IMPROVE YOUR CONTACT WITHOUT HELP! 🤩(The rider is a YOUTUBE Subscriber …. THIS COULD BE YOU!!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 ต.ค. 2024
- Alicia is Training one of our viewers!!!!
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Alicia - your GIFT to this Earth ... and riders is HOW you explain SO FREAKING CLEARLY - what you are trying to teach! Many riders/ trainers can DO IT.. . they just can't explain it. You do both! 😊👏👏👏👍😊
You are so sweet, M! Thank you xx
Imagine if this was the first riding experience for people. How lucky to be set up with such great people and horses to start your riding career. Congratulations 🥳
Wow!! Love this feeback, Nadia xx
That was EPIC!! Well done Bethany and the whole team!! So amazing to see the difference with how Gee goes as you talk Bethany through getting better connection👏🤩
She is amazing!!
Thank you for keeping the footage when she had a bit of struggle getting the canter. I struggle with this and hearing you walk her through it gave me so many ideas on how to ride through it with my horse. Great riding Bethany!
Thanks, Cassie! So glad you enjoyed the video!!
Good job team! Gee is a gem xox💕🌈👍
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I always love the comment sections on these videos. Everyone is so positive and allows for the journey. Non of that stereotypical equestrian judgement. Beautiful comment section! 😊
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Two main insights for me - thumb on top of the whip keeps it in the right place and thinking taller rather than faster in preparation for the upward transition. Thanks Alicia, Toby, Bethany and Gee - terrific vicarious lesson.
Love this Annie! The learnings sound spot on xx
@@YourRidingSuccess For the upward transition to the trot, when Alicia says think tall and "pop", does she mean a quick squeeze/pop with both legs?
This was awesome and well done by all!!! What a wonderful opportunity!!
Thanks so much!
I now wait with great anticipation for your weekly video. Love the tips and explaining of how what and why. Your energy is infectious and lifts me up with desire to get out and try with my horse. Thankyou Alicia and DMA I would be ecstatic to win this opportunity. 💕💕💕💕💕💕
We super LOVE the support!!! Thanks for tuning in to this channel xx
Alicia is infectious. Can she bottle her energy and share it with us Riding Superstars ? 😅 Alicia you not only inspire me and fire me up to go out and ride my horse, I am able to ride him BETTER because of these videos. Thank you x million.
Love that! This is great, thank you!
Very helpful! I’m riding again after more than 35 years. I’ve never owned a horse and only ride as a kid in the summers . Love your explanations and demos with the horse and rider ❤️ 🐎
Glad it was helpful!
Bethany did such a good job! You could really see the changes! And thank you for letting us have a peek and taking us along to your lesson❤️This is so helpful! And to have a coach that cheers you on like that is just soooo beautiful to watch… you really start to cheer Bethany on together with Alicia 🥳 you go girl!!!
Perfect!! Glad you liked it, Enni! xx
I learned so much by watching this video. I wish I have an instructor like you here in Australia, so enthusiastic and your explanation in how to get a better connection or contact is so clear. You lit my desire to get better with my riding. At the moment I struggled to get a steady contact with my green mare.
So lovely to read this, you can have us as your coach, we have a team of riders that we help via our DMA program, this includes video reviews and special videos! If you would like to be a part of that email me at support@yourridingsuccess.com 💕
This Video is so amazing, really!!! I really think i can do it 💪 Explanations are so clear!! My Lord Byron will be very happy!! THANK YOU SO SO MUCH!!! I will certainly send a video to Megan following this video! Thank you so much!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏
So glad you enjoyed the video so much!!
This was amazing! Good job Bethany! I really enjoyed watching this video, all the little tips from Alicia for the different bits that come up while riding along are such gems. The shorter walk and then lift before trotting was really great, I actually just tried that with my mare after watching the video and the transitions were waaay better. Thank you so much for that :) Also talking about doing what‘s achievable and leave the other parts for later is such important wisdom and probably cannot be repeated often enough. I Personally forget about that too often…
So thanks to all of you for giving us this woderful video
So glad you enjoyed this video so much!! And super job on trying out this technique - woohoo!!
Dream vacation! 2 weeks hanging out with Alicia and Toby!! Some day it will happen!! For now? Lifetime membership will have to do!! -Meghan C
Love it!!!!
