Leg Yield Demystified

When you’re leg yielding, do you place your weight on the inside or outside seat bone? This question drew over 150 (contradictory) comments in my FB group! Watch this video to find out the right way to leg yield! (FULL DESCRIPTION BELOW LINKS) #LegYield #LegYielding #DemystifyingTheLegYield TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Introduction 00:21 The Million Dollar Question! 01:23 Start of demonstration 01:45 Weighting the seat bone to the outside 02:30 Weighting the seatbone to the inside 03:17 My personal preference! 05:03 The EXACT demonstration of my leg yield I’d love if you could read my GoFundMe for travelling my horses to Chicago and consider donating. https://gofund.me/2989323b Do you love my content? I’d love if you left me a review on google! https://g.page/r/CYIGmCINXFOQEAo/review Free Groundwork Manners PDF https://bit.ly/4eXqeOp Free Patterns and Figures PDF https://bit.ly/4cCSp3o Free Flying Changes Webinar https://bit.ly/3zF81F6 Free Canter Course https://bit.ly/4cWNfzg Free Course on Confidence https://bit.ly/4eS5VBQ Free Rider Fitness PDF/Course https://bit.ly/4f16SYD Free Webinar on Rider Position https://bit.ly/3Ljoh1h Support me on Patreon: https://bit.ly/4bO7EVX Check out our swag shop: https://www.dressagebyamelia.com DEMYSTIFYING THE LEG YIELD Recently, on the Amelia’s Dressage Club FB page, someone asked the following question... “Which seatbone do you place your weight on in the saddle when asking the horse to leg yield?” This is the million dollar question about the leg yield and it turns out everyone had an opinion! There were about 150 comments on this one post debating the correct way to execute this. So it was definitely time to do another video on this one and demystify the leg yield for once and for all by demonstrating BOTH ways, and seeing which you think is the better one! First think about the trot. It needs to be a nice swinging working trot with good rhythm, supplenes and impulsion Weight to outside bone The argument for outside seatbone is that you’re putting your weight where you want the horse to go, and hoping that they will follow in that direction. Weight to inside seatbone. The argument for the inside seatbone is that you’re pushing the horse in the direction you want to go. Want to know the truth? Both of the above are wrong! Both options are too extreme. When we’re riding, we want as much as possible to stay in BALANCE. When I execute a leg yield, I do it in two parts. 1. I push them over 2. I get myself straight above them I’m moving him over and then recalibrating. We don’t want to be leaning to either side. We want to be balanced as much as possible. Any weight distribution needs to be very subtle, NOT the way i have demonstrated. When I am doing or teaching a leg yield, here is the exact aids that I use (for leg yield to the right). Right Leg A little more weight on my right seat bone. Left rein The reason I like doing it this way is because I am trying to get the right hind leg to cross over underneath his body and connect into the left rein. If you are leaving to the left in your leg yield, you’ll get his shoulder to move over but your leg will drift up and it will be difficult to give an aid with it. If you’re having difficulty moving the shoulder over, then slight weight on the outside seatbone would be better for you, but if it’s the hind that you can’t move over then the inside seatbone you weight. As with everything in dressage, the answer is highly case sensitive and depends on your horse. But also always in dressage, we rely a lot on feel and what feels and works best for each horse we ride. Your aids can change for different horses, different direction, different moments. At the end of the day, it’s a leg yield, not a weight yield or a lean yield, so you want the horse to be moving off your leg! Watch the video where I demonstrate everything on Leo and let me know if you find it helpful. Thanks for watching and happy riding!