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Hi! It is always fun when the dog also does a great job!!
No worries about the bonus jumps in the beginning: it was the only thing out there and many of the dogs are grabbing it, probably because it is the only thing there 🙂
On the out cue – she did really well! Try to keep your out hand lower, no higher than the center of your chest – you became the Statue of Liberty a few times with the arm overhead LOL! That will make it harder to run when you get it into the big sequences 🙂Backsides: this is a harder skill because the dogs can see the front side so easily 🙂 You got her going to the backside by stepping into it and using a strong connection which is perfect to get it started. She was almost perfect on lots of angles with that cue, and she was great about taking the jump (and not running past it!) At 1:07 you released the cue and pulled away a tiny bit early so she ended up on the front – ‘hold’ the cue until you see her looking at and heading towards the backside wing, then leave, like you did at 1:11.
The next step on the backside is to get it even more independent so you don’t have to step to it at all 🙂 set her up on a line that is facing the backside entry wing a little more and then try this: start moving on a parallel path to her line, with you heading towards the center of the bar (while she is still staying) then give the big connection, THEN release her with the backside cue… and keep moving/connecting/giving her backside cue. No stepping to the entry wing – see if she can push away to it. If not – move your line over to where the entry wing meets the bar on the next rep and try it without the step. If she can do it, we will keep moving you further and further over so that you can run forward, no steps needed, just using upper body connection and verbal. The outside arm helps, just remind it to stay low and not get overhead 🙂Great job here! Onwards to the sequences!
TracyHi! Lovely work here!!
Good girl Annie on the get out skills!! You had to be pretty adamant: when you gave the first cue, you were pretty polite and she did not turn her head. Then you repeated it like, “No, really, GET OUT” and she did. Yay! So fun! So keep the adamant, insistent cue going, it builds the extreme connection and helps her! My only suggestion is to try to keep your get out arm a little lower, so it is easier to run forward. The balance of ‘don’t get out’ was easy for her 🙂The backside is all about the opposite shoulder. When your opposite shoulder came forward/ahead of your body, she was nailing it: For example at :17, When she was on your right, she did a great push when your left shoulder pinged forward ahead of your body. (And double gold star that she came back and took the jump perfectly too).
When she was on your left, your right shoulder was staying back behind your body – so she did push away at :28 when you stepped in but that did open up the line to the bonus tunnel LOL!
Then compare the outside shoulder in the last 2 reps: when she was on your left at :36, your right shoulder stayed behind you and she took the front. When you switched sides and she was on your right at :42, note how your left shoulder came forward/ahead of you for a moment and that is the instant she turned to the backside. It is indeed really subtle, but Annie does the subtle thing really well LOL!!
So, to exaggerate the feeling of your outside shoulder coming forward, use your opposite arm for a few reps to point to the entry wing of the backside as you connect to her eyes. That will bring the shoulder forward. Then, as you get the feel and as she gets more used to seeing them, you can fade out the outside arm pointing and just use connection.
Let me know if that makes sense! I think you and she did a great job here 🙂
TracyHi!
Yay for getting work on the paper done!!On your skills video: it is harder when there is only one jump out there, we do get more flicking when the dogs assume that we are messing up and we *must* want the jump LOL!! But, with a bit of calling her name and frizzer magic, you worked this really nicely: she needs to trust the cue because she won’t always see the obstacle we want, when you are asking her to not take one she can see. Helping her with her name and the closed shoulder was good! You can also use more distance away from the jump and try arm-across-the-body with the reward so she can see the connection even more clearly. I liked your big parties when she got it right!! Yes, revisit it but it might be better to revisit it with a cone or jump out ahead so she can see why we would not want her to take the first obstacle she sees LOL!
On the backsides: very nice difference between front and back! Yay! Yes, you are using a small step to the backside – you can put a line on the ground for yourself to see if you can move straight up the line and fade out the step. I don’t think the step is a bad thing right now, it is small and from a distance – but as you mentioned, I don’t think you need it and it will be advantageous to be able to cue it without stepping: gets you up that line super fast and early! It looks like she understood to take the jump after the backside – perfect!
If you find that she will commit to the backside without the outside arm and only with the strong connection and shoulders – that is great because it is one less cue to give and it is easier to run forward as well 🙂Onwards to sequences!