This is such a beautiful video! I've come back again to see Bethany in her beginning stage & the tips, tuition about contact. What a spectacular opportunity for a young girl without her own horse!!! So commendable to give such a gift! I love your passion for her success Alicia! Giving her that success! This time, biggest pearle is to make the success achievable - don't expect perfection!!! Rhythm & the suppleness of the bend give her connection, & solve the positioning later!! Such a beautiful philosophy- allows her to own this fabulous success! ❤ your generosity of spirit, as always 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🐴🐎❤🙏💟💟
We appreciate your lovely feedback, Benita!! So glad you are enjoying our videos and learning so much from them! More to come x
Absolutely amazing video. Thank you so much for sharing!!!
You're welcome, Maegan!! So happy to help xx
Awesome! Awesome riding Bethany! How lucky are you!!
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Great video to go back to again! Great riding Bethany!
Brilliant tuition & demonstration Alicia! Thanmyou for the tips about inside bend, outside bend, controlling the tempo & 2-point all the find the contact & optimise it! ❤ that! Thankyou 🐎🐎🐎💝🙏
So glad you enjoyed this!! Hope you can apply this technique on your next ride x
Hi Alecia. 👋 It Takes A Village to Ride Dressage.
Instruction and examples you give so enlightening. I have been practicing the Halt to walk transitions by leading w my hip bone & intermittent legs. My 5 yr old OTTB at times just doesn't move but he is getting better. I also practice Halt to Trot by lifting my bum out of saddle and just a bop of both ankle bones, he also is slow to move off but is better from walk to trot with that aid.
How did you get your DMA from the US a invite to intern at your stable?
This is awesome!! Love that you're trying all these tricks and we can't wait to hear more about your progress 🤩
Hi there. I have a random question…when riders/horses qualify for Grand Prix, olympics etc, albeit it be dressage, sj, or eventing is it the horse or rider that has qualified. If it’s the rider, can they then choose the horse they ride or does is have to be the one they were on? I hope you understand what I’m asking, lol
Also, how does dressage scoring actually work? Sometimes I hear 30 is good, but then I hear 70 is also. Confuses me to no end lololol. Thanks for your time. I love your videos, as does my daughter. Xx
Hi Jodie! Great questions! When qualifying for big events it is the combination of horse and rider. Dressage scoring is percentage whereas eventing dressage the scoring is different. So dressge is each movement scored out of 10 then at end points are added and percentage worked out. 70 percent is considered fairly good.
Well done!! 🤩🤩 Really brave to sit on such a horse and let all of us see it! And I love how Alicia is giving both the horse and Bethany pats and scratches 🤣
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Alicia for this young lady never to have ridden or even own a horse wow wow wow , what an amazing job you , yourself and is it Toby and this young lady have done in two weeks...
Is totally amazing and a damn well done job on all parts...
Thank you for sharing all you're videos...
So glad you enjoyed this video, Elle! Thanks so much for watching x
Hi Alicia, just watching the London International and wondering why horses slobbering white foam is a good thing? I've heard you comment before positively about it and I assume its representative of contact, is that right? And why is so much slobber necessary? It seems kind of weird that dressage is about horses looking so beautiful and effortless and riders looking so well turned out yet the horses look slightly rabid and slobber all over themselves! haha
Hi Cheryl! When the horses have the white foam it is normally because they are moving the bit in their mouth and it is a by product of that, the reason the horse moving the bit is good is because it means the horse is engaging with the bit and the contact. Some horses produce more than others!
Sorry I know this is very random but Can someone help me? I am doing jumpers but very new and someone told me your butt should never touch the saddle when posting trot? But everywhere I see it looks like the butt touches the saddle before rising again??
Great question! You are right that 80% of your weight should be through your feet and not on the back of the horse and you should be in a "standing on the ground" position x
Best instructor ever. Encouraging and motivating. Wish I had her as a teacher !
Love it! Thank you!!
Alicia is amazing and I love her enthusiasm. Keep up the good work ❤
Thank you! Will do!
Its so good how you encourage the rider to do well! I've struggled...getting the wrong horse, having no one to encourage or advise me and losing confidence because of this! Please keep doing what your doing it's so helpful 😊
Thanks, Kirsty! Keep going and we're here to help xx
This was excellent. I really picked up some great clues for approaching the canter in particular.
Love it, Hana!! So glad you learned something from this xx
Very informative to see Alicia teach Bethany thru the basics.. pearls of wisdom. Thank you Bethany for sharing your lesson with us so brave!! Thank you Toby, Gee and Alicia 😊
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what I would give to be trained by you two. My instructor just follows me around the arena quietly and tells me when to switch gates.
