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>.When I watch it I feel like I’m not showing him enough fast-forward, slow-forward, rotate. Should I run in deeper so I have more room to show him a bigger difference in the smaller space?>>
You can definitely move in closer to the tunnel and to the pinwheel so you can be more accelerated on the speed circle lines, and that way you can make the decel more obvious when you need it. I thought your transition and wrap at :11 was really good. You can start it sooner (feet up over the pinwheel jump) to practice for what the timing will be when the bars start to come up)
And be sure to stay accelerated when you don’t need a turn 🙂 The line at :23 – :26 was a ‘handler who cried wolf’ moment of decel without a real turn on the pimwheel. He collected then looked at you, and we don’t want him ignoring collection, so stay accelerated there.
The wrapat :30 was good too, but you were were running sideways a bit there – you can be more forward facing and decel as he is taking off for the pinwheel jump to make it super clean and smooth.
Nice work! Let me know how he does when you go in closer to the lines to show more acceleration!!
Tracy
Hi!
This is looking really strong!! The bars at 10 have been no problem at all – has she seen 12″ bars anywhere yet, like on one jump exercises? You can totally bring the bars to 12 here and see how it goes. She is about 20 months old and do I remember correctly that 16″ will probably be her jump height?The sequence worked looked really good!
The connection on the exit of 5 to get 6 is hard! You had the one tiny disconnect at the very beginning so she ended up on the other side of you, but you were perfect on the rest!One thing I notice here is that she is already sooo quick to respond to the blind cross! That is great – it means she is beginning to respond when she sees the shoulders starting to change and she does not need to see the finished cross to make the change of sides. Very cool!!! Normally we only see that quickness is adult, experienced dogs.
Thinking about the timing on the blinds: the blinds at :43 and 1:18 and 1:36 were starting when she one stride from takeoff – that was a tiny bit late (and will definitely be late when the bars are full height) so you had to work harder to get the send to 5 (less time to connect as she was jumping 4 and prepare for the send).
To be earlier, you can use more lateral distance away from jumps 3 and 4 – use your connection and verbals then trust her, she has great commitment! And when she lands from 3 and looks at 4 – you can be saying your verbal and also beginning the blind. That will get you finished with the blind nice and early so you can set up the send to 5 very easily.
Check out the lateral distance at 1:51 when you were doing the FC! That is great lateral distance that you can use for the blinds too – support her line to 4 but be running towards 5 for both the BC and the FC 🙂
On the FCs, you didn’t need to run as far forward to the pinwheel jump #4, you were getting past the wing and to the bar – she has strong commitment there so getting past the wing of 4 and near the bar ended up putting you on her line at 1:52 so she got the backside. You didn’t get the backside on the other reps (2:05, 2;27 3:03) but because you were working hard to get to the wing, you ended up starting the FC a little late so you were facing her as she was jumping 4. She slowed down to let you finish the cross.
Compare that to the FC at 2:44 where you did not go quite as close to the pinwheel jump, and that was your best rep! Yay! Because you didn’t move up the line as much, you started the FC sooner so your rotation was done before she took off . YAY!!! That made for a super smooth fast send to 5.
So like with the blinds – you can use your lateral distance and be moving to the gap between 4 and 5. When she lands from 3 and looks at 4 (with you connected and using our verbals), you can start the FC so the rotation is completely finished before she takes off.
Getting timing with young dogs is tricky, so you might need to experiment a little 🙂 But she is looking fabulous and you are doing a great job!
Tracy
Good morning!
Super nice session here! I love how she brings the toy directly back to you to play tug – what good girlie!!!!Her line commitment looks wonderful, and your connection looked great! She is moving really fast, so now it is time for more tunnel bags for sure!
>>(and I think I’m going to move them even further, because I don’t feel like I’m showing acceleration and deceleration clear enough. >>
You can totally move them out if you like! And you were showing the acceleration and deceleration, but we can move up the timing so give her the info sooner.
