thanks so much for tuning in to this channel! LOVE that you're finding the videos super helpful for you x
ABSOLUTELY LOVED THE VIDEO!!! Thanks for sharing once again your knowledge - it is wonderful to have someone of your skill shedding light on all the grey areas. Thank you so much ❤
You're welcome! xx
Love this! Understanding the steps to connection are much better understood from my beginner level. Mind blowing!
You're welcome anytime! x
Can’t wait to practice it with my horse tomorrow evening ! Thank you 🙏
This might be the BEST advice I've ever gotten. I love this, DMA. Thank you SO SO much
YAY! So glad you enjoyed the video x
Thankyou for such a simple & clear step by step guide. I will be incorporating this into every ride.
You're welcome anytime! x
Bravo Alicia!♥️ Super good and interesting topic, definitely will be watching this over and over again😂♥️
You're welcome anytime! x
This video is life changing! I have never seen a video of someone explaining this, I can't wait to try it out tomorrow! I'm currently training a young horse, so it's lovely to see a video that I can apply to our training!
Love to hear this! x
Light bulb moment! Love this video. Can’t wait to ride tomorrow!
Love this!! Thank you! x
I would like to join!! Looking beautiful out there on him! Great job!❤️🐎
Thank you!! x
Love to enter! Great to see you again Alicia and you Wessel
Good luck!!
Wow, the video is so good because hand is my problem. I love the sentence most " it's your job to train them, not their job to train you.
Thanks.
You're welcome, Sam! x
@@YourRidingSuccess Today, I try to hand still and hand closer together all the time and I find horse become more concentration and more energy. Good tip. My coach also always told me parallel movement my both hands not pulling.
This is super!! Love it, Sam!
Fantastic video. Really filled in the blanks for me. Now I know what to work on. Thanks so much!
Yay!! Go you!!
Love this!!! Lots of good things here. I am planning to work off some of my Thanksgiving dinner doing this with my horse.
Love it!! Would love to hear how you go trying out the tips!
Amazing watching you 🤩 I'm going to take from this...brief aids instead of hanging on the reins. Another lightbulb moment. Thank you 😁
You're welcome anytime! x
Teach me CONTACT! Thanks this is exactly where I am working right now. Learning everyday and boy does my horse appreciate the difference.
Love this!! Thank you!
Omg 😱 between this and the banana 🍌 my mind is blown… worked like a charm even with my sprained ankle ❤️❤️❤️
So great to hear!! x
Thanks so much for this video on contact because it has helped me to much in my riding! There is so much information that I go back to this video and review all ur points!
This is great, Lucie!! Glad it has helped xx
Thank you so much for this video! Can’t wait for the next!😊
Stay tuned xx
this video is soo good. thank you for this video so much. I have my very first horse show on December 5. I started riding this June which was my 20 year old dream since before I was born. so I'm loving and going to implement all the knowledge you have giving me. Thank you Alica!
You are welcome!! x
Love your videos so much. I’ve a super little Connie ( extremely stubborn 😂🥴) but getting him connected and round is very challenging. He has fused hocks - chemically fused btw - and tries to compensate by being on the forehand rather than using his back end so to speak. We’ve had ‘discussions’ on this and I feel I’ve done all the work rather than him 😂 I’ll be watching you religiously and trying it all out on him. Many thanks x
Go for it! Let me know how you go! x
Thank you for all the effort you put in your videos♥️ much appreciated👍🏻♥️
You're welcome anytime! x
Mindblowing🤩🐴 can't wait for next episode🤩
So glad you are enjoying the videos! :]
Thank you ❤️. I am more confident with my cantor, and my balance is much better now. Greetings from Castroville Texas!!!
Hello Guadalupe! Thank you!!
Oh my goodness! Thank you so much! I'm learning all this stuff while being on a break from riding (just moved from Australia to the US), and I can't wait to see how different my riding is when I get back on! And I'm so excited to see how my riding develops over time now that I'm a DMA member. ****HAPPY DANCE****. Looking forward to hands dash cam!
