What's Inside
Search the Site
Tip/Quote of the Day # 1332
If you overdo counter bend to the point where your horse is falling in on his inside shoulder, it can quickly become a counter productive exercise. Do not let the horse’s neck bend excessively in any direction.
Did you enjoy this article? If so, please share with your friends! Look for the share buttons on the far right side of the page. Thank you!
Related Articles:
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1283
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 683
- Quin's Blog post # 2: The Ultimate Answer to Riding, the Universe, and Everything
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1362
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1360
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 804
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1585
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1574
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1453
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1276
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1234
- A Test to See If Your Horse is in LATERAL Self Carriage
- The Benefits of "Stair Stepping" Your Lateral Exercises
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1601
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1594
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1586
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1551
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1546
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1539
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1531
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1511
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1423
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1386
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1382
- The Wiggly Worm Exercise
- Where a Rider Should Look When Riding the Various Lateral Movements
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1178
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1052
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1047
- Adding More *Scope* to Your Lateral Work - For Better Dressage Scores!
- Lateral Work as "Medicine" For the Dressage Horse
- The "Shoulder Yield" Exercise
- Dressage Canter Adjustability Exercise
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1860
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1831
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1807
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1804
- Discussion # 162: The shoulder in is considered to be the "mother" of all lateral movements. Can anyone tell us why this is so?
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1779
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1753
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1648
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1587
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1580
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1575
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1540
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1527
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1525
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1495
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1475
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1466
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1461
- Guest Blog post # 89: "> or < ?" by Bill Woods
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1428
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1425
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1421
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1417
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1413
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1412
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1404
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1403
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1402
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1371
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1370
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1368
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1352
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1337
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1336
- Does Your Horse Pick Up the Canter With His Haunches In?
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1312
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1298
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1287
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1286
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1282
- Riding From "Front to Back"
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1233
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1214
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1150
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1100
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1007
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1006
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 984
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 979
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 971
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 932
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 882
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 4395
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1709
- An Exercise For Riders at All Levels, That Will Improve Your Dressage Test!
- Do You Know What Skills You and Your Horse Need to Have Before Entering a Novice Level Event?
- Discussion # 155: How does your horse most commonly evade your bending aids?
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1265
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1200
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1145
- Dressage Canter Adjustability Exercise # 2
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 962
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 729
- 3 Distinctly Different Ways of Controlling Your Horse's Shoulders in Circles, Turns & Lateral Work
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1795
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3740
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 2895
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1903
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1890
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1889
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1878
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1871
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1869
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1868
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1856
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1854
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1843
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1838
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1826
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1814
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1813
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1812
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1811
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1810
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1805
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1797
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1790
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1788
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1786
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1783
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1782
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1780
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1776
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1770
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1765
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1762
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1755
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1744
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1738
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1731
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1730
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1723
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1718
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1704
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1702
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1701
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1697
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1690
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1685
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1681
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1671
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1669
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1650
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1647
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1643
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1640
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1636
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1631
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1630
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1626
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1624
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1621
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1615
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1610
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1609
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1608
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1607
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1606
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1605
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1604
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1603
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1600
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1597
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1589
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1588
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1584
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1582
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1579
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1577
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1576
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1573
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1569
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1567
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1564
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1561
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1560
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1559
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1556
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1554
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1552
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1549
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1548
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1544
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1543
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1536
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1535
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1533
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1532
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1530
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1529
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1523
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1517
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1508
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1496
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1490
- Guest Blog post # 94: "Seeing Into the Future (A Few Strides)" by Bill Woods
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1488
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1487
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1486
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1484
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1482
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1481
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1480
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1479
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1478
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1477
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1476
- Guest Blog post # 93: "Convincing (UN)" by Bill Woods
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1474
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1472
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1470
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1469
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1467
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1464
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1463
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1462
- Guest Blog post # 91: "Roamin Empires - Sad!" by Bill Woods
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1457
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1454
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1451
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1450
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1449
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1444
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1440
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1438
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1436
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1434
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1433
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1431
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1422
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1419
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1416
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1415
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1414
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1410
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1408
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1407
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1406
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1401
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1399
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1398
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1385
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1383
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1379
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1377
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1374
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1373
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1367
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1364
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1356
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1346
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1343
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1340
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1327
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1324
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1306
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1296
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1295
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1294
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1291
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1284
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1278
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1277
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1275
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1271
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1258
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1253
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1243
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1237
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1230
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1219
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1212
- A Test of Your Flatwork Training (For All Levels!)