Looking at the two types of wraps you did here:
The wrap cues on the jump after the pinwheel at :14 and 1:33 (and 2:35 on the other side) were starting as she was lifting off for wrap jump, so she couldn’t adjust and make the turn til she landed. So, since she has great commitment to the pinwheel jump, you can move the timing up: as she is lifting off for the pinwheel jump, you can start to decelerate (while still moving forward, just slowing down as you do it) and start the verbal cue at the same time you start the deceleration. Then, to make sure she still commits, do the rotation when you see liftoff for the wrap jump.
That rotation timing might end up being a shade late, so you can move it up to starting the rotation as she is passing you but before liftoff for the wrap jump. But the decel is the main cue, so starting it as she is lifting for the pinwheel jump should make a big difference.
We can apply the same timing change to the wrap on the jump after the tunnel: At
:57 and 2:07, she was lifting off for jump after tunnel on the wrap as you started the wrap cues, so she made the turn after landing. So we can move the timing up there too: keep accelerating til you see her exiting the tunnel, then decelerate as you keep moving forward (and start your wrap verbals). Then do the rotation when you see liftoff for the wrap jump. If you get to the jump before she is past you, then you can stay there (standing still) til she is lifting off.Wrap timing is tricky without young dogs – if she is wide, you were late decelerating 🙂 If she does not take the wrap jump, you were probabyly either too early, or you did the decel too abruptly or rotated at the same time as you decelerated. It gets easier as the dogs get more experienced 🙂
>>Also, as a note, I need to go from NC to PA for a funeral and to check in with my mom (she’s under hospice care right now). Synnie is going with me, but I’m not sure if we will find a place to work in the next week. I’m hoping I can rent some time at the facility I used to go to when I lived in PA, but now sure yet.>>
Have a safe trip to PA!!! I am glad Synnie is going with you 🙂 she will provide a lot of support. Where in PA wll you be? I have a lot of agility peeps there who can help find places to train. And no worries if you don’t get to train – there is a lot of make up time built in, so you won’t end up being behind.
Great job here!
TracyHi! I am hearing crazy stories about the heat in NoLa!!! Stay cool!!!
>>Working more rear end awareness with Audubon and was playing around with travel board and positions. (he is having trouble staying on plank as I turn him around).>>
Take your time – he is still growing and learning how to control his body. He is a little younger than my baby whippet, and I am not doing a lot yet with Ramen for the same reason. All legs, not a ton of physical maturity or coordination yet at 11 months old. Time is on our side!
>>Do you have strong feelings/opinions on teeter end criteria?
Yes, I have very strong opinions (this surprises no one hahaha)
>> However, I know that some are advocating, even for large dogs, a 4 on.
>>It seems easier to teach clear criteria for 2o,2o but is 4 on better for the dog physically?>>When I ask people why they think thr 4on is better, they don’t have a clear answer (because it is not better, imo). There is a weird thing floating around that 2o2o is dangerous for dogs – not on the teeter, not the way we teach it with a great weight shift. I don’t love 2o2o on the aframe, but it is great for the teeter!!!
It is great for weight shift, which is what makes is very safe. Also, the end criteria is clearer so it is faster to teach, easier to maintain, and the teeter behavior is faster (because the dogs go to the end more which drops the board faster). The 4on is far less clear for the dog, so the position ends up getting higher and higher on the board, which gets frustrating for human and canine to maintain and results in a slower teeter performance.
Because 2o2o is clearer for the dog and relatively easy to train, we train it less – which means less bang on the dog’s body because they do far fewer reps on the teeter.
So next time someone tells you the 4on is better, ask them specifically WHY lol!!!!
TracyHi!
yes, if she scared herself, you can totally lower it all the way down and play the super low version of this game.A couple of other ideas:
When you play it, use the highest value reinforcement you have available. Several of my dogs started off scared, so I would use their entire meal (a bowl of raw food, ewwwww!) or a fistful of vienna sausages (also ewwwwwww!) or an absolute favorite toy like a jolly ball.
