The Half Pass: A Simple Trick

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As a dressage rider and trainer, the 1/2 pass can be one of the most complicated and awkward movements for the horse and rider to learn and understand. In a half pass, the horse is bending and looking in the direction where they are moving towards and this makes things complicated. In a leg yield the flexion and leg aids are on the same side of the horse (for a leg yield right its left leg, left flexion). In a 1/2 pass, the rider applies diagonal aids. For example in a left 1/2 pass, the right leg pushes the horse over while the left rein and left leg are keeping the horse bending to the left. Coordinating all of these aids and keeping the horse bending in the body is very complicated!
It’s important to break things into pieces for the horse and the rider to properly understand how to ride a half pass. For a lot of riders, it is very helpful to think of the half pass simply as haunches-in on a diagonal line. Before starting the half pass, the horse and rider must master the concept of the haunches-in. Once the concept of the haunches-in is understood, the half pass is just haunches-in on a diagonal. The only difference between haunches-in and half pass is that the rider must control the placement of the shoulder in the half pass where as in the haunches-in the rail helps to control the placement of the shoulder.
It is so important in the half pass that the rider stays sitting on the inside seat bone! This is one of the biggest mistakes that I see riders make and it is so important that the rider stays on the inside seat bone so that they are over the horses center of gravity and helping the horse to move sideways in the half pass. If the rider gets to the outside in the half pass, the horse has to lift the rider up and over and this makes it much harder for the horse!
Hope you enjoy this week’s video tutorial! Stay tuned for some footage from the show in Wellington coming this weekend!
Happy Riding!
Amelia

Пікірлер: 50

@fleetskipper1810 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Harvey looks so willing and happy doing this because he is getting clear instructions from his pilot.

@monique0808 2 жыл бұрын

Your videos have inspired me to get my own horse and attempt these techniques myself ❤️

@lynking0419 4 жыл бұрын

I can't go to the two-week riding course right now. Korea is telling me not to go out because of the virus. Now that I'm watching your video, I can't wait to ride a horse. This time, your video has become a lot of help. Thank you all the time

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 4 жыл бұрын

Oh wow! Stay safe!

@kellyburns3056 Жыл бұрын

Love these videos

@AmeliaNewcombDressage Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad! Please consider subscribing as it helps me a lot!

@andreamckim6553 2 жыл бұрын

Was having a wee bit of trouble; watched your video, did what you said,.....troubles are down the drain. Thank you!

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry! Keep working on it! Go back to the basics!

@kate9882 4 жыл бұрын

You’re such a wonderful rider and your tips are so helpful and understandable 🤗

@dianeowen9378 4 жыл бұрын

This was very helpful! Thanks Amelia! My struggle has been the proper "feel" of half pass. When it feels right to me, it's when haunches are leading. Or then it fades into leg yield..... I have lots of work to do! Lol. Also what helps is adding in the outside seat bone.

@lynnm.kleingardner8640 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent job of explaining!

@MeadowslarkFarm Жыл бұрын

Love this thank you for the confidence boost thru the simplicity of your explanation ❤

@teresawort9124 4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant ! Thank you !

@disimiodell7886 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video! I've been struggling with the half pass and this is so helpful

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 4 жыл бұрын

Hope it helps!!

@ZingaroXIV 4 жыл бұрын

Great tip on schooling the half pass from center line. The turn onto the center line should help establish the bend. I was taught for the half pass to align thumbs - ears - letter (destination) which is pretty much what you're saying here. Oh, and the thumbs, BTW, are mine, not the horse's. :)

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 4 жыл бұрын

Haha! Yes! Thumbs, ears, letter! Love it!!!

@JessicaWebber840 19 күн бұрын

I love half pass

@SeptemberVhayArtist 3 жыл бұрын

Super helpful. Thank you!

@tonyalbertson9983 3 жыл бұрын

I love your written explanation. It is perfect

@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws 3 жыл бұрын

Very well put!