Seq 1:
Looking at each of these reps, the camera angle was perfect to see what she was looking at before she exited the tunnel. On the straight exits, she was looking straight. The only difficulty was the timing of the turn cue on jump 3 – on the 3rd rep, you decelerated earlier so she had the best turn. You can be at the wing and decelerated pretty early with her, so when she exits the tunnel you can plan to start the decel.
On the get out reps: she was looking straight before she exited then turned to the get out right as she as exiting – which means the cue was a little late. You can start telling her to get out right before she enters the tunnel, so she is already getting out before she exits (and you can of course tell her again and again :)) I think she did a great job on the get out jump here, so telling her before she enters the tunnel will make it even easier.Seq 2:
First up, REALLY NICE FC on the purple jump to get back to the tunnel!
You were further away from the get out jump at :57 and 1:23 which put you in the perfect position for the FC at :58 and 1:24 and you were on the line and finished with it so early, great timing, lovely line, great exit line connection. I think you mentioned she used to jump behind you on the FCs and they were hard? These were fabulous.
On the next one at 1:10, you went closer to the get out jump so had to hurry back to the FC – it was almost perfect but maybe one stride late rotating so her turn was good but she ticked the bar. Still pretty darned good!
Now, the get out – as with the first sequence, try telling her before she enters the tunnel to see if she can settle her jumping in? With you further away from the jump here, it is definitely outside the bubble so she had jumping questions. She didn’t splat the bar or anything, but she jumped really big trying to process it. You can also work the skill separately by working tunnel-get out jump with you moving forward but closer at first… then gradually moving further and further away.Sequence 3:
I see the same questions on the get out jump here too, in terms of her jumping big 🙂 You were closer to it on the first and second rep but still a few feet away – it allowed you to get the turn on the purple jump pretty nicely! When you went in closer to the get out jump on the 3rd rep, it helped her with her jumping but made it later for you to get the turn on the next jump. You had better timing on the rep after that for sure and set up nicer turns on both. Two thoughts for you:
We can keep working the get out so she feels more comfy working the lead changes at that distance – both with you being closer as I mentioned above but also we can bring the get out jump in closer to the next jump – there will still be lead changes for her to work but it will allow you to get both turns.
And, these sequences are allowing us to figure out what she needs for each context: if you see this at a trial, for example, you know that the best results are when you go in closer to the get out jump. And on the next 2 reps, where you did the “come me” threadle/wrap move: that is a STRONG skill so you can choose that as your top priority! You were able to get a good turn on the get out jump AND on the come me jump too.Which brings us to this:
>I’m aggravated with myself…I feel I can problem solve and fix what I am doing wrong pretty good…even before watching the videos back. BUT, why can’t I get it on the first try??? If I know what I need to do…why do I keep making the same stupid mistakes??? Ok..this might have a lot to do with trials too.>>
Interesting insight!!! Trials are really hard because we do have to get it as perfect as possible on the first try. And you are definitely NOT making stupid mistakes! But if you feel like you are not as strong at getting things right the first time, we can focus on that! My first suggestion is to keep a list of handling reminders: literally, write it all down in the “Things To Remember For Kindle” notebook. For example, write a list of things that are strong and what context to use them in. And have a list of ‘skills in progress’ to avoid at trials.
I have a list for each dog (and one list for each dog in flyball too LOL!) and I read my list before the walk through so my strengths are fresh in my mind. That has really helped me screw up MUCH less, plus I don’t come out of the ring and *then* remember that I have a skill I could have used 🙂
So if you were to write a list of the strong skills and things to remember with Kindle, what would be on it?
Great job here!
TracyHi there!!
First sequence – This is going well – I think this is where you mentioned being earlier on the BC at the spin at :05 and :17 and I agree – you held the FC connection too long so she thought she was coming to your left side. You can go to the BC part of the spin as soon as you see commitment to the jump so when she lands, you are already looking over your right arm.
On the jump after the tunnel at the end of the sequence – you had a good verbal connection going but you ran a path that supported the jump with motion. It is fine to do that there but it was not really a ‘get out’ because your motion moved along the line (rather than forward to the red jump).When you added the FC at :28 – you had less motion along the line so it was more of a get out cue (she found it easily!) and you got the FC in on a nice line at :29! I think if you get the get out even sooner you can do the FC one stride sooner so you are further up the line when she lands.
You used an even more clear ‘get out’ at :35 and :47 to set up for the threadle – nice!!! You got the Threadle easily and then FC after it was super nice because you were right there and able to rotate early. She really was TIGHT on those turns! My only suggestion there is to start the get out cue before she enters the tunnel (then say it again while she is in and again when she exits :)) so she doesn’t even look at you and looks directly to the get out line.
