Leg Yield 101 - Everything You Need to Know!

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In this week’s video, I will be covering everything you need to know about the leg-yield! The leg-yield is a two-track movement without bend. Your horse will cross their legs in diagonal pairs, with just a slight bit of flexion to the inside. In this movement, your horse will move forward and sideways at the same time. Leg-yields are a wonderful movement to improve suppleness.
The aids for the leg-yield are:
· Inside leg at the girth to push the inside hind leg
· Outside rein to control the outside shoulder
· Slightly more weight on the inside seat bone
· Inside rein creating flexion
· Outside leg behind the girth
If you are having trouble with the leg -yield, ride straight and make sure your horse is round, in front of the leg, and on the bit. These are all prerequisites to a successful leg-yield.
As you are practicing your leg-yields, make sure that you aren’t over bending your horse. This will cause your horse to fall through the outside shoulder and prevent them from crossing over. Often, your horse might want to speed up or slow down going into the leg-yield, so use your leg and half-halts to maintain a steady tempo. Also, make sure to check in with your rider position. Often, riders want to lean in the leg-yield, but remember, this movement is a leg-yield, not a body yield!
Leg-yields are a great exercise to work on suppleness, get your horse using their topline, and improve your horse’s gaits! You can ride many variations of this movement including leg-yields on a diagonal and circle!
I hope these tips help you with your leg-yield! Let me know in the comments below if one direction is easier than the other!
Happy Riding!
Amelia
0:00 Intro/What is a Leg Yield?
1:24 The Aids for the Leg Yield
2:14 Leg Yield at the Trot
3:24 Prerequisites for the Leg Yield
4:08 Common Mistakes in the Leg Yield
5:35 Different ways to ride the Leg Yield/End of video

Пікірлер: 27

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 11 ай бұрын

Check out this workshop on leg-yields: dressage-training-progress.teachable.com/p/leg-yield-workshop

@deirdrepratte9231 6 ай бұрын

Just learning this now in my lessons. Thanks for the great breakdown!

@rachelmacgowan86 11 ай бұрын

Excellent as always, thank you

@judithbauerjohnson2817 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Thank you!

@JD7980 11 ай бұрын

Awesome break down and awesome "go back to if you ..."

@paulabee4645 5 ай бұрын

Thankyou, super helpful and easily understood 👍🤗

@rajeevbhardwaj8514 4 ай бұрын

Excellent, very useful for new entrants

@joelbailey1595 11 ай бұрын

Thanks Amelia. Very helpful when teaching inside leg to outside rein, and great for warm ups.

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Joel!

@Ayadressage 4 ай бұрын

Really love this, thank you!!❤❤❤

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 4 ай бұрын

For more detail check out the leg-yield workshop dressage-training-progress.teachable.com/p/leg-yield-workshop

@ladygodiva45 Ай бұрын

Thanks 😊 great xx

@DB-bw1tg 11 ай бұрын

Thank you

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 11 ай бұрын

Of course! Thanks for following along!

@lindav3747 11 ай бұрын

Wow I cannot even see your leg go on. So good. I want that !!

@empienaar 11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for this video! Do I push with the inside leg on the girth or behind the girth?

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 11 ай бұрын

At the girth!

@amigirl824 11 ай бұрын

As long as I can keep Chancey's shoulder in front of me, the leg yield is easier with his stiff side to the inside. Still having trouble on the hollow side because I have both the overbent neck on the inside to deal with and the outside shoulder rolling away!!

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 11 ай бұрын

Great work and progress!

@katiepritchard9507 9 ай бұрын

If the shoulder, not the neck, is moving/pushing too much what are a few ways I can fix it? Many thanks these videos are fantastic!

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 9 ай бұрын

Don't forget about your outside aids to control the shoulder! Try the leg yield staircase exercise, that is a great way to get some good steps, move forward, and then try again. Here's a video: amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/the-leg-yield-staircase/

@katiepritchard9507 9 ай бұрын

@AmeliaNewcombDressage thank you!!

@charmantbeaugarcon8306 11 ай бұрын

"Leg yield is good If your horse's trot is choppy" But earlier you said in the prerequisites for leg yield that the horse needs to be "round, through and on the bit" On the face of it, and unless ive misunderstood something,, this seems logically circular.

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 11 ай бұрын

Hey there! You miss heard me. I said "If you have a horse that is a little bit short and choppy in the trot, a leg yield is a really good exercise to teach your horse to take longer step and to get a little more expression and suspension in their strides" In other words, a leg yield will help a horse with a choppy trot become smoother and more comfortable to ride because it helps with connection. :)