Half-Pass - The "Easy" Way

[@gregory3588]

Love the addition of the simultaneous overhead view. You are gifted at teaching with clarity, transparency.

[@ginadambrosio4678]

The drone footage adds so much to understanding the correct bend.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

I am glad it was helpful!

[@pawsdedeux]

Thank you clarifying the “leg at the girth” position.

[@pennyallen7637]

Loved this easy to understand explanation, video and drone footage! Can't wait to try. Thank you Amelia for de-mystifying dressage movements. I feel ready for half pass now, were as before I felt a little unconfident to even try for fear of getting in a muddle ! 🤪

[@KristaChristian]

I also like the drone footage! Really cool and helps to watch from above as well as the side view!

[@deniseheidelmeier4950]

This is the best explanation and video of half pass that I’ve seen. Thank you!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad it was helpful!

[@MillsandMe]

Like butter!! So smooth. You make it look effortless 😊 Great explanation. Thank you!

[@MottekeB]

First of all, great video, great explanation of the basics that are needed to be ready for half pass, but second of all, wow, because I saw nothing but a relaxed, happy and supple horse. What a dream, and it shows you're a great trainer!

[@claramora4524]

Love the addition of the drone footage. You are by far the best dressage teacher online at explaining the aids clearly. Thank you for posting these videos for us to learn from! I want to share also a visual I learned from Your Riding Success that helped me a lot with seat position, and that is sitting to the inside curve of the “banana” where the banana is the bend of the horse. For those who are visual learners :)

[@christinadochtermann3524]

the overhead imagery is terrific - you're videos are incredibly helpful & well done

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the drone footage!

[@murphyshsu]

Love the shoulder in, half pass, shoulder in exercise!

[@hrhellcat]

Thank you thank you thank you for this!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@lindawalker3373]

Love these easy steps and training components for half pass! Thx again 😊

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You're so welcome!

[@luciemarinov129]

Thanks so much for this very clear and easy to understand explanation of this half pass! The demonstrations make all the difference to see how I can do it ! Your videos are priceless in my riding journey! Also my trainer just (unexpectedly and in a week) died of covid so not only am I devastated, but now u are my best hope for progress in riding.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Sorry to hear about your trainer.

[@frokenss]

So lovely filmed. Can you maybe write in the information field under the video where you have already described aids for halfpass what you change in your aids to ride the shoulder in. I can tell you keep you keep your outside leg back so is it only the position of the shoulder? And what about the inside leg is it more active in the shoulder in?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Great minds think alike! It is in the description, just further down. Hope that helps :)

[@TheEquiClubYouTube]

This was very interesting as I am learning this right now ready for som Elementrys!

[@marlenetobin1078]

Loved the overhead video!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad you liked it!

[@rowenamorris6694]

You make it look so easy, I might add it to next weeks list. :)

[@betsysmall3576]

Helpful video!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

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[@sarahking2122]

Great video! Thank you 😊

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You are so welcome!

[@charlesmccullough7149]

Great video! It’s already been said, but I love the different camera angles and illustrations. Job well done.

[@wendylow5748]

Super video Amelia! I am right now doing these things and boy was it cool to see it properly done from above!

[@sarahbarber1122]

This is so so helpful and clear - Thank you ! :)

[@terezarock8301]

I love this video sooooooo much and I think it’s rly gonna help me and my pony!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yay! Glad it was helpful!!

[@kimberleenadwocki4393]

Good Morning Amelia Great exercises. I am going to start just practicing at the walk. Thank you 😊

[@ME-jq3hm]

Love this! It's great to get a breakdown of each movement as well as an explanation of what exercises should be mastered before trying this movement! The overhead video and the picture of the movement you were trying helped tremendously!!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad it was helpful!

[@falizianme5846]

Such a great video! I love these exercises and the overhead video is so cool! Love the explanation of the aids too! 👍👏❤

[@Three-of-Four]

Thank you for making this fantastic video! Love the drone footage and of course the gorgeous Mercurio (sp?)

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yes! It is Mercurio! He's the best!!

[@selflovedit]

what I'm confused about is whether I should be approaching to ride a half-pass from a shoulder-in or the haunches-in. You said in the beginning that a half-pass is a haunches-in ridden on a diagonal and even in Germany we call it the "Traversale", from Travers. Yet towards the end you recommend riding a few steps of shoulder-in and then half-pass from that position, so I'm confused again. Which one should I concentrate on in order to ride them the most correctly? My trainer also makes me ride them starting with the shoulder-in, but it doesn't make sense to me aside from the similarity in the contact between a half-pass and a shoulder-in.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

In the beginning of the video, I am encouraging people to use shoulder-in and haunches-in to supple your horse to prepare for the half pass. In both shoulder-in and haunches-in, the bend in the body is the same and the horse is moving on three tracks. If your trainer is telling you to start from shoulder in, it could be that your horse is too supple behind or you are overbending the body and leading with the haunches, so he or she is asking you to think about the shoulders. This is the way I learned and it makes sense to me, but I know people who start from shoulder in and send the horse over from there also.

[@selflovedit]

@@AmeliaNewcombDressage amazing, thanks for the explanation! Helpful as usual :)

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

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[@janadavies296]

How cool/ helpful this video is? I need a lot of practice

[@alexiapetcu2196]

The drone images were the greatest idea!!!

[@UserGK273]

Your voice is so clear and sweet .🎉🎉❤

[@kgreving899]

Can you please explain the positioning of the rider’s shoulders in half pass?

[@juliecramer7768]

Can you show how to do shoulder in and travere?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Check out this video! amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/shoulder-in-a-fundamental-dressage-movement/