[Tracy Sklenar]

Great job on the verbals, everyone!!! I love that you all also posted ones that are not yet trained 🙂 Priorities!!
It can be SO overwhelming to face training ALL these verbals, so I have prioritized them. GO, wraps, left/right: those are top priorities for me personally, based on what my dogs will need to know and when they need to know it. Along with the name as an attention cue.
Then… obstacle names for commitment.
After that: tunnel discrims/threadles and ‘get out’
Then threadle slices and backside slice/wraps.

Somewhere after that – threadle wraps. I almost never see those on course. I will need to emphasize them more if I ever want to go back to Europe to compete, but that is soooo not on the radar with the youngsters right now, and Voodoo is not a dog that I want to jump at 24″.

Just a bit of Sunday morning food for thought!

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

I totally have an out drill 🙂 Disclaimer: there are some handling schools/systems that will not like the way I cue it LOL!! But it gives my dogs useful info, they get to be fast AND accurate, and it does not damage any other cues 🙂 One of my favorite instructors hates it LOL! But I can’t survive those big UKI courses with Voodoo without it 🙂 I will dig it out and post it up with the custom skills sets tomorrow 🙂

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning, hope you are having a great weekend!

I think the backside wrap is going to work well for you! He automatically collected better. I have a skill set coming about it tomorrow so you can see more about it and play with it too 🙂

On the full sequence – the around at 3 was good! You were at the exit of the tunnel when he entered – Iwant to play with using his skills even more (when ya gotta ’em, use ’em! LOL!) Lead out a tiny bit more so that when he is entering the tunnel, you are closer to the entry: then proceed in a straight lint to 3 so you are closer to the exit wing to push him around to the entry wing. Then keep moving forward like you did – the goal is that you are entirely on the takeoff side as he arrives on the takeoff side of 3. You were *almost* there at :35 and you can drive through it even more if you are one or two steps further ahead.

Loved the double blind on the 2nd rep! the 2nd one can come sooner – as soon as you see his head turn to the bar, you can whip your head around to the 2nd one. I timed the serp versus the double blind: almost identical through that section. My guess is that he really liked chasing you into the first blind cross, more than pushing to the backside serp. But they were both fast!

The send to 4 and the serp on landing of 5: YAY!!!! Looks great. A perfect example of using the tools you’ve trained! His commitment at 4: FABULOUS. You can add in raising this bar, because his skills are so strong AND the jumping effort is rewarded by getting to chase you up the next line and into the tunnel. Wheeee!

Only one suggestion for the ending:
Call him more urgently on the last tunnel to get even more speed up the last line – he had to take a moment to locate you 🙂 Run away calling his name and see what he does 🙂

Great job!!

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi!

>>Happy Fourth of July. Did you like Hamilton ?

Happy 4th! Yes, loved Hamilton 🙂

>>I have a tendency to wait until ahe exits the tunnel before I go. Need to work on that.

That is an interesting point. It sounds like you are being more reactive in those moments than proactive? So you can plan to keep moving and go to where you need to be – and use your connection to switch gears if needed.

>>I can go deeper into the tunnel and run out of it, but I am afraid moving up the line to 4 will cause her to jump 4 long. ???? She seems very sensitive to forward motion.

It will be something fun to try – add in the turn verbals and see what she does!

Keep me posted!!

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning! I hope you aren’t too sore from the trees, I am tired just hearing about that!

>.RCs were a bit of a challenge for us. Just when I was going to quit and ask your assistance, I did the cross earlier, and wala! It happened! I love the leash in the ground. I need that visual, and I never complete a handling move that early. Game changer!

Perfect!!!! The ones that you did earlier really helped!!!!

>>I wasn’t sure how to get the tight turn out of the tunnel. Much of that comes from my lack of confidence to cue before the leash. I started saying dig. I’m not sure that is appropriate here, and I didn’t like it anyway. “Dig” seems to be a word best dedicated to jumps only. >

I think the tight turn actually went well when you were on time (more below) – she can’t get tighter on them without slowing to a crawl, which we don’t want. You can of course use a different word, but it is less to have to remember if you use the same one. And when you did cue on time – looked great!

