Ideas for schooling please?

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In my lesson a week and a bit ago, we were working on getting ponio forward off my leg more. Mare likes to ignore the leg and I end up nagging with my heels so we wanted to have her forward and me using my calves not heels/

We worked in a bungee to encourage her to take the contact as she came forward and work more over her back & added a set of spurs to help me be more accurate. Que getting a fantastic trot out of her & a happy mummy.

Caroline left me with some exercises to do, mainly asking for a smaller trot by closing my outside hand and sitting taller down the short side, and asking for a bigger trot along the long side to get her listening to my leg better. Also, doing the same on a circle but asking for some outside flexion on the circle.

Anyone any other schooling exercises/tips I can try. Getting a bit bored now & want to ride today
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Thankies clever peoples!
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Leg yeid? Ride down the track straight a few strides, Just just asking for a few steps off the track, straighten up again and then ask to go back.
Also can do sprialling in and out on a circle.
 
Thanks for those.
I think I'll do some transitions and some leg yield today.
Does it really matter if shes not straight as long as shes moving off my leg?
 
Its more important that you prepare and have her straight before and after the leg yeild as otherwise she may get in the habit of falling out her shoulder and use that to ecsape your aids completly
 
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Its more important that you prepare and have her straight before and after the leg yeild as otherwise she may get in the habit of falling out her shoulder and use that to ecsape your aids completly

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Thanks
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I'd probably have made a mess of it otherwise.

So I need to come down the 1/4 line. Get her straight, then ask her to move across from my leg, then make sure shes straight again before the fence/corner?
 
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