Last sequence – nice opening, I was happy to see that she did not send herself out to the get out jump at :55 (you can call her before she goes into the tunnel so she knows before she exits where to go). As with the very first sequences here, go to the blind cross on the spin at :57 before she takes off: as she was landing at :58, you made a strong connection over your left shoulder so she turned too tight and had to go back out when you made the blind to your right side.
At 1:01 you gave the backside verbal but not enough extreme connection, so she took the front side. At 1:11, you used more motion to get the backside after the tunnel. A couple of ideas for you to make it easier:
– give her the backside verbal before she enters the tunnel, so she is expecting it. You were quiet til she exited, and at that point she was already turning towards you
– right before she exits the tunnel, exaggerate your extreme connection so she sees it as she exits. You were in regular connection on the send at 1:01 and 1:11 so she was not pushing away as well as the extreme connection will give you.
That will make it easier to get the super independent backside, which puts you right at the red jump to handle the 6-7 line.>>On the last sequence 6-7, i should have laid down a mouse line. It seems the tiniest arm fling now will send her>>
I don’t think the arm caused the wide turn 6-7, it was more of a motion thing: When you used motion to get the backside, you ended up cuing 6 with motion with your feet facing the landing side (and movement towards it too) – so she was wide at 1:13 for sure 🙂 With the more independent backside send, you can decel and move away sooner or add a spin there to tighten it up 🙂
Nice work! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning! She is so feisty now, barking at you LOL!
You are off to a great start here – her out is looking good! When you were coming towards the camera, it looks like you did a better job moving straight (on the first rep moving away from the camera, it looks like you stepped towards the jump on the out). It is totally normal that she would ‘offer’ the jump on the ‘don’t do the jump’ rep, mainly because there is nothing else out there (and just coming to you is not something we have worked on in a while). But then she got the idea and was perfect.
Your connections looked completely different and that is GREAT! On the ‘don’t get out’ reps you can also call her name and have a tiny bit more head turn (rather than being completely disconnected) but your shoulders being a bit closed made things look really different from the get out cue. You were a tiny bit too disconnected here but it was fine for one jump to help her understand when to NOT take it 🙂
But I think she is ready for the sequences now! So when you do the regular lines, a bit of arm back and some eye contact/regular connection should be perfect in comparison to the very dramatic ‘out’ cue. And yes, you can totally add the backsides on one jump too, I think she is ready for that as well.
Nice work!!
TracyGood morning!!
She did well here! She was super happy to commit and that is the most important part.
I see what you mean about locking onto the jump LOL!!! Good news: PLENTY of value for the jump. That is what made it harder on your right but you did work through it really perfectly. When I read your description as the vide was loading, I was going to suggest exit line connection (rewarding across your body) to help her ‘unlock’ from the jump when you didn’t want it – but you were already doing it and it really helped! It was easier when she was on your left, partially because she was not facing the jump as much (she was lined up straighter) and partially because maybe she is stickier on your left? On your right, she lined herself up to face it (and stalk it LOL!) so it was harder to get her to NOT take it. The other thing you can do is close off your connection more in the ‘don’t take it’ moments by closing your right shoulder forward enough that you are almost disconnected. But because our ultimate goal is supreme commitment at all times – don’t do tooooooo much of the ‘don’t take it’ stuff on one jump – as long as she understands it in sequence and isn’t flicking herself away, you don’t need to work it too hard. Your get out work is looking GREAT! That is more important for Miss Tilly so you can over-balance in the direction of “commit to all the things”. If she gets to the point that she is over-committing then we can shift the balance back.
I think she is ready for the sequences – getting the ‘get out’ at speed will be harder for her but super useful when she is comfy with it 🙂
Nice work!!!
TracyOh crud, somehow I missed this, sorry!!!!
I was watching his head on these to see how he responded to the various connection shifts: I think he definitely did better in setting up the turns when you were looking more directly at him, rather than swooshing forward to the landing spot (he was wider on those). Here are specifics:
On the FCs at the beginning: your regular connection and exit line connection were great on all reps 🙂 Your shifted connection was slightly different:
You were swooshy at :18 on the first one, so he landed wide then turned. At :28, you picked up the connection to his eyes much sooner and he turned much tighter 🙂 Connected more to his eyes also adds decel and rotation, which he is reading as well. At :42, you were more swooshy, indicating the landing spot more than looking at his eyes, so he was a little wider.