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1204
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1202
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1193
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1185
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1180
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1173
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1154
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1146
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1144
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1141
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1137
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1135
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1125
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1122
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1114
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1113
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1110
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1102
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1101
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1098
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1094
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1091
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1090
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1089
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1072
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1070
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1068
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1067
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1066
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1054
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1053
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1041
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1027
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1016
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1009
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1001
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 996
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 982
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 976
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 947
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 943
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 939
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 938
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 933
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 928
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 918
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 917
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 910
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 903
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 890
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 870
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 808
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 501
- The Front Door Analogy, That Will Help Improve Your Connection
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1351
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1227
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1035
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 877
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 4508
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 4073
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 4017
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3951
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3725
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3672
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3394
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3246
- The Order of Aids For Changing Your Horse's Bend From One Side to the Other
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 2335
- An Exercise to Help You to Refine Your Turning Aids
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 2115
- Guest Blog post # 102: "Stat!" by Bill Woods
- An Exercise to Teach Your Horse to Be More HOT to Your Inside Leg Aid
- Question # 334: Kayla has a question about how to go about training the horse to do the more difficult lateral movements that require the horse to move in the direction of the bend.
- Video # 102: This is Kellyn, riding Novice level test B
- Horses that Tilt Their Head in Dressage
- The Corridor of Aids
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 864
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 816
- A Spanish Riding School Exercise to Increase the Collection in Your Horse's Canter
- Learn Your Horse's Natural Tendencies
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 748
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3567
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3386
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3229
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3165
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 3149
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 2955
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 2817
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 2779
- An Exercise to Help Teach Your Horse to Seek the Connection
- The Triangle Exercise
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1906
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1905
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1904
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1902
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1901
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1900
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1899
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1898
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1897
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1896
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1895
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1894
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1893
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1892
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1891
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1883
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1880
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1875
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1874
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1872
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1870
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1866
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1865
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1864
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1863
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1862
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1861
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1859
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1858
- Ruth's Blog post # 5: Connection Issues in Canter Transitions
- Advanced Trot Pole Exercise # 2
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1853
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1852
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1851
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1849
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1848
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1847
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1845
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1844
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1842
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1841
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1840
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1839
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1837
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1836
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1834
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1830
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1829
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1828
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1827
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1825
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1824
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1823
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1822
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1821
- Dr. Haefner's Blog post # 9: A Different Take on a Performance “State of Mind”
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1817
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1816
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1815
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1809
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1808
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1803
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1801
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1800
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1798
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1794
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1793
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1791
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1789
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1787
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1785
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1784
- An Exercise to Help Improve Your Horse's Connection Over the Back
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1781
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1777
- Ruth's Blog post # 3: The Difference Between Movements, Figures and Patterns
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1775
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1774
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1773
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1772
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1771
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1769
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1768
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1767
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1766
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1764
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1761
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1760
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1759
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1757
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1756
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1754
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1752
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1751
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1750
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1749
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1748
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1747
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1746
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1745
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1743
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1742
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1741
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1740
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1739
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1737
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1736
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1733
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1732
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1727
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1726
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1725
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1724
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1722
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1721
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1720
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1719
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1717
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1716
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1715
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1714
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1712
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1711
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1710
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1708
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1707
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1706
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1705
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1703
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1700
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1699
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1698
- Tip/Quote of the Day # 1696







0 Comments Posted Leave a comment