>>I see in my video I started saying “go” to get her around the wing. Totally falling back into oLd habits where I used to say “go” for just about everything.

Oopsie! You can set up a start procedure for yourself to help make the verbals more of a habit: take her collar, give her a cookie (she will not be sad about collar-taking if she is getting cookies each times) – when she swallows it, start the verbal (plan for the correct one :)) then let go. We all tend to use the wrong verbals when we are trying to go right into things and are thinking ahead too much.

On the video:
For the RCs, you started off a little late but then got sooner and it really helped! Also, moving forward and getting closer to her tail helped too:
The first couple were pretty good, I think that is a stronger side for both of you. When you switched to the right turns on the RCs:
The cues were really late at :47, still late at :55… but NOT late at 1:04 and the rep after it. I think on those, you were standing still for too long and then exploded into it, so the acceleration overrode the RC cues.
The rep at 1:22 was great! This has a more even motion and you were on her tail sooner.
Scrolling ahead to the very last rep at 2:37: YES! Perfect. On time AND steady smooth motion the whole time, tight on her tail 🙂

On the wrap exits – you were hashing out the timing and commitment on the dig dig cues – the verbals were generally on time, it was more about when you needed the physical cues.
– 1:42 was better and 2:09 was great!!!
2:17 was late and a you did post turn, so it was too much motion forward. 2:28 was really good, you are starting to trust her and cue early 🙂

Her commitment to the tunnel is looking really strong, so keep using that line on the ground as a visual to help with timing – she reads the cues beautifully when you are nice and early. And, when playing with doing something wicked early like this, the worst case scenario is that we find out where she has a commitment question and we train it so there is no more question 🙂

Great job! Let me know what you think!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning, hope you are having a fun weekend!
TONS of good stuff here to obsess on, I think we can make a few tweaks and then things will be really easy! The camera position was fine 🙂

First sequence:
I don’t think pushing her to 4 on the first 2 reps was a noob-move LOL!! It is a good move! That line is a serpentine and serps are always FAST – you just needed to cue it sooner in terms of the line. When she was landing from 3 you needed to be up there and pushing across 4, on that perfect path. You were trying to do it from outside the line – which means a really independent verbal. You totally could have gotten there (I bet you were just thinking you could not have gotten there): as she is landing from 1, use your GO TUNNEL commitment cue and keep yelling it as you leave 🙂 You can get there easily.
On the last rep with the RC – very nice!!!! She read it perfectly.
Another option on this is to do a BC between 3 and 4 – it can keep you further ahead as well! You will also get there easily.

Seq 2: Looking at the wrap cues, I think one tweak you can make is add decel. You were working hard to get to your rotation and new arm/leg… but that actually showed her a flurry of motion (backwards motion is still motion) so she didn’t really collect. Try adding deceleration nice and early (as you also start your wrap cues) and then rotate kinda late – the rotation is the icing on the cake, it is the transition into the deceleration that is doing the heavy lifting here.
On your reps here, there was not a lot of decel so she had a bit of trouble on the wrap.

On the 2nd video – your first rep was too “slammed” meaning you drove hard and then tried to rotate fast but then yes, 2nd rep was really nice! It had a bit of decel!
With her speed, she will be working these from ahead (and that is fine) so be sure to set the line back to 5 not only with your line and position, but with connection – when you did not connect, she ran by 5. So stay connected until you see her pushing herself back to the takeoff spot of 5.