So looking at his eyes is the winner there 🙂On the spin reps:
The first one at :49 was more to his eyes – pretty tight!! 1:01 was more swooshy, looking ahead to the landing spot: wider. So the winner here is also looking at his eyes, like on the FC reps.At 1:13 when you moved to the next sequence, you led out laterally and he had a question about how to takeoff for jump 1 – you might have been a little too lateral for his comfort zone there, so being a little closer will help him (and you will still get to the FC).
On these FCs: At 1:17, you were indicating the landing spot with your right arm out – he was a little wide and turned on landing. On the 2nd FC on this one at 1:23, you were looking more down to his eyes and not at landing: nicer turn!!!!
One more vote for the more direct eye contact as part of the turn cues 🙂The switch at 1:35 looked REALLY good, that is a strong move for you and Wilder 🙂 I thought your left cue there at 1:41 was nice and early but he hit the bar, so maybe arms lower will help so he can see the connection more?
The last sequence also looked really good: Nice connection on the landing of 1 to set the line 2-3! The blind at 1:57 was GREAT – nice support, nice timing and very clear exit line connection. He had a really nice line there!
You had 8 on the other side of the jump, so the lines you set were good! (The original 8 was on the other side of 6) – when you took off at 2:10, you looked forward a bit so he looked at you – remember to maintain connection and give your push cue to his eyes to keep that line clear.Overall, this looked really great! The main takeaway that I see is on your turn cues, he prefers when you look at him and not support the landing side (he is committing really well without needing a swoosh to landing :)) I bet Lit’l Bit will be the same, which makes it easier because you don’t have to remember different things for each dog 🙂
Great job!!
TracyGood morning!
>>I get tighter turns with direct connection, but need to work on timing, and without changing the line?>>
Yes, he is very responsive to the direct connection AND maintains commitment so you don’t have to shift your connection to the landing spot, you can just leave for the next position. Very cool!
And because he is so responsive, it looks like you can go to the direct connection as he is landing from the previous jump – too early and he starts thinking threadle (good boy) 🙂
TracyYou are my hero, training in the cold!! Sounds like it went really well AND better weather is coming soon (gotta love Colorado!)
Thanks for the update 🙂
TracyGood morning!
Those are raindrops in the videos – it rained the whole week when I needed to do videos, so I got out in the nice warm rain 🙂 I hope to not see any snow here until February!
Keiko gave good feedback on this video – she is clear with what she thinks LOL!
She came around the wing really fast on the first go and the first FC reps – I think there was a lot of connection as she exited the wing so she felt confident about where to be. The decel on wrap rep can be a little sooner so she can collect sooner. Try deceling before she passes you, so she approaches the jump ready for the rotation.
On the 3rd rep at :16, when she came around the wing, you were running forward without as much connection so she was not sure where to be, and trotted to show her opinion. But then when you really connected after the FC wrap at :20 and at :27, she drove back to you.
The same held true on the other side – you had good connection when she came around the wing at :31 and :37 so she drove with a lot of speed for the go and into the wrap. She had a really nice tight wrap at :40! And also at :47! On those 2 reps, it looks like you had the magic combo: great connection & acceleration as she came around the wing, then deceleration when she was still about 10 feet from the jump, then you were done with the rotation before takeoff. The timing of the rotation itself was not as important to her as the timing of the decel – a good deceleration produces a really great turn even if your rotation is not perfect. Yay!That decel around the wing to set up which side to be on is also important: on the reps with speed, when I freeze the moment when she comes around the wing, you were looking at her – connection was very obvious. You softened it up as you drove forward after it, and she was happy with that. On the rep where she was not as sure, when I freeze her coming around the wing: we can’t really see your face or connection. That is good to know! She needs the connection on the critical spots (like exiting wraps) but then doesn’t need it as much on the easier lines where motion and verbals can take over. Let me know if that makes sense!
Great job!
TracyGood morning!!
The Go to the 16” jump looks good! When you drive back to it after the wrap, I think a bit more connection at :16 and a little motion to the jump will help him pick it up. That was a green dog error, he will be able to find that jump without help when he is more experienced. You were clearer with it at :34 and he found it easily! Putting the wing is front of the jump is a good variation on the proofing – also he seemed to have no trouble. Yay! And the RCs also looked strong in both directions: he was turning over the bar and he carried out ot find the next wing too. Really nice!
