Leg switches

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Position and step pattern when giving way to the legs

Leg yield (Engl. Leg yielding , fr. Cession à la jambe ) belongs to the dissolving and straightening riding lessons and sensitized the horse for sideways driving aids. It is a forwards-sideways movement, but it is not one of the actual lateral movements , for which it is a preliminary exercise in addition to the forehand turn and the shoulder in front.

execution

The legs can be turned on a diagonal through the track as shown in the figure, but also on the boards with an offset of 30 to 45 °, in the latter case either with the head to the board or with the head in the track. A slight position takes place in the neck to the side of the forwards-sideways propelling thigh; there is no longitudinal bend. This and the lack of assembly are the decisive difference to the aisles mentioned above.

The inner thigh lies slightly behind the girth and drives the horse forwards and sideways, the outer thigh lies behind the girth so that the horse does not step too far with the hindquarters and is also responsible for the forward movement. The inner rein gives the horse the stance, the outer one allows the stance, but also prevents the neck from bending and bending too much as well as falling over the shoulder. The horse's inner feet cross before the outer ones. The biggest mistake is too much of the gang standing aside, "because the horse otherwise only walks sideways and not forwards-sideways, makes clock errors and may injure its legs".

literature

  • Jennie Loriston-Clarke, The Complete Guide to Dressage. How to Achieve Perfect Harmony between You and your Horse. Principal Movements in Step-by-Step Sequences. Demonstrated by a World Medalist. , Quarto Publishin plc, London 1987, reprinted 1993
  • Guidelines for riding and driving. Vol. 1: Basic training for rider and horse . Published by the German Equestrian Association (FNverlag) Warendorf 26th edition 1994

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "There are three initial movements leading up to true lateral work. These are the turn on the forehand, the shoulder-fore and the leg yielding. All three movements come into the early training of the horse, and help in loosening and straightening him . " Loriston-Clarke, p. 77
  2. ↑ Guidelines , p. 116