@charmainemckinney4064 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Amelia.

@jeniferrinehart1107 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful vid. I think I need a slo mo, slow explanation for me to capture! You are such a beautiful rider!

@pinoyblager7268 3 жыл бұрын

Great tricks on smarty horse

@JavierBonillaC 2 жыл бұрын

I’ve often explained to people trying to do the half-pass that if they were doing a haunches in and God came from up Heaven and twisted the arena 45 degrees. You’d find yourself doing a half pass. Very good video Amelia. Greetings.

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 2 жыл бұрын

haha that's a fun way of thinking of it!

@tonyalbertson9983 3 жыл бұрын

What seat bone do u tell students to sit on in the half pass?

@channellism 4 жыл бұрын

I would love to hear the distribution of weight/seat aids to aid horse. I’m a tad crooked and it’s hard to get a half pass left by seat doesn’t know what to do🙃

@randomalex5119 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@andreaandrews2377 3 жыл бұрын

Just a question (I am only starting canter half pass so may be wrong here) wouldn't starting your half pass from travers/haunches in result in the quarters leading across? I was under the impression that the shoulders are supposed to lead (just by a tiny bit). Thanks for your videos. I found them last night and have watched a few now.

@arisann7083 3 жыл бұрын

Are you allowed to have the letters on the rail when you do tests?

@tonyalbertson9983 3 жыл бұрын

My students get so confused when I tell them to sit on the seat bone to the inside in half pass because they say that’s what we learned when asking the horse to move away from the inside leg

@danielabackstrom 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Amelia, can you do a video on everything about transitions? I find them so hard to do and struggle with timing them well, especially downwards transitions. Upwards transitions are much easier. Walk-halt and trot-walk I can do ok, but I struggle to keep my horse in balance from canter to trot or walk. Please help 🤯 love your videos, they inspire me ❤️

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 4 жыл бұрын

YES! I have a ton of videos on transitions.

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 4 жыл бұрын

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@danielabackstrom 4 жыл бұрын

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage thank you!! 😍

@irenecoermann2439 4 жыл бұрын

My trainer has started to work with on half pass, it's difficult as there are so many parts. I have seen it taught your way out of traver but my trainer puts me in shoulder in first and then asks me to go sideways. Any tips on this approach?

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 4 жыл бұрын

The shoulder-in is a correct preparation for the half pass because it gets the shoulder off of the rail and the bend in the horses' body. Once you have shoulder-in, then think of starting on a diagonal line and riding travers 👍👍🐎

@shirleybroady 3 жыл бұрын

You need both...... haunches in and shoulder in. My tip from experience: if you have a good trainer, do what she says even if it contradicts what she said before. LOL. I don’t mean to imply that you’re not doing that, but embrace confusion and it will get sorted out. Not easy, I know. Some parts you have to work out for yourself. Thats hard because often our minds makes promises our body can’t keep. 😊

@jessicawebber7490 3 жыл бұрын

What is your horse name ps i used to do half pass and flying changing 😃

@randomalex5119 3 жыл бұрын

Ik this is late but at 2:01 your voice cuts out. Just wanted to let you know!

@danw6014 4 жыл бұрын

Is there any real difference between the half pass and a leg yield or is it just terminology?

@magdadaek1826 4 жыл бұрын

There is a real difference

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Huge difference. In half-pass the horse is bending in the body in the direction of travel. Leg-Yield has flexion away from the direction of travel but no bend.

@danw6014 4 жыл бұрын

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage ok thank you. I understand it.

@user-tf9bs3jt3y 3 жыл бұрын

I practiced half pass and leg yeiding very difficult 😔

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!! It is!!

@betsysmall3576 2 жыл бұрын

But my horse seems to lose the forward!!

@AmeliaNewcombDressage 2 жыл бұрын

We always need a steady rhythm, if you're loosing that through the movement, try incorporating forward and back (longitudial suppleness) within the gaits in your warmups before your lateral work :) Hope that helps!