Get out: He did a really great job balancing the get out with the don’t get out reps on both sides 🙂 When you added a bit of distance at :53 – a little more connection and stronger arm would help (he missed there) but he got all the others (stronger cue and he kind of went “oh yeah! I remember!”) One other thing is to run more straight on the get out rep – it should be identical to the running line of the ‘don’t get out’ rep. When you were giving the strong get out cue, you were also moving towards the jump (which also might be why he missed at :53 because you didn’t move towards the jump). The rotation/connection of the cue definitely pulls us towards the jump, so you can give yourself a bigger destination to move to (like put another wing way out ahead or something). When you switched to the other side, it looked like you ran a straight line on all reps and your upper body was the difference, and he did great!! I think he is ready for the Advanced level now!
Transition video:
I think he did a lovely job on the first rep without you hahahahaha Too funny! Good job hashing out what the timing should be; this game is all about the human and the dogs give us good feedback 🙂
I think the main thing you should add is more acceleration away from the wing, really powering away: that will make the decel clearer and the rotation easier. You were not as accelerated coming around the wing, so the decel got muddied into that and made it harder for him to read. The acceleration you used when you drove to the tunnel at the end is also the acceleration for the first part of the transition.
On the first rep and second rep, you were playing with timing: the first one – needed more decel and later rotation (the bar came down) and the 2nd rep looked really good!
When you switched sides, it became more about running line – the first 2 reps on your left had you moving into the center of the bar during the transitions, so he read it as a rear cross to the left.
After that, you changed your running line to the wrap wing and he read it soooo much better! On those, you can definitely accelerate into it more as he is wrapping the wing – you might have been thinking more about line there, which makes sense 🙂
When you went back to the other side, the transitions were clearer so he seemed to have no questions about the wrap or the RC 🙂
It might sound counterintuitive to power into a really tight turn, but the couple of steps of acceleration will help make the transition a bigger heads-up moment so he will collect even more. It is a small detail – overall he is doing really well!!Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyThanks for trying this! I timed the different challenge in slow motion and it was really cool to see the differences! I timed it 3 different ways and options 1 and 4 were consistently fastest, with one exception: option 2 (direct eye contact) was way fastest on the turn itself over the jump. So why was it not fastest overall? You were a little turn early turning on the direct eye contact: at :10 as he was approaching the jump after. the tunnel you were already in the direct eye contact mode so he turned too tight over that jump, perhaps anticipating coming in for a lap turn or throw back. So you can actually delay the power of your direct eye contact to make it more like what you did at :02 and :26 (when you were ‘normal’ til he landed then you shifted connection) – I think that will be the absolute perfect turn and the fastest line for him.
Now, we are talking about a tenth of a second or so, so it is cool to play with what would be the winning line and even cooler that you were able to produce great turns on each!!!! I loved that your connection was so clear on all of these and he picked up great lines on each 🙂
T
Good morning!
>>Derrett people are using blinds? The world is coming to an end!
I am planning to get Greg Derrett himself to run my Voodoo at the next US Open and convince him to do blinds. Ha! That would be a hoot and I bet that Greg would be game for a good laugh.
Derrett handlers are systematic AND they like to win… so it makes sense to me that now that we have basically systematized blinds that they would add them in.The 11-12-13-14 line on the course map is a hard line! It would be critical to be able to get the dogs to be super independent on 12 so the handler could be ahead for the variety of ways to get 13-14. If I had to be at the entry wing of 12 with my dogs, I would be in grave trouble for 13-14!
My handling goal would be to be running to the exit wing of 12 on a parallel path to the dog 10-11, and as he is approaching 11 I would turn on my extreme connection and backside slice verbals I could just keep running forward past the 12 jump to deal with 13. Some of the stuff I put on video for the next set of games actually addresses this specifically, stay tuned for Saturday 🙂
On the video – this was good to see because he definitely wanted to get on a line and had to think hard to NOT take a jump that you wanted him to run past. On the one jump warm up, I could see a pretty distinct difference in your get out connection versus your ‘dont get out’ connection. Running past that delicious jump was hard! Same on the drill with the tunnel at :14 – on your check check cue to wrap the jump he was collecting but having a long loving look at the jump off to the side near the weaves. So this is also going to allow us to solidify his understanding of what check means, exactly! The proofing game we do with the wing and a tunnel is a game that I also do with a wing and a jump, so you can add that variation to your check check cue. He definitely got better at :30ish with wrapping nice and tight there! He did not seem to have that same question coming out of the tunnel, he didn’t get out without specific permission after the tunnel.