Seq 3 –
This opening is also a serp line, which means it should be handled on the perfect path – so I suggest leading out to a spot more between 2 and 3 and not on the outside of the line. It will smooooth out the line nicely! On the first rep, you had a dropped bar on 1 and that was because you were on the far wing of 2, so she was prepared to jump towards you… until she saw you move towards 3 and she tried to adjust while in the air of 1.
rep 2 – you were a little further up but note how she lands from 2 then turns to 3. Ideally she would take off for 2 already turned to face 3.
On reps 3 and 4, you were further up the line each time which helped! But you can play with being more *on* the line. Another option there is to lead out dog-on-left and blind cross between 2 and 3 on that perfect path 🙂

On the wrap at 5: this is another spot where I think a transition into decel will really help that turn. On the first rep, you were too far from 5 so when you stepped back towards the line after she landed, she back jumped
Your position there was much better at :30! And even better on the next rep (even with the wrong word) and really nice on the last rep!!

On the RC at the end (you could probably also send her to the 6 tunnel and get a BC 7-8 :))
You can get on the RC line sooner so she sees that pressure starting before you get past the wing of 7 then stay connected and drive more to the last jump – you got caught off the line and behind the jump so she pulled off on the first rep of the RC (rep 4) On the last rep, it was interesting watching the rear cross. In regular speed, it looked fine but then if you it at 1:03 as she is just starting to take off for 8, she is looking straight which means she has not yet seen the turn cue (you are on the diagonal there but have not yet cut across behind her fully) The left verbal started as she was taking off for 8 so she did turn left on landing but ended up on the backside line because of the extension coming into it. So you can really ramp up the pressure on the RC line and get on it before even passing 7, driving on her tail as much as needed 🙂

Let me know if that makes sense! These are looking really good – just a bit more transition needed on the wraps and also a couple of tweaks on lines 🙂

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning!

>>The biggest problem on all of these runs is the turn out of the tunnel!

Definite training opportunities afoot! These runs give us a good idea of what he reads and what we need to train.

>>He is only reading the tunnel brake when I am near the entrance.

I noticed that for sure, so I have ideas for you for training – yes, use the position in front of the tunnel to get the turns when it works best for the specifics of the course but we will also train to get the turns from anywhere so you have more freedom on course to get where you need to be.

First, thoughts on the runs:

Sequence 1: Being indoors, these are generally 1-stride distances which require different timing – it looks like he will need to see the next cue while still in the air over the previous jump, so he lands with clear info – if he lands and that is when the info is being delivered, it is a shade too late on some of the turns.

Rep 1 – The tunnel turn cue timing was good and his turn was also good, but then he was slipping a little, which set a wider line 3-4 making you late turning to 5 (that is where he would need the cue to be happening over 4)

Rep 2 – this one had a wider turn on the tunnel exit, I think you showed acceleration sooner and that is why he turned wider.
Very nice soft brake on 4!!!

Rep 3- ah, glad you tried this, because while watching reps 1 and 2 I was wondering what the difference would be if he saw you cue the turn closer to the entry and it totally helped. Good news! Nice turn! But… it was a very in-yer-face spin and when he exited at :26, you were parallel to him and RC’d 4 – it worked nicely here but we want you to be further ahead on bigger courses, especially in the opening.

Seq 2:
You did a reverse flow pivot- style tunnel brake rotation on the tunnel entry here (rather than the spin) to get the turn, and had a nice transition into wrap at 4! Nice collection and line. One detail: he drifted coming around the wing a little, his head came up. Part of that is balancing on a harder surface and part of it is a question on which line: try to keep your eyes back to him til he makes the turn and gets on the new line – you peeked forward as he was exiting the wing so that moment of connection was missed. You can peek forward after he gets on the good line LOL

Rep 2 – Tunnel exit here was better than rep 1! Good transition to show the collection on the wrap! He went wide on the exit line though – your feet were on a good line but your dog-side arm was high and opened up way back – and that motion drew him off the line (plus a bit of slipping). Keeping your arm in tight and low and only a little back) should help draw him into the next line but closing your shoulders to it more clearly. Stay tuned for a skills set on that.

Rep 3 – It looks like the tunnel exit was very similar to rep 2 here. The switch looked really good!

