How to Identify and Correct your Posting Diagonal

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It it important to post on the correct diagonal so that you can more easily turn your horse and so that you're weight is on the horses' inside hind leg. The saying is "Rise and fall with the shoulder on the wall."
To change you posting diagonal, you must do a down-down up or sit for 2 bounces in the saddle. Make sure not to lean off the side of your horse when checking your diagonal!

[@Itzcaitlynn]

I know this was 4 years ago, but thankyou for posting this! I started horse riding lessons a couple months ago and had no idea what a diagonal was, and my instructor didn’t really explain it to me, and so when she asked me to do it, I’d always do it wrong. So thankyou!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

So glad this was helpful!

[@avadesertleaf2414]

It worked! I always thought that I was supposed to go up and down with the inside leg! My trainer asks me what diagonal I was on, and wether I said correct or incorrect, I was always wrong. I am on my way to another lesson rn, so I know I will be at least a little better! Tysm!!

[@peace21148]

This video not only helped me as a rider but as an instructor as well!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yay so glad!

[@gregandrew3025]

I’m back to riding after almost 40 years and it’s reassuring to see others having the same challenges I am with getting the diagonals right. I know what to do (but I’m not feeling it yet) I’ll keep at it- Love your videos!

[@ilaify]

thank you so much for this! i was studying for a dressage test, because i never got my posting diagonals right and this really help! again, thanks ❤

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

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[@carlaferucci7551]

You are brilliant! Thank you for all your outstanding tutorials and videos. Amazing rider, very wow! From Carla, Cape Town, South Africa

[@nesskerton]

I am about to do my very first dressage test in two weeks. Thank you Amelia, this has been a hard thing for me to get right, sometimes I am great with it and other times I am totally off. This video has helped me ''see'' what I need to do :)

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yay! Good luck!

[@Simply-EQ]

I really needed this!! I always mess up!

[@khoele442]

this was so so helpful for me because I was always looking at the foot coming down instead of the shoulder which put me off

[@nathrose7612]

First Time it is correctly explained Many many thanks .

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You're welcome!!

[@da55470]

Same

[@Charlie-mq8rw]

This was really helpful Thankyou, people talk about this but I never knew what they meant

[@avadesertleaf2414]

Hopefully this helps! I’m on my way to my lesson right now!

[@leafydino98]

thank you for this! i was taught posting the inside leg not the outside so this really helped me!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

I'm so glad!

[@lizzibizzi7901]

How do I feel if I post right without checking visually?

[@JulieMarilyn]

You get used to it! Try to feel it without looking and then check if you’re right and correct it if necessary. After a while you’ll feel the difference. You should slightly notice it in your horse’s balance as well.

[@xxcrystal6263]

Thanks this really helped I was so confused on out trot diagonals now I understand thank you 🙂

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Glad it helped you!

[@rosiebartist]

Tysm i have a clear round tomorrow, this will really help

[@mwhorsesandbarbiedolls]

My eyes don’t move fast enough to tell what the shoulder is doing… I prob need glasses tho. I like ur video tho.

[@Everlasting_Echo134]

sammeee

[@jaymecousineau5966]

Do you have any tips for when a horse bounces you, so you loose your balance, trying to get the correct diagonal?

[@kenzeier2943]

To post correctly, the horse must be allowed to be the activating agent of the upward and forward swing of the rider’s hips. If you lift or push yourself out of the saddle with your own muscles, you end up pushing against your stirrups, stiffening your knees and jamming the saddle against your horse’s back.

[@jamieprijatel655]

This video really helped me because I have a show in April and I have to know when I’m on the right diagonal wrong😊

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Awesome! Good luck in your show and have fun!

[@kerrigoff347]

Thank you!

[@mackenzierobitaille9564]

This helped a lot!

[@karelvaldes3027]

Very good and great explanation

[@taniagarrybrowbands8874]

Luv your videos and explanations. Thankyou 💕

[@Savannahpress]

I have been having trouble with my diagonals and keep getting on the incorrect one so I am sure this will help

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Yes! Glad you watched this video!

[@hannasandoval8742]

I need help would I change it when I’m on my inside

[@sbrown6798]

Thank you!!!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You're so welcome, and thanks for watching!

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

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[@cinben9325]

I'm with Lizzi Bizzi. I want to learn how to feel which diagonal I'm on. Any suggestions for those of us that don't have someone on the ground to help us?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

You should be able to check your posting diagonal by looking down at the outside shoulder while you are riding. Like anything, practice makes perfect. Eventually you will be able to feel it without looking.

[@ktgequestrian4475]

As you go into trot and can feel your seatbones moving individually up and down, rise when the outside seat bone is pushing you up, and go up with it.

[@cinben9325]

That is difficult. Due to severe arthritis, I can't feel my seat bones. Looks like I'm out of luck. Thanks anyway@@ktgequestrian4475

[@reneecross8480]

So no matter if you are in a ring or not, it’s always the right leg that goes forward, then you are going up. Regardless of the direction. Correct?

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Good question. You always rise on the outside front leg. Outside refers to the outside of the bend. So when you're outside of the arena, you have to determine which bend you have, then you can determine which leg to use to rise on.

[@valeriemiller9681]

Learning diagonals is hard for me

[@da55470]

Same for me but it’s ok

[@naunettemartin7450]

I'm doing so good with my horse Nannette

[@naunettemartin7450]

I'm doing so good with ride ing my horse and we are doing so good and I'm doing good on my ride ing my horse Nannette

[@averybelle1301]

rise and fall with the leg/shoulder on the wall

[@naunettemartin7450]

This video will help my with my horse on ride her

[@teresawort9124]

I just did this the other day. I noticed my horse was on the wrong lead. I did down, down up & it corrected his lead.

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

Wrong lead refers to the canter. Wrong posting diagonal is for the trot. Were you trotting?

[@teresawort9124]

I was doing transitions.

[@GallopAndSoar]

I’m sorry I still doesn’t get it I’m a beginner

[@AmeliaNewcombDressage]

"Rise and fall with the shoulder on the wall" was something that helped me when I was first learning! You got this! Also, check out this video on the posting trot: amelianewcombdressage.com/dressage-training/how-and-why-to-post-the-trot/

[@GallopAndSoar]

Thank you so much