And, especially since we are using giant doses of mega value reinforcement: stick to doing only one rep. Both Hot Sauce and Export were scared of the teeter when they were adolescents, so I would go out to the teeter, do a single rep for an entire meal or for a favorite toy… then be done for the day. It is amazing how quickly they learned to love the teeter LOL!
Let me know how it goes!
TracyGood morning!
>>Would it be possible to put the course measurements on the pop outs? It isn’t exactly the same as the big courses as best I can tell. But, I’m coarse builder challenged.>>
Sure! I am getting the next pack ready and will put the course measurements in.
>>I’m still struggling with the RC wrap tandem turn. I liked the throw back a lot better here!>>
We can definitely clarify it!
Here is what makes then different (which might help clarify what is needed to cue them):
On the tandem turns, your motion and feet are are moving forward to the jump bar, generally center of the bar for rear crosses. And your outside arm (or both arms) will come into play in terms of getting her attention and cuing the turn.
On the very first rep at :05 – too much foot rotation so she thought it as a FC wrap.
On the next reps at :14 and :30, you definitely had better feet to the bar and clear upper body cues.
The rep at :44 was really nice and you were super patient, looking at her head to make sure she got the turn before moving away. So nice!!!!!On throwbacks, your motion is basically stopped and your feet are fully rotated to the new line. The hand closer to the dog (left hand in this case, which is also the same hand the dog was on for the previous obstacle) grabs the dog’s attention then points to landing spot (connection shifts to landing spot as the hand does).
Really nice at :57 and 1:12 with the throwbacks. You are totally nailing it!!!
The only thing I would suggest to add to this sequence is a little bit of a turn cue on 3 before the tunnel to tighten it up. A verbal cue might be all she needs – you were saying tunnel but she was not really turned to see which tunnel you meant 🙂
You gave a bit of a physical turn cue (like a small reverse flow pivot) after landing at 1:10 but then you were almost late for the throwback at 1:12. So a verbal cue as she is on the way o 3 (like a wrap cue) would probably be all she needs there.Sequence 3 –
>> She does sometimes drop bars on backsides in general.
You might be referring to jump 2 on this sequence. Backside jumping is incredibly hard for the dog to organize in general, both slices and wraps! Do you remember the zig zags we did in MaxPup? Those can go into the backyard training rotation because they directly work on backside slice jumping.
And for backside serps, you can use more serp handling to help cue the lead changes so she gets more than just motion as info:
On the 2nd sequence here, she had a bar on 2 at :25 on backside and again at :38. It was a bit of a subtle backside serp for her there – your running line was good but your shoulders were pointing forward to 3. You can try opening up your shoulders to face the bar as you run past, to help support the jumping line for the backside serps.
Look at her collecting nicely at 1:23 and 1:37 and 1:53 and 2:16 on jump 3! SUPER! You can decel even sooner there (as she exits the wrap wing of 2) to give her earlier info. You were tending to start your decel and wrap cues as she was about a stride from takeoff, which is a little late – doing it at exit of previous turn will make it easier for her to get organized. The decel is the main cue to start earlier.
Because the decel and the rotation are starting a bit together, she was considering the rear cross a bit on these: watch her in slow motion at 1:52 – 1:54 for example: as you decelerated and started to rotate, she collected and also looked at you (more connection was probably what she was looking for) and you can see her do a little zig zag to ask if it is was left turn or a right turn.
One thing she is doing brilliantly here – collecting quickly as soon as she sees decel, even before the rotation. Remember when she didn’t know how to do that? You have really helped her out with that!!! I am sending you a cyber high 5!!
The 4-5-6-7 line was a Goldilocks moment of trying to figure out what was “just right”:
The first rep was too much – I think you said “GO!” at 1:27 after jump 4… so she went. She went right past 5. LOL!
The second rep was not quite enough, in terms of timing the turn at 4: at 1:40 you cued the turn starting when she was in the air so she stumbled after landing (which made you hesitate for a heartbeat, understandably, so you got 5 but no 6 pr 7).