Love it!!! Tell us how it goes for you when you try these tips on your next ride x
💡 Grand Prix Hands!This is SO good! Your hands are so steady and balanced! I know this will help us! Thank you 😊
Thanks, Michele!!
I would love to enter! I've struggled with my boy's shoulders and keeping connection and now I know it's me making him loose balance. Thankyou for what you are doing for us as rider's it has been MAGIC! 💥💥💥💥
Good luck!!
I would love to enter! What a fantastic prize! And you have such a positive attitude that it's contagious! ☺️
Thank you so much!
An other great video, I have been leading with the hand & now finding out I’ve been holding it to long. Can’t wait to try this. Thank you again 😏
Perfect!! Tell us how you go! xx
Beautiful horse! Love the tips, thank you!
You are so welcome!
Gutted I missed the comp! But love your videos, and really want you guys to do well! Because you’ve helped me enormously!! My current issue is all about connection. I often worry whether my reins are too short or too long etc! Will practice Grand Prix hands tomorrow! Thank you!
Awesome! Let me know how you go!
This information plus the banana and you learned more than in the past five years 🤯
You're welcome anytime! x
I think each and everyone of us is so great full x
This is nice! You're welcome xx
Thank you for this! My horse has been giving me so much trouble in the right lead canter. And he does behave naughty and sticks him up like a giraffe only to the right. I figured out after a terrible ride that I wad locking my left side that's why he was falling to the right all the time.
You are most welcome!! Love that it is helping you!
thank you as always ! Can't wait to try with my horse. We already improved a lot thanks to your tips !
You are so welcome!
Great way of explaining things...I get it at the trot and will keep working on it at the canter. Thanks for the inspiration 😉
You go girl! xx
I WANT TO ENTER!!! I'm a beginner and just learning the basics of contact, can't wait to learn all I can :) LOVE the way you explain things, it makes it so much easier to understand how I should be communicating with my horse.
Amazing, thank you! x
Fabulous video - thanks Alicia - I’m telling everyone to check out your channel….. the best!
Aww thank you!! x
I have not done English riding in along time but watching your video I am excited to begin again. 👌🐎💓I use to be good at English would love to learn dressage and I will begin watching your video
This is going to be super exciting for you, Terri!! We can't wait to hear how you go! xx
Awwwe ❤️ thanks again I can't wait
Profundity! Blew my mind!
Amazing!! :)
Absolutely fantastic lesson , thanks so much!
Amazing, thank you! 😍
Loving these training videos! Great how you are breaking down everything into easy to follow steps, can't wait to see your next video on contact. Would love to enter the comp!
Thanks, Sharon!! Glad you enjoyed it!!
Love it you are so good with your funny example but they are so precise !!
So glad you are enjoying the videos and Alicia's analogies :]
I definitely want to enter! Makes me realise how much I overuse my hands, too much motorbike steering, not enough Grand Prix! Can't wait to try this out on my horses when I next ride
Amazing, thank you! 😍
Really love all the tips and explanations! Helps a lot. Can you also show some excercises on making the hind leg quicker
Hi there! Have you seen this video? ruclips.net/video/-Wi71i_uKsI/видео.html
What a great video! My Andalusian is new to Dressage and I am not a Grand Prix rider YET - (but I will be chanting that mantra from now on). I recently went to a show and we got in the ribbons, but the comments were mostly about contact. This video was a great reminder of what another trainer taught me previously. I am excited to see how much improvement we will achieve after being consistent with this training!
Glad it was helpful!
I Would love to enter!! Amazing video. Contact is something i struggle with so this was A really nice and good video for me! Thanks!!!!!!!💕
You're welcome!! x
Will definitely be incorporating this into my training, starting tomorrow! Thanks again for a really clear explanation 😁 x
So glad! You got this! x