Seq 3:
Since we are also obsessing on the lines here, not just tunnel exits 🙂 I like the FC lead out on these! And you had GREAT timing on them. But your position was too far over, off the line – so he jumped 2 more on the center of the bar and turned when he landed on these reps. Try to lead out right on the line and execute the FC with the same timing but on the exact line you want him on (then get outta there of course) – the goal is that you see him jumping on the inside part of bar 2 and that he turns before takeoff. A blind cross might feel more comfy there as well!

Another option 🙂 lead out to do a FC or BC on the landing side of 3 (between 3 and the tunnel) on that perfect path – I think that might draw the most perfect line – he certainly has the lead out skills to make it happen!

On your wraps at 5: on the first rep, you were running hard to get to the jump and even though you got your hand down in front of the jump before he took off, the overall cue was late and he jumped long. Compare it to the transition you made into it on rep 3, where you were planning a different strategy on the tunnel exit so you showed decel and more rotation… NICE wrap! One thing I really see on these sequences is that the deceleration element of the turn cue is really useful for him to process it: running hard then trying to show a strong cue is not as helpful to him. And that is great, because there is no real need on this sequence (or on most courses) to always go right up to the wrap jump – he does better when you plan a decel/rotate transition without trying to get there, which sets you up nicely to be ahead in other spots.

On the 2nd rep, you did a switch/RC on 5 which set up a really nice line back to the 6 tunnel. You and Enzo do a great job on all of your switch/RC cues!
rep 1:

OK, back to tunnel exits 🙂
On reps 1 and 2, there was a lot of motion before he went into the tunnel – you didn’t really have a turn cue on the first rep, so he went pretty straight. You had a high energy name call on the 2nd rep – still pretty straight. On the 3rd rep, you did a BC there – it did help you set the next line by putting you there! I believe his tunnel commitment is quiet strong, so you can get an even better line if you let him see you start (and, more importantly – finish!) the BC before he enters (that 6 foot info line is where he needs to see the BC finished). Letting him see the complete cue should help him expect the turn and to find your new side very easily. And if he has any questions about tunnel commitment, we can train it.

A few more ideas for tunnel exit training:
– keep working the distinct verbals to give them value by pairing them with the handling and placement of reinforcement. Left/right/wrap etc are not super strong… yet 🙂 But keep working them in along with the other stuff so that they will have value when you are not up-close-and-personal on the tunnel entry
– I suggest a shift in the reward placement in your tunnel exit training sessions: on the left/right and wrap turns, have him chase you for the reward (rather than throw it or place it). So you give him a cue, then run away making a lot of noise and have him chase you for it. That can make it even more worthwhile to drive out of the tunnel turning towards you new line. Start this with the up close and personal cues like the spin in front of the tunnel that he is already does well. Then move it to the harder skills – like doing a spin rotation but you are 10 feet laterally away, then 15, then 20… Or a brake from those distances as well.
And add in decel and turning on the left/right cue – at first from in front of the tunnel entry, then more distance away, then from further past the entry. And it all ends with him chasing you for the reward in your hand (part tunnel training, part workout program).
– when you see him turning better, you can start to add more and more motion – I suggest the decel at first to set him up for success and practice the mechanics of the turning.
– start on a relatively short tunnel (10 feet? or 6 feet if it is really hard) then gradually extend it too.

It won’t take that long – but it should isolate the skills and put a lot of value on the turn by adding in the chase 🙂

Let me know what you think!!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi!

>>I’ve continued to work on head turns with Pose and I’ve added a toy and she’s much happier! I’ll check back in when I have more.

Great! I will add a little more to it as well, stay tuned for it coming tomorrow.

On the video – The Left cue out of the tunnel looked good on both runs here!

First run: your Push to turn from the landing side of 3 is a good idea because it also sets up 4 as more of a send rather than trying to rush up there then rush back. The position you had at :20 (more center of the bar on landing side) was a clearer way to show it (also a good running line to set it). On the first reps where she wrapped, your position looked like the backside wrap cue (on the entry wing with feet forward to 4) and the turn cue was not soon enough to help differentiate – the turn verbal should come just before she gets to the backside wing so she is coming around the wing already hearing the slice cue. I think it is actually great to not try to get up to #4 at :30, hanging back helps get the turn without the potential of showing too much motion forward. She showed really strong commitment there so I bet you can switch to your cap verbal sooner and probably rotate sooner too – You might have been waiting to be sure she committed but she seemed to not question it at all! Good girl!!