The next rep at 1:56 was just right for the turn at 4! And so was the follwing rep at 2:18. As she exited 3, you gave a much earlier decel and shoulder turn so she added a little collection for 4 and landed facing 5. Perfect!
She dropped 5 and 6 there after 1:58 – it might have been fatigue as you mentioned, but it also might have been the sudden explosion of motion and big verbals as she was jumping 5 – young dogs drop bars when we do that, especially on sends. So as she exits 4, you can accelerate smoothly so she is not as surprised 🙂 That is what you did on the very last rep and she was perfect from start to finish 🙂
Great job here! Fingers crossed the weather stays civilized so you can keep getting to the park and don’t have to be out in the field at sunrise like I was today LOL!!!
Tracy
We will be talking about it more with the new stuff coming on Thursday and next week – but basically we have to all chill out and maintain the cue, until the dog cues us to move on with their head turn. Stay tuned for more!
TracyHi!
This is a great update! The QQ thing in AKC really shifts focus to outcome goals, and that is no ta good mental space! Performance goals are what deliver the outcomes we want 🙂 I am SUPER glad you talked yourself into letting go of the first run and staying for the second run (7.5 hours between runs is BRUTAL, good for you for bringing a book!)
>> It is the DQs we need. But I did stay to work on me and my focus. I also looked at the course and it seemed to be made for us and Mookie loves his agility. >>
So based on your performance and the outcome… it was not the DQs that you needed, itwas the rehearsla of your plan and your focus and your mental game. And it helped!! Big congrats!!!!
>>While I was watching some of the other dogs run a friend came over and started talking and we discussed the plan and she said she “sucked”. Since I had turned on my positive smiley brain for this weekend my brain heard what she said and didn’t know what to do so I said nothing as if she never said it and the conservation started again briefly then quit. My brain said not to go there. I was amazed how I reacted then let it go.>>
Brilliant! I bet it helped her too that you didn’t engage with the negatives. Your brain was correct: don’t go there. It is always a happy moment when the Wise Advocate takes control of a potentially negative situation. Hooray!!!!
>>I am taking July off from trialing Mookie to focus more on Alonso’s agility and Flyball !!!!!!! I will be back at it in August. >>
Time off (and flyball :)) is very helpful!
>>I hope I can keep up the positive and let it go attitude as it really worked for me this weekend 🙂>>
I know you can! It takes some practice to do it all the time, so keep practicing even during your time off.
>> I am so glad I am in in your Mental management group. I really needed to practice and re-reading your handouts helped a lot.>>
I am glad you are here too! Thi smental management stuff is like changing your underwear: things are better when you do it daily. You will definitely see things get easier and easier with more practice!
Tracy
She did well here!
>>She was doing well getting the flip away with the Manners Minder. So at Amy’s, started with the MM. tried fading to a placed reward and she could NOT get it.>>
Two ideas for you on that:
Because the MM is so big and obvious, it is possible that iit became a target and then she was no longer giving you feedback about your handling. So, you can do some balance with the MM there. Yuo can have her go all the way around the circle to her right, pssing the MM but not turning to it and not getting the click. Then continue and on the 2nd loop, so the flip away. That will let you know if your handling is clear. Here is what I mean, but in a different context (it was a send, not a flip away, but you will see Nacho pass the MM on the first loop):
Second, keep the handling super clear. Looking at :46-:48you were VERY clear with your arms and movement there. :56-:58 were good too (I thought :46-:48 was your best cue, though). You were clear with your arms, set the line, flipped her away, and maintained the cue til you saw feet up in the correct direction.
Compare to 1:12, when you tried with the placed toy… you didn’t handle it the same and it basically looked like a FC. You didn’t get her focused on your hands then flip her – you were showing tall arms to the jump sooner an also running back towards the tunnel before she committed. So try the placed toy with the same cues you did at :46-:48 and I bet she gets it!
