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The Complete Guide to Improving Steering & Teaching Neck Reining
Module 1: Course Overview
Free Downloadable Guide to Understanding Steering Cues
1.0 Welcome! Let's take a look at the course. (5:19)
1.1 Tips to maximize your success with this course (4:44)
1.2 Understanding the stages of training (12:06)
1.3 The Riders Mind: Making mistakes while learning (19:52)
1.4 Printable Patterns & description of Audio Ride Guides (9:48)
1.5 Before you begin & safety tips (2:17)
1.6 WHAT EXERCISE...should I start with? (4:43)
Module 2: Active Inside Rein Only
2.1 Video: Why to use this technique: Active inside rein only (2:01)
2.2 Video: Common mistakes riders make (1:59)
2.3 Video: Demonstration of active inside rein only technique on all three patterns (7:49)
2.4 Video: Perfect Circle Pattern- High School Level Horse (7:20)
2.5 Video: Wandering Circle Pattern- High School Level Horse (6:30)
2.6 Video: Four Leaf Clover Pattern- Elementary Level Horse (6:15)
2.7 Examples of horses making mistakes (8:32)
Audio Ride Guides: Active inside rein only: 15-20 minute audio files to listen to when riding
Module 2A: Deep Dive: More examples of active inside rein exercises with different horses at different stages
Perfect Circle Pattern; Elementary Level Horse, example 1 (7:39)
Perfect Circle Pattern; Elementary Level Horse, example 2 (5:54)
Wandering Circle Pattern; Elementary Level Horse, example 1 (7:55)
Student video reviews using this technique (104:38)
Module 3: Active Outside Rein Only (Spiral In and Spiral Out)
3.1 Video: Why to use this technique: Active outside rein only (2:02)
3.2 Video: Common mistakes riders make (2:03)
3.3 Video: Demonstration of active outside rein only technique on all three patterns (8:11)
3.4 Video: Perfect Circle Pattern (Spiral In and Spiral Out)- High School Level Horse (4:16)
3.5 Video: Wandering Circle Pattern-Elementary Level Horse (10:50)
3.6 Video: Four Leaf Clover Pattern- High School Level Horse (6:38)
3.7 Examples of horses making mistakes: when to use this technique & when the horse isn't ready yet (10:14)
Audio Ride Guide: Active outside rein only: 15-20 minute audio to listen to when riding
Module 4: Balanced Reins
4.1 Video: Why to use this technique: Balanced Reins (2:18)
4.2 Common mistakes riders make (2:04)
4.3 Demonstration of balanced rein technique on patterns (6:02)
4.4 Bridging the gap: blending inside and outside rein technique into balanced reins-Elementary Level Horse (12:06)
4.5 Riding excellent straight lines, circles and corners (13:16)
4.6 Counter-bend: what it is and why it is useful (6:43)
4.7 Finding the balance between hand and leg: watch this 'test' (15:23)
Audio Ride Guide: Finding the balance between both reins: 15-20 minute audio to listen to when riding
Module 4A: Deep Dive: More examples
Presto: creating collection & improving counter-bend (15:07)
Presto's first trail ride: How to use these techniques on the trail (34:10)
Module 5: Neck Reining
5.1 Video: Why to use this technique: Neck Reining (1:52)
5.2 Common mistakes riders make (1:27)
5.3 Video: Rein handling techniques (4:14)
5.4 Video: Building a bridge between two-handed and one-handed riding (6:00)
5.5 Video: Four Leaf Clover Pattern using hand transitions (10:51)
5.6 Adding more leg cues (9:15)
5.7 Taking it all to the next level (10:34)
Audio Ride Guide: Finding the balance between both reins: 15-20 minute audio to listen to when riding
Module 5A: Deep Dive
Trail Riding & Neck Reining (8:56)
Module 6: Bonuses
In problems and solutions...it is the release (or softening) that teaches. (7:17)
Equipment: Theory and Stages of Bits (11:12)
Equipment: Leverage bits, non-leverage bits & head tilt (7:52)
Presto: introducing the shanked bit (4:41)
Equipment: Browband vs One Ear Headstalls-which one is correct for your bit? (1:51)
Equipment: 3 Common mistakes with shanked or leverage bits (4:01)
How many directions can the energy go? Collect, break gait or fall down... (9:06)
Leg yield, shoulder-in, half-pass, counter-canter, haunches in, lead change, side-pass (15:43)
PDF: Example Work Schedule
Module 7: Troubleshooting
Overview & how to submit your question
I was hoping you could give me a starting point... I am obviously in grade school, but not sure where to start working, nor how to transition to my next exercise.
