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#ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#Well, we're a *bit* different Chenders LOL, I have alwasy been told to half halt on my outside rein, and to work inside leg to outside rein. So confusing#ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys//smiley5.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#chenders01 wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I agree with Dee. I have always been taught steady OUTSIDE rein and half-halt on the INSIDE rein...which is the opposite of what you're doing, Lix. It's been drilled into MY head "ride inside rein to outside leg". #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Reverse that - inside leg to outside rein #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Teasing/5.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Lix, I would try a steady outside contact, and use your inside rein to flex/give/flex/give. Not a lot, just something to keep the jaw and poll from becoming locked on the outside rein. Keep your outside wrist flexible so that you are following the movement of the mouth (not bracing on it), while you are doing all your other things with seat and legs. Don't flex/give so much that you are pissing her off, maybe flex every other post, nice and gently, just to keep things moving. Think of it like going through water - keep it soft and flowing, yet still moving forward, if that makes sense. What you want her to do is be comfortable yet secure in that she knows that you are there to support her and keep her in balance with your outside rein, and your legs and seat. The outside rein is yours, the inside is hers (for this stage of the game, I mostly HH on the outside, because it has all the contact and therefore can recycle all the energy).#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#The biggest thing is that as SOON as she starts to give, you need to start to give as well. This may be only slightly opening your grip on the outside if she starts to go forward/down/out, or stop flexing with the inside and give her a little neck scratch. If she starts to go back to where she was, then start again. But the main thing is they need to be told when they have done it right, so they know what you want.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#chenders01 wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# It's been drilled into MY head "ride inside rein to outside leg". #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Uh oh! Me confused again! #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Teasing/3.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Teasing/15.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#So I #ed_op#EM#ed_cl#should#ed_op#/EM#ed_cl# be half-halting with my outside rein? :s #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#So that means, I'm half-halting on the outside rein and "sponging" (tiny half halts) on the inside rein? What does "steady" mean then when referring to the outside rein?#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#If I'm sponging on the inside and half-halting on the outside, won't it look like I'm see-sawing? #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I was starting to think that steady outside rein just meant keeping a steady even contact and half halting only to regulate the pace. But if I'm acutally actively using both hands to sponge/hh or whatever, how to I know when to use the outside rein to half halt? #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I'm almost a lost cause aren't I? :s LOL#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#Dee22 wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#You basically have it right lix but you want to half halt with your 'outside' rein. You don't want to use your half halts to ask her to flex at the poll, that's what the sponging / give/take is for on the inside. The half halt will bring her hind end under and make her use her back creating a 'bridge' from hind end, through back to neck and poll.... kind if 'keeping her together'.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Of course. You're right. I knew that. Typing too quickly, I think. Sawwy! #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys//smiley9.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#jax wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Reverse that - inside leg to outside rein #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Teasing/5.gif"#ed_cl#chenders01 wrote:#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# It's been drilled into MY head "ride inside rein to outside leg". #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#
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