So glad you are enjoying the instructions from Alicia! x
This was incredible!!! The breakdown and seeing the results real-time! Phenomenal! How you have to keep talking to your horse constantly and that one you get them where you asked it maybe too much so you have to come back the other way…. And that is straightness!! Mind blown!! Love this keep them coming!!!!
Super!!!! More to come xx
Awesome Bethany & so generous Aicia to offer this. Such a great learning experience for me to watch and learn from an amateur on a trained school horse as well as watching Alicia ride.
Thank you so much for your support! Loving it! 😍
Fantastic job🐴😊🤩 Love these videos🦄
Nice!! Thank you xx
I love this. Teaching is phenomenal. However, I would love for you to get a different mic. It's really tough to listen to! Not criticising, just suggesting!
Hi there! We appreciate everyone's feedback, what is it that you would like to see changed about the mic?
@@YourRidingSuccess because Alicia has to speak so loudly to be heard in the arena, it causes the mic to be overloaded. I run a big internet company and so a lot of podcasting and recording. Sound is so important. A boom mic overhead would be the best option but failing that, a lapel mic placed further away from her mouth, might soften the sound. It’s just extremely harsh and pitchy to listen to. The audio could also be edited with the video to soften it. Hope this helps!
You somehow manage to distill my 40+ years of riding into short understandable explanations and videos. Amazing instruction! You are truly gifted!
Woohoo!! LOVE this!!
Oh my gosh I’m so happy I found this youtube channel!
Yay!! I hope you're learning so much from the videos x
Dude that's the bloody bomb 😂😂
You are SO lovely Alicia! I've never seen a dressage person that's so sweet with horses and people xx
Thank you so much!! So glad you are enjoying the videos and Alicia's teachings so much :]
I think "Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise! Rise!" Will be stuck in my head during every lesson from now on! Great video, absolutely loved it 💕
LOL!!! So glad you enjoyed the lesson so much!!
I’d love to have a lesson with you, you seem like a great teacher x
Thank you!! Fingers crossed one day! Be sure to be following our channel as we will be giving away opportunites this year :]
Wow!! So nice, good work!!
I'm curious about the remark about the whip. What is the best way to keep hold of it?
Hi there! Hold it down the shank a bit and then put thumb on top of shank and this holds it on correct angle down your thigh and pointing backwards x
@@YourRidingSuccess thank you!! such a small thing and I never knew, I always thought it should point down 🙈
Do you mind if I ask you a question for the Dressage explained?
How do you stay sitting in the trot without bouncing when you go faster (extended trot)?
How do you ask for the horse to extend/go faster while you are sitting?
Thank you so much! 💞
Hey there! Yes of course you can but also have you seen this video? th-cam.com/video/JldO2EYd5oc/w-d-xo.html
@@YourRidingSuccess Yes, it was wonderful. Thank you so much. 😊
Has been shared thank you for everything!
Thank you so much for your support, Kayla! xx
Can't wait to practice this on my boy tomorrow..thank you
Soo exciting!! Tell us how you go!!
Amazing video and it was good to see Bethany's perspective too. I love how you explained how to get that contact and for it to be shown progressively throughout the lesson, Bethany was amazing!!. 'Think taller not faster' was a really helpful point for me. DMA would be the most amazing opportunity ever!! 🐴💖
Thanks Alicia😊
Thanks for sharing your takeaways from the video!! Glad you found this helpful xx
Didn't know my thumb was supposed to be on top of the whip😯
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I love the way you explain things, the patience you have makes understanding your mistakes easier to fix. The desire you have to bless someone with the opportunity to ride a horse like Gee for a year with the chance to learn as well as get paid to be able to do it, is truly a blessing, something I’ve dreamed of all my life to be able to ride to the best that I can before I get to old to be able to o it. Thanks for what your doing.
You are so welcome Cheryl! I am so glad to help!! Thank you so much for your support! x
Great video! Amazing episode again!
Yay!! Glad you think so xx
Oh so it's possible if we don't own a horse..😘OMG i took so much away from this teaching ..it's amazing .. Alicia's teaching and the way she explains is like an epiphany moment for many .
you've talked a lot about how to get your horse on the bit in a lot of your videos but what do you do if your horse hides behind the bit no matter what you do and how do you prevent this? Also i don't know if its to late to enter yet but i would love to enter for the virtual lesson!! Also is it better to have a training schedule and train for a certain amount of time for certain days or to just train so many days a week and just stop when you feel you or the horse have had enough and just end on a good note before the stress kicks in? usually i would say the second one but i don't know if that is better than having a schedule because i know horses can benefit from a schedule .
