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DVD in both German and English

FN Training Series, Part 8
Training of the rider
Advanced Dressage Riding, Novice and Elementary

Suppling and collecting movements
Rider's aids in detail
Basic gaits and extensions
Turns while moving and from the halt
Counter-canter

"A training video following the official system of the German National Equestrian Federation (FN)

A sound dressage training is the necessary basis for riders of all equestrian disciplines. Riding the different dressage exercises improves the harmonious movements of horses and riders which is finally the basis for sport success. It is important to start the lessons with useful preparatory exercises and to use the aids correctly.

This FN-training film features all important exercises of novice and elementary level and includes the rider’s aids in detail. It shows how to accomplish the exercises in the daily training and how to solve possible problems.

Short summaries outline the rider’s aids and are useful for everyday training. The film is completed by the comments of the well-known instructor Michael Putz: His assessment of a novice level dressage exercise help viewers to evaluate and understand the quality of the single dressage exercicses.

The content:
Riding basic gaits
Transitions, full halts and half halts
Turn on the forehand and leg yielding
Decreasing and increasing the dressage ring
Serpentines
Rein back
Trot and canter extensions
Walk pirouettes and turn on the haunces
Counter canter
Exercise RA 2 dressage test"