Are You Making This Very Common Mistake in the Shoulder In?

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As outlined in this article on the shoulder in, in order to reap the enormous benefits from this movement (and receive high scores from the judges!) it must be done correctly!

If there is little or no bend in the horse's ribcage, the movement becomes merely a leg yield. And while leg yielding is a useful exercise for improving obedience and understanding of lateral aids, and increasing lateral suppleness, it does not have the engaging and collecting effect that shoulder in does.

A mistake that riders very commonly make to incorrectly turn their shoulder in into a leg yield is to...