If your horse goes behin the bit, just lift his head up. Add leg and just put your inside hand up for a little bit. then start riding from back to front again and push him into the bit with your legs without pulling on your reins. Just accept the contact in your hands. Your create good contact by pushing forward with your legs.
Hey Shelby, if the horse is hiding behind the bit it is another version of avoiding the contact, use the same system for connecting the horse so rhythm plus suppleness equals connection. Each horse is different with days off or which days to train, best thing is to try some different days and see what is best for the horse and you, generally as a rule doing two days together is beneficial for training x
Loved this video! Bethany did such a good job and I love how you can see how much she improves throughout the ride. I would love to enter and win a lesson with Alicia. I've been working on connection with the grand prix hands, and I've improved a lot! I still find it hard sometimes to keep my hands still and really get him nice and connected, but I'm making progress, so I'm really happy with that.
This is super!! So glad to hear about your progress!! Entered xx
This was SO helpful! Good job everyone! This sounds like a super cool experience!
Yes indeed!! Glad you liked it xx
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you Bethany for letting us be part of your experience. Well done team!!🥰
Yes!! She is amazing xx
This was awesome, I honestly thought Beth would be just cruising around. So much to learn .
Glad you enjoyed the video!!
Thanks Bethany for sharing this with us- you were great. What a fantastic opportunity. Well done 😃
She is amazing!!
Would love to win the year of riding!
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I'm doing good with my horse on your ride ing success and I'm doing so good with your ride ing success on my horse on ride ing my horse thank you Nannette
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@@YourRidingSuccess you are welcome and me and my horse are doing good and I'm going to watch your videos it is helping me with my ride ing success and it is helping me how to ride my horse thank you Nannette
@@YourRidingSuccess you are welcome Nannette
such an amazing experience for Bethany. the generosity you and Toby have shown to all of us is so genuine and words cannot express how grateful i am to have found this group. the first thing i do in the morning is look to see if there is anything new happening and its always the last thing i do before going to bed. :)
Wow!! So nice to see this, Carol! Thank you for tuning in to this channel xx
Love your training ! Your energy is awesome . I’m hooked . ! Wish i could train with you .
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Once again such a great video! It's so helpful being able to see in real time someone who is also learning and the corrections being made to improve! I can not tell you how helpful it's been for me in my lessons! As someone who has also never owned their own horse this opportunity would be AMAZING! Both the riding and horsemanship 🤩
I can not wait for the next video!!! 😁
Thanks, Amy!
I loved IT ! how lucky can you get !
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Thanks so much for the videos! I've only been riding for 2 and a half years but you're videos have helped me improve so much! Winning that opportunity would be so awesome!
Wow, this is great news!! So glad the videos have helped you so much xx
How wonderful to see all this and learn. Thanks for sharing this experience, Bethany. Thank Alicia, for being such a great riding coach!
You're welcome, Irene!
This sounds like a dream!!!!!
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Brilliant video. Loved it tooo hard!
So glad you enjoyed the video so much!!
That was just brilliant! A big thanks to the awesome team, to Bethany , and to Gee of course!
Our pleasure xx
This was great🤩 you guys are awesome! Wish we had more teachers like you guys!
Love it!!!
Riding every stride with you as I sit here watching. Hold onto those moments. Fabulous opportunity, generous beyond the norm.
Love this, Elaine!! Thank you xx
Amazing episode once again! Thank you team and thank you Bethany for charing piece of your journey here with us! I would love to win this too!
Question: I've loved the sit inside the banana guideline. It has helped me so much.
My coach tells me to have the horse follow my seat. So if I wish the horse to move right I should sit a bit right to lead the horse. BUT if I do a leg yield to right on a diagonal and I sit inside the banana my weight should be on the left side. How can I lead the way to the right with my seat and still sit on the left side to stay inside the banana?
Hey Johanna! Thanks for the support - we appreciate it! With the banana, you need to think about the horses body position in each movement and then think about what makes common sense to you and helps the horse x
Such a informational video!
So glad you enjoyed it! What what your biggest takeaway? :]
@@YourRidingSuccess the rising faster than your horse and the bending tip that I need to bend my horse to the outside and than to the inside etc
How cool was that lesson ? So good
Thank you so much, Dianne!! xx
Awesome job Bethany‼️💖✨💖LOVE YOUR PERSPECTIVE ON THE SMALL BASICS ….Life is in the details and w/o learning the foundations its harder to build to bigger movements‼️WOOHOO‼️💖✨💖
So true! Thank you so much for your support! xx
What an incredible opportunity!!!