The second part of the session with the jump behind the tunnel looked great! Yay! She found that line beautifully and the sequence looked great!!
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
This last link worked 🙂 Yay! The sequences went really well! Her distance skills are really good, so it is mainly a matter of timing turning cues, and trusting her so you can get to the next position.
Seq 1:
Great distance in both directions!!You were in a great with getting to the wrap position on jump 5. So now you can time the wrap cues to be sooner:
At :06 and :23 – the wrap verbal and rotation was late, she was already taking off (same at 3:02 when you tried it again) . So as she is over the bar of the previous jump, you can be decelerating and starting the wrap verbals. It might feel early, but it will work nicely especially when she is jumping full height – on full height jumps, she will land closer to the turn jump and so will need to know what is next before she lands.She had a little question at :10 on jump 6, you were a little late turning your shoulders but you were great there at :27 and then again at the end.
Seq 2:
The distance looked great here too! Your wrap cues on 4 were earlier so she picked up a nice turn at :38 – she saw the info when she landed. Picture this on her full height jump: you can decel even sooner (as she is in the air over the jump) so you can rotate to the new line even sooner too!When you did that section again at 2:09, you were much later to start the cues (she was lifting off) so she didn’t turn til landing, then ended up back jumping. Compare it to the next rep where you were much earlier at 2:23 – really nice turns!!
One more thing to consider about timing, besides the timing for a full height bar: At a trial, she will be more aroused so will need the cues even sooner so her brain has time to process it. You might need to begin wrap cues at liftoff to the previous jump!
>>except for the wrap away from me. This is a skill that had been neglected and i couldnt get to where i wanted. >>
When it went wrong, just keep going, you don’t need to mark or fix it because she was reading you correctly – when you fixed it at :53 she got frustrated and gave a little bite at your hands. At 1:07, the cues did look like a backside push there. To get the switch away, think of it as a tandem turn where you would get her attention on your hands as you turn and face the jump, drawing her towards you then flipping her away as you move towards the jump. You can isolate that on the flat without distance than add back the distance after she reads it better.
>>Second big sticking point was the jimp otherside of tunnel tight to tunnel this didnt surprise me.>>
I thought she did well, unless there were more misses that were not on the video?
More thrown rewards will really help getting her to find it as you layer that tunnel. Definitely keep trying it with the outside arm to cue it, starting while she is approaching the previous jump: each time when you did that outside arm, it worked brilliantly especially when it was relatively early.And then remember you have no time to praise her on course, you just need to keep cuing her:
At 2:37 you praised and that made the tunnel cue late. At 2:51 you didn’t praise, so the tunnel cue was on time and she was great!
And big wow, that last sequence looked great, especially good connection and verbals! Super independent distance!!!
So if you get a chance to try this again, add taller bars so you can get the timing of the turns while she is working at a distance with a lot of speed. That is kind of the main thing that is hard at trials! I know I often recommend lower bars but since this went really well, working it at full height to get the timing might be really helpful 🙂
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>.We also ran into some challenges, so I figured I should go ahead and get some feedback before continuing on anyway.>>
Great! It is always better to submit as you get video, as that can help the next sequences too!
>> Somehow we got it on the first try once we put it all together, but then we struggled repeating it.>>
It is 1000% fine to get it on the first try, give yourself a high five, and NOT repeat it. Behavior shifts when we try to repeat things (human and canine) and since getting it right the first time is the goal, you can just move on rather than try it again. Most of the demos on the RYG challenges in this package were the first rep, so there are good parts and also imperfections. But because it the run went pretty well, I repeat it and moved on. That way, the dog doesn’t start to ask questions (“why are we doing this again?”) and also I don’t start over-thinking – both of those things always lead to messing up LOL!