Should the first exercises be perfect before I move on? I don’t know when to move onto the next exercise.
Is it ok to do this every day or should I be mixing it up with other activities?
When riding the active inside rein only, my horse will want to fall in on one side of the circle...I am worried that side of the circle is getting too flat/straight...
Is it better to start with the 'harder' side or 'easier' side?
I don't use my legs when I'm riding. I have a very forward moving horse. Should I just start working on managing my reins or focus on my leg waving?
I was not taught to teach steering with constant contact. Can you please elaborate on the advantages of constant contact and the disadvantage of giving more of a release when teaching steering?
What type of bit do you recommend for us to ride in?
When does a person advance from one technique to the next? Is it when the horse quits asking questions (this is what I assume)? I don’t remember hearing this mentioned anywhere but could have missed it, if so I apologize.
What would I need to download the Audio Ride Guide as I do not have a cell phone?
My horse is tilting his head in circles...the ear to the inside & nose out. Why?
How do I handle resistance? Is he saying NO or does he not understand?
I’ve been working with the inside rein and using both legs but I’m curious why you carry your whip with you if we’re just using both legs?
In video 4.4 you said the ride on Presto felt much worse than it looked. Would you elaborate?
I have a horse who, when I use my legs, he just swished his tail, pinned his ears, would back up and refused to move forward. Do I need a whip?
In my ride, I noticed my one 'experienced' gymkhana horse getting into tighter circles when I asked him to trot...maybe he was thinking the cone was a barrel?
I believe that my horse is in the high school stage and really want to get him finished so he can be somewhere close to Roxie.
Leg waving? My legs don’t seem to want to work in unison. They try to be in time with a swing or steps so they alternate. Especially at the walk and canter- the trot seems to come easier. Any suggestions?
Using the inside rein only on perfect circle ... I ask for bend to see her eye and she drops into a tight circle...
When riding circles or (clover leaf) I often feel I’m falling to the outside. I heard the tip about shake water from your ear if you felt you were falling in. Lmk if you have any different suggestions for falling out.
Do you have any advice on being able to sit big awkward trots?
Sometimes even though we are turning it still feels like his shoulders are pointed out. Any ideas as what’s going on here? How should I handle it?
How often do you do these with your horses, once they seem to ‘get it’? How often will you go back through and do just direct rein patterns, or indirect, etc? Are there situations where you’ll use one of the earlier patterns on an advanced horse to problem solve a higher level issue that comes up?
I found it easier to manage the reins at a walk… Do you still want me to move up to the next gait?
I have used leg cues before starting this class, but have not been using them because...
Bend is my friend! How is your inside rein loose so much of the time?
My horse is cutting in...Can you please validate my correction.
I wondered how long you recommend we work on the different exercise before moving on to the next one?
Leg Waving: Too much forward
Active Inside Rein: Hand Position
Module 7A: Student video reviews
Reminder before watching these student videos... (1:13)
Balanced reins-4 leaf clover-canter-Martina & Hildy (4:30)
Multiple techniques-Questions about collection-Jesse & Kevlar (5:37)
Balanced reins-4 leaf clover-Wendy and Kitt (4:05)
Active inside/perfect circle & Active outside/spiral-first time-Katie & Cherokee (6:46)
Active outside rein-wandering circles-Pam & Skye (5:41)
Balanced reins-wandering circles-Marsha U. (2:54)
Balanced reins-perfect circle-GAITED-Linda L. (2:04)
Balanced reins- 4 leaf clover-GAITED-Laurie T. (7:44)
Active outside rein-4 leaf clover-Martina & Hildy (4:36)
Balanced reins-4 leaf clover, first time EVER- Julia N. (8:20)
Balanced Rein (both reins) Linda and Del-Aug compared to May (6:28)
Replay of live webinar: September (118:04)
Replay of live student video reviews: May (87:55)
Replay of live student video reviews: April (85:44)
Leg waving? My legs don’t seem to want to work in unison. They try to be in time with a swing or steps so they alternate. Especially at the walk and canter- the trot seems to come easier. Any suggestions?
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