2nd rep – She exited the tunnel nicely but drifted a little wide to the backside wrap – you can be a bit more sideways in that position for the wrap, with your left hip almost touching where the wing meets the bar: that will expose the how wing to her view and also cues the collection. You can also try calling her name a couple of times so she drives more directly to you then go to your push cue. Also – since push is the same cue to get her to the backside for both slice and wrap, you can switch to a wrap cue before she gets there so she can set up the collection as well. As with the other cues, she has good commitment here as you left for 4 so it is more a matter of figuring out what she needs to come to 3 more directly.
Really nice commitment on the cap cap at #4, nice timing, she added a collection and you got way ahead!

I bet you can also get to the takeoff side of the backside (#3) to do a forced front cross (exiting on your right arm). And your running line 4-5-6 was really spot on here even though you were pretty far from her – as she came around 4, she had a VERY direct line to 5. No questions that I could see!

Also, for more challenge – the #6 tunnel on the map is on the other side (closer to 7) so that can give you the chance to play with turning her the other direction on 4 as well.

Seq 2: this appears to be the same video as Seq 1. Can you repost when you get a minute? Thanks!!

Nice job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

>>Zing doesn’t want to play the tunnel proofing game LOL

Ha! We will make them fun, she won’t even realize it is a proofing game LOL

[Tracy Sklenar]

Good morning!

>>I am staring and staring but I am not good at deciding if he is properly jumping off his rear or improperly pulling off his front.

It can be hard to tell sometimes, dogs are great at figuring out how to get it all done! I look for a few things when watching the grids, looking more for balance. If the dog is balanced, he is using his hind end. If he gets off balanced, he is shifting his weight back and forth, front to hind to front. Here are some of the things I look at:
– ease of motion: is it smooth like silk? Or more of a bucking bronco? Or somewhere in between
– takeoff and landing points: on these grids, the dogs should be taking off and landing in approximately the same spots on each interval between the jumps. If the takeoff/landing spot is changing, he is likely off balance.
– what does it sound like? When the dog is balanced and jumping ‘from the rear’ you are likely hear it: very rhythmic (even rhythms) and you can hear a powerful hit of the hind end (baBAM baBAM baBAM). If the dog is struggling, the rhythm changes, usually gets faster and loses the even tempo (baBAM baBAMbaBAMbababa) and also the accent of the hit will change: baBAM turns into BAbam as the dog shifts weight to the front to try to catch his balance)
– top line, shoulder position, head position, hind end position: I look for fluidity and all body parts stay below the top line: head low and straight, shoulders looking like a dolphin in the waves, and hind end stays controlled and never goes above the shoulders. Spine is rounded and not inverted (when the head comes up, we will see the inverted spine and often also see the hind end coming higher than the shoulders – that is all a sign of getting off balance and losing the hind end as the driver)

So that being said: I think he is doing well on the 12″ bars! Those reps check all the boxes above for the good things to look for.
On the 16″ bars – he is doing well for jump 1-2-3 but then he loses form from 3-4-5.
A great example is the slow motion: the landing of :46 is pretty different in terms of his mechanics in landing at :43. And on the fast motion reps, you can hear it too (and some toenails on bars, I think). On the last rep, you can see it at 1:02, landing from jump 3 (the non-technical phrase is that he is a little “ass over teakettle” there).
So a couple of options for the next visit, with the goal being good form all the way through:
warm up on 12.
Do 3 jumps only on 14″ bars, so he practices good form.
You can also give him a little more room as the bars get higher – have the wings end-to-end rather than over-lapping.

I think it is going well and giving us a great opportunity to pinpoint the tiny details that will help on the bigger courses!

Let me know what you think!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi!