Lokoing at the video:
She had a little trouble finding the first jump after the tunnel. You can throw the lotus ball sooner (for looking at the jump and not just jumping it) or place it out on the line like you did later on in the session. But more importantly:
You can also run more, like you did from 1:20-1:23 to get her layering the line back to the tunnel. It is possible the lack of motion was confusing to her when she exited the tunnel and she thought your decel was a cue to come towards you and not stay on the big line.Also let her success tell you if you need to change plans or not. You had planned to reward 4 at :36, but she didn’t take 3 – so an in-the-moment adjustment would be to throw the reward for 3 again.
When you tried to repeat the sequence, your text in the video mentioned that the first rep of it might have just been lucky – clean runs are not lucky, you totally got it done beautifully! So try not to test the waters of that or let your inner voice talk you into it LOL! – that is where over-thinking and errors come in. The turn away was not as clearly handled and you decelerated on the layered line towards the tunnel (which lends support to the theory that she needs motion from you to sray on the line.)
So keeping in mind that practice makes plasticity – if you get it right, you don’t need to repeat it because your brain just got practice creating the neural pathways we want – trying it again before the brain is ready can interrupt that process when you don’t get it the same way.
>> I did use her Lotus Ball, though. I had it more in the middle of her path instead of tucked into the wing.
Tucking it in behind the wing was for countermotion and sending (the lotus or MM would be right on the line the dog would be on after the send), so the placement on a layered line would be right on the path, just like you did here. Yay! Then you would keep fading it further and further down the line til it was gone eventually. It worked really well!
When you placed the toy on the line, you also moved more and both of those really helped! And then on the very last rep, you did put it together again with the clean handling. Super!!!!
>>Is the method I used ok to keep using, or do I need to make changes? I also thought about moving the barrier closer, but since the Lotus ball, worked, I didn’t do that yet. Which is your preference for helping the dog?>>
Yes, placing the lotus on the line totally helped (nice get it markers there too!) and also moving the barrier closer can help but I think the main thing is also going to be supporting the layered line with you running. When you moved a lot? She found it really well in both directions! When you were decelerated? She was confused (decel is a turn cue, so I can see her point here…) .
So for the next session, you can go with the placed toy and more motion. And if that doesn’t help, you can move the barrier in closer.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>>She got cookies when I screwed up the first rep.>>
Yes, I saw that… but be careful of the markers and the change in energy. Dogs read all of that, especially when a toy is in play. I constantly remind myself that my young dogs are not mind-readers LOL so if they do something unexpected, I should just reward them as if it was TOTALLY correct and then figure out what I messed up after the reward 🙂 That is how they learn to be minder-readers later on in their careers 🙂
Keep me posted about how the throwbacks go!
TracyGood morning!
>>I know exactly what you’re saying here- I never use the word almost but it has no baring. I could say taco but my actions are the key so that I can very much adjust!!!>>
Exactly! It is not just the word ‘almost’ or ‘nice try’ or ‘oopsie’ or whatever we say in those moments… it is the change in energy and other physical cues. Plus those words are not the “YES GREAT JOB” words. When she is more resilient and more adult, it won’t be an issue. But that is all still developing so we have to be very careful.
>> I left in prob more than I should have the in between stuff but that’s more important to me right now!!>>
I agree – the in between stuff is the key!!
Nice transition out of the line up at the beginning!
Note the focus with no interest in her leash with the reps sending her behind the tunnel – she was spicy and focused and a good girl!
Then you revealed the tunnel – very nice transition out of the offered line up and leash coming off there too!
>>The rep she was wrong my body was all boo boo! But, I caught myself before she came out of the tunnel! I decided to avoid the quiet cues or words I May accidentally use and simply go to clear things I would say to get a reward- so “get it >>
Good catch! Yes- totally body language of reaction to the handling error but she didn’t see it and you adjusted quickly with your get it. So she stayed happy and not frustrated, and then the next reps were great! HOORAY! Loved it! This resilient, spicy, focused Chata is exactly what we want – well done to you for setting her up for success!
>>Also, I had her go for a run after our first session and that seemed to really help!
Some breeds just need to run run run run sometimes, and I think Viszlas are one of those breeds.