The get out looked good and you were easily at the FC at :41 and :56! You were one step past the line so the turn was a little wide (he jumped on a slice then finished the turn after landing)- try to execute the FC right on the exact line you want him to run (on this sequence it would be where the wing meets the bar on. the FC jump) then get outta there before he needs the space 🙂
When you did the mirror image and added the dig wrap cue at 1:01 – same question as the check (“please may I have that jump out there, I promise to be real quick about it”) where he didn’t turn tight but rather drifted towards the off course. The dig cue at 1:05 was a little late so that was wider and not off-course induced 🙂 Even with a strong handler cue like at 1:20 and a really good collection, he still asked about that jump. I think the proofing game with the wing and the jump would be helpful here too (that game solidified my Hot Sauce’s understanding of wrapping tight but I don’t think I have video 🙁 – I can get video of Contraband doing it over the weekend if you want, I have no access to obstacles this week unfortunately)
On this side, he also drove straight out of the tunnel without looking at the off course, which was even closer than on the other side – good boy!
Your FC at 1:26 was better in terms of being on the line so his turn was better – I still think you can be more literally on his line. – you were center of the bar there so he was a little wide (on the other side you were more on the far side of the bar).The around/backside is much harder and the get out is much easier for him, so I think we can take a different training approach to it – a combination of parallel path, extreme connection, and angling the jump to make the backside easier and front side harder. He was starting to get it at 3:19 but needed you to step to the line. I don’t mind the step when we have time for it… but we don’t always have the time for it as evidenced in the course map you posted 🙂
Since I am pretty sure he will go to the backside if you are giving the big step, I dug out 2 videos on how we teach the dogs to go to the backside on verbal and connection only – no big steps needed. It starts with the parallel path and then we move the dog to the angle that would normally require a big step, but the parallel path understanding should be strong before we do that. And we actually have more of that coming next week 🙂
But for now, I figure these videos would make more sense to get him rolling on it. On the easier lines, I don’t use my outside arm or as much extreme connection (and I don’t use my outside arm with the puppies, because I really don’t want to use it LOL!!) but this is how to get it started with connection while you get further and further away. The trick is to work up to you being on the exit wing and he will go to the entry wing of the backside jump – then we add in the harder entry angles.let me know what you think! These should help get him started.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMUtGSKZsEs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjI-wGlPfq0
Nice work here! It was super interesting to see what was easy for him and what he had questions about!
Tracy
Good morning!
>> We feel really good right now and not so rushed and less panicked.
Yay! That is what you looked like when you were running: connected and smooth.
>>>Yes, he trains on this turf every week.
Does he train in high arousal? Maybe he is too relaxed in training and then more pumped up (therefore faster) at a trial so he slips? You can get him crazier in training 🙂
>>this is NOT a FC course.
>>The funny thing is I totally knew that this was not a FC course but I walked it that way anyway. I tested a blind in my walk through but lost my courage because I have so little experience (But I am taking your blind class…so, I will feel better soon).>>
We will get you happy with blinds, plus you can use them on some of the courses here! I was a Derrett handler for years and I distinctly remember my first blind at a trial… I totally messed it up by not reconnecting in time. Oopsie LOL!!!! But not a problem, I sorted it out and got better and better at them.
>>So like the DW entry, this is something to work on with just 4 poles – you moving while he is entering.
>>I will work on this but I do think that I may need help if it isnt working. I am afraid of breaking my poles.
a couple of things to remember as you do this:
add motion VERY gradually, walking very slowly 🙂
Keep your success rate high – if he fail once, no biggie, but if he fails twice? Make it easier. Track your sessions so he is working at 90% success or higher. A way to do that is limit your session to 10 reps and help him be successful on 9 of those. If he is “only” successful on 7 of the 10, plan your next session to have easier challenges.>>I think you were helping and thinking on the fly
>>LOL, yes, I told her after, really? I walked all front crosses and while running the course completely changed my plan and almost made it happen! I would like to see her do that….it wouldn’t happen lol. I need to start listening to my gut on these walks.Yes! Liten to your gut, try the crazy things 🙂 Sometimes you are the only one doing it, but it is possible that you are the only one doing it correctly!
T