Amazingly informative video as always!!!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I want to enter to win! It would absolutely be a privilege and a dream come true to win!
Yes!! Entered xx
Yeaah? And the mismatched socks! Every little tiny thing, from the demeanor to the metaphors to the extra detailed care for the horses- I love EVERYTHING about Alicia!
Wooohooo!
🙋🏻♀️ Ummmm YES PLEASE! really enjoyed this and what an experience! Love it 🥰
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I must go back to bases too 🙂
You got this! x
Loved this video
Thanks, Julia! x
Love your energy!
YAY! Thanks x
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Wonderful! The banana analogy is brilliant!!! 🎉. Will work on this
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How can I go up there for 3 weeks ? Love this !
Hey!! It is very cool opportunity isn't it! You need to be a member of our DMA program (which in itself is amazing - video reviews, specialist help with your riding and extra learning) then you can have this opportunity. We also have a competition for TH-cam subscribers which is when we reach 1 million subs one very lucky person will have the chance to train for a whole year and be paid to do it!!!!!
@@YourRidingSuccess where is the DMA program ? How do I join ?
Are you able to email us at support@yourridingsuccess.com and we send you all the information on the program? :]
Epic job, nice one.
Thank you! Cheers!
Love the video! Ok, question! How do you attach the quarter sheet to the saddle? And which ones are your favorite? I have a Horseware quarter sheet that has Velcro in front of the saddle, but are there others that you love? Thanks!!!💃🏻 And yes, I’d like to enter!
Hey Lauren! All the quarter sheets are different, we mostly use the theratex ones and they have velcro attachments to the back xx
Wow how lucky are you Bethany. I'm so happy for you it made me cry.
Great job everyone.
Thank you so much! Loving the support! x
Thankyou Bethany for letting this be videoed I am learning so much
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This is amazing!! Glad you're learning so much from this video xx
I really adore this perspective I’ve just bought my own project and it’s really beneficial to see things like this really looking forward to the next video!!
Glad it was helpful!
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Thanks for tuning in! So glad you enjoyed!
What an amazing opportunity! I’ve love this 😍 from the UK 😘
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Great video so much info to take away - thinking of an upward movement and starting to rise, not forward and fast, bending of the head for straightness as my weak side to the left both me and horse fall inwards so reins etc made so much sense. Can't wait to try these. Unfortunately my mum passed 2 months ago so all training etc has come to a hault. With ur experience Alicia with time off 6/7 weeks where do you start ur training at as I am others would be impacted also during winter with shorter days, lack of light and lack of facilities to accommodate training in winter times. Any tips on what u can do during winter for training scales not to be impacted as it is frustrating not being able to get out
Hi Tanya, we are very sorry to hear about your Mum - sending you love. With time off it is best to just stay with your "mind in it" so keep up to date with videos and keep learning then also keep your body fit with pilates. Then when you ride again you will be ready to go. With the horses time off it is best to start again from scratch if they have more than 3 weeks off completely and when you start again start with walking and build up fitness and suppleness slowly.
wow this is the absolute dream :O It's so cool you make this possible for your subscibers! and well done Bethany!! this is awesome
Thank you so much for your support Emma! x
Such an incredible opportunity!! 💕
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Once again! AMAZING video. Thank you to the team! Watching Bethany really helps. I really need to come to London for lessons. LOL I am now addicted to your videos!
Nice!! Thanks for watching this xx
Aww.. I’m envious! Bethany did great and Gee is a rock star!!! 🤩
Woohoo!!
Epic guys, love these videos. Can I ask why Alicia wanted bethany to continue rising when going into the canter x
Hi Johanna, often when riders do sitting trot the compromise their position in the saddle therefore negatively affecting the horses trot prior to the canter, also if you sit it is harder to know the moment to ask the horse to canter, if you ride up and down you can time the moment to ask with outside leg (coming into the sit phase of rising trot). Great question!
Wow she looks awesome! I am in a similar boat, had lessons for about a year but never owned my own horse. I would love to have this opportunity. You and this channel are the tits. ❤
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Thankyou Bethany you were a 🌟 Brilliant as usual Alicia &Toby Learning so much from this 🥰 THANKYOU
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I'm just eating this up!!!!!