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Good morning! Sorry to hear about the flu, hope you are feeling much better!!! Your runs here looked lovely!
I had to re-watch the video a few times, I kept