>> I did move onto the tunnel being open again bc I had done quite a few with it down and when she shot past me on the last rep with such confidence I felt she was ready.>>
I agree, she was ready. For the handler/trainer prep : when you go to the next step, you should also prepare yourself for what to do if it does not go as planned. I am sure you had the plan of “happy words and throw reward” if she got the jump – but make sure you also ask yourself to plan for if she goes to the wrong place – the plan for that can also be “happy words and throw reward” LOL! Or you can keep going and keep her on a line like you meant for it to happen like that, then try the send in flow or throw the reward in flow.
Great job!! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>. I didn’t know on that first package we could go to the take off side to set up the rear cross better.>>
You can stay on the takeoff side while still layering, and the dogs can read the rear cross. I think we will do more of that in the nxt games package, everyone is having trouble with it – hard skill!!!
Onwards to the video – lots of good work going on here! The yare very tricky -lots of lines to sort out and figuring out where the layering can go 🙂
As you are playing with the different handling and teaching her the layerning – run her at 16″. Make it fast and fun and easier on her body. I know she measures into the 24″ class and all… but she hits a lot of bars in training (and she hits them hard) as you are sorting out the hard handling stuff. And that has got to be ouchy on her toes!! Don’t let pressure (from yourself or from peers) push you into jumping her at 24 all the time.
For example, right at the beginning, you had a bar at :02 – you looked ahead and she had to process that and figure out where go, and she hit the bar hard with her back toes. So make it easier for her with the lower bar.
>>I also couldn’t figure out the first sequence how to get the backside of 5.
You got to the tunnel exit realy well at :04! You were almost perfect, just needed to be one step sooner to get 5 without any potential collisions 🙂 You can start your verbals before she goes in the tunnel (a ‘get out’ would be best there because it is what she needs to do when she exits the tunnel) as well as show her the outside arm to cue the shift away from you. Also, you can get there even sooner by using more lateral distance to send to 3 so you can get to the tunnel exit even sooner, and start the backside push cues before she even enters.
The rest of that pop out went really well!
2nd pop out on the video: This one is all about position of front crosses 🙂 You had good timing on the FCs at :20 and :33. Positionally, you were all the way across the bar so she jumping on a big slice to your position so you had to pushher back to the tunnel. To get a better line, you can be closer to the line you want her to take (very clsoe to the first wing of the jump and on the way to the unnel entry) – she doesn’t need the extra support of you going across the bar, so you can send and trust her commitment 🙂 .
You can also send without going across the bar at :41 when crossing to the other side of the tunnel. Going across the bar set up a wide line here and she hit her feet on the bar trying to adjust in the air (she is less likely to smack her feet on the bar trying to adjust with the lower bar).
And I think you can trust her more on the FC on the backside at :46 – you stepped across the bar so she sliced and adjusted after landing. So, the theme here is: trust your girl! Send her to the jump, keep the good timing of the FC but run to the next obstacle without over-supporting the line by stepping across the bar.
On the next pop out – at :55, try it with tunnel layering 🙂 A big trend lately is sending the do to do things on the other side of the tunnel, as you saw a bit of in the RYG sequence 2. That will make that line much easier (and you can totally break it down and reward her for going to find the jump while you are on the other side of the tunnel.
You are doing a good job with the tricky lines! She had a little question at 1:13 and went past the jump – that was because you started looking forward to the jumpand not back t her, which turned your body line past it (so she was correct to not flick away to it).
>>. I couldn’t figure out that last one at all lol. Were we supposed to end to that one backside behind the tunnel and layer to 7?>>
Yes, on the last one on the video – send to he backside and layer the tunnel to get to the 7 jump. What was making it hard was that you were going behind the tunnel by a step or two to get the 6 backside, then trying to go back around the tunnel to layer. Your motion back around the tunnel pulled her off the line to 7. Sticking right at the #5 jump and sending to 6 without going past the tunnel will let you layer the tunnel and set the line to 7 really nicely.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