>> I didn’t think I had an independent enough backside yet with Lanna. It is also one of my weakest skills even with the stable pony :). I started agility in era of the front cross and blinds have been a much more recent skill for me.>>

The backside blind is going to be a part of the skills sets coming on Monday (tomorrow) – stay tuned! They are weird at first but SO helpful when they are comfortable.

On the 2 videos:
both of your GO reps looked great – (1st rep and last rep). The cues were timely and high energy and the ball throw was great!
The first right cue (1st video) was a little late, she was very close to the tunnel – but she was turning her head when she exited (even though her body was not quite following LOL!)
The 2nd right rep (2nd video) was much better in terms of timing the physical cue, at :08 you were already turned and doing the verbal when she was a solid 6 feet away, so her turn was really good! I think you said left there though? Hard to tell but it sounded different than the right verbal LOL!! But good to see that the early physical cue is very strong AND that she has the commitment to still go in the tunnel. Yay! Nice job!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi! The Course Syllabus section has all the assignments, and if you click on the Challenges Package 2 section you will see the current ones. There are demo videos in the Overview and in the Skills Set documents 🙂

Let me know if you find them!
Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

I do use my out, I love my “get out” cue, it has been a lifesaver on those massive UKI courses for me 🙂 Maybe it is a different one you’re thinking of?

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi!

>>Depending on how many times I say it governs the tightness

That puts an awful lot of pressure on you to be utterly perfect in handling, which is nearly impossible given her speed (none of us is perfect!) – maybe a good summer project is adding something to differentiate the loose/soft turns versus super tight turns?

>>Too afraid to change sides at the tunnel exit!

Relatable. LOL! Fear is sometimes a factor in decision-making 🙂

>>Letting her know 6 feet before she enters the tunnel helps, but sometimes there isn’t much time or room!

SO true!! There is always enough room… but never enough time LOL! She moves FAST!

On the video:
1st rep – the twist cue (verbal and physical) did seem to relate to jump 2 so she came in to you. The 2nd rep was much better and she got the line! 5-6-7-8: LOVELY! connected and smooth. Remember to use your verbals while also being that connected and smooth in the handling.
Question: on the 3rd rep – you handled the line a little differently (no blind) because you would be coming in from a different spot, which is great but the verbals were entirely different from the 2nd rep – even though Tokaji’s line was the same. What does twist mean versus sha sha? Just trying to sort it all out so you can streamline what you are using so it is easier for both of you.

The full rep starting at :30 looked great!!!

The second course looked relly good – you set a straighter line on the 2-3 line and she didn’t have any drift from 2-3. The blind 3-4 was GREAT! And it looks like it set you up really nicely for hte next line – but the video there is blurry so I can’t see details – I will just assume it was perfect 🙂

Week 2 sequences:
1st rep – as she appraoched the tunnel, you said kemne – is that turn towards you? YOu said turn away above but this is a turn towards. Either way – say it a couple of times so she processes it more and is really looking for you on the exit of the tunnel to pick up the line to 3. She went long on the exit – she did come back to get the 3 jump but we can tighten that line with more verbals 🙂
She was a little tighter on the 2nd rep tunnel exit, but I think it was because you were standing still more – you can send to the tunnel and move way up the line towards 4 – just keep calling her. Standing still will allow her to smoke you up the next line, we don’t want her to catch up 🙂

Seq 2: I thought this was going to be seq 1 again because of your line after 3… you were a tiny bit too far over for the backside push so she landed on the front side line then went back out. Based on how you set this (which is set correctly :)) the backside push line perfect path wold be no further over than where the wing of 3 meets the bar – you ended up a bit center of the bar there so she jumped the center of the bar when ideally she would jump the edge of the bar heading towards the 4 backside. It is a sublte detail but she is ready for that 🙂
The backside spin was terrific!

second rep – I think your line 3-4 was much nicer here, it looks like you stuck closer to the perfect path! Her line was nicer too. A bit of strategy to think about, because you are standing still there:
if you don’t want to get too far ahead because of whatever handling needs to be done coming back down the line after 4, you can go in maybe 2 steps deeper to the tunnel then run out of it, so you never stop moving. Or, since this has a relatively simple exit line 4-5-6, you can keep moving up the line towards 4, rather than standing still. Standing still will get you into trouble because it stops all of your momentum – she is relentless in her drive around the course (which is amazing :)) so you have to keep moving otherwise you will get stuck somewhere.

Seq 3 – I like this running line 2-3! You can play with starting the blind as soon as you see her getting ready to take jump 1 – you started it when she landed at 1:47 which is actualy late for her – she does better when she sees it while she is taking off or in the air of the previous jump – and that way the blind will be fully finished before she takes off for 2.
Great job getting to the 5 wrap jump nice and early! As you stepped out of it at 1:51, watch your right leg- you stepped back off the perfect line so she ended up being a little wide 5-6. Try to step very directly forward to 6, staying super close to the wing of 5 for a couple of steps til she gets around it – then slide away to the next line. That should also get you away to the blind cross 7-8 even sooner because you won’t have to step her back to the tunnel at all, you can just run to the next spot.
The head turn on the blind cross at the end was a little late: this is a spot where you can trust your motion and verbals and run run run… without a lot of connection 🙂 You because your running path makes the line pretty obvious and you can support with verbals, you can start your blind cross head turn basically as soon as she enters the tunnel. Your running line, however, was spot on perfect so she had a great ending line!!

Nice work on these! So much smoothness, we can focus on the little details. Let me know what you think 🙂 Stay cool!

Tracy

[Tracy Sklenar]

Hi there! Nice work on these!

On the opening line: Forced front – I like the line it sets up for 2-3-4! You can make it easier by not facing her as soon (that is why is was so hard on the first one – too soon so showed the front side of 3)
If you run forward to the backside with her on your right side, you can actually execute a cue combo there – forced front to another front on the exit to 4, while you face forward the whole time – so she would come to 3 on your right and you would throw her back to 3 with your right… and pick her up on your right to 4. I am trying to find a video but I don’t seem to have one – if not, I will make a video of it if it doesn’t make sense 🙂 It would actually make the line tight and the timing easy 🙂 Getting her on your right to exit 3 will make the line to 4 faster and tighter too – the threadle/RC works but it is a little wider & slower because you have to pull her in then set the turn back out.

On that 2nd rep, you asked if it her turn was wide out of the tunnel – it was a pretty good turn! But you can try to tightn it with a different lead out: lead out with her on your right then when she is passing you but before she goes in, let her see you rotate away to run to the backside: that will cue a tighter line on the exit.

On the exit of the tunnel #6 (maybe this is where you were thinking it was a wide turn?) you can give her the ‘right here’ while she is 6 feet from the tunnel and let her see you turn your feet – she was indeed wide here but the cue was a little larte and then she had to find you.

On the 3rd rep, heading to 3, you totally showed her an earlier rotation on tunnel #2 and she turned beautifully to 3! You ran forward for longer, but I still think you are rotating towards her too soon on the forced front – you can wait until she is almost at the wing and then rotate (or throw her back behind you with the right arm to then pick her up on your right again). When you turn too early, you are running backwards which creates a little bit of a zig zag line for her.
You went in closer to the end of the tunnel #6 and it did help set the line better!!

4th rep – I think on this one you wrapped her to the right on 4? It looked like that was the shoulder cue but I couldnt tell from her exit line – this wrap on 4 allows for a good balance to wrap her the other direction – it helps to make sure she is reading the cues of your shoulder turn and not switching herself back out until she gets permission. It was VERY clear on the ast rep at 1:03, but it looks like she was a little wide (based on her line) – so you can decelerate and rotate sooner for the FC to help her collect more before takeoff.

Yes – going more towards the exit at 1:09 totally set the last line better!!! I think you can also play with calling sooner and rotating to the last jump sooner (as she arrives at that 6 foot info line) and then holding your position til she exits to be able to set the line.

I found a forced front video that talks about timing in the middle of it 🙂 If you are interested in watching:

Let me know what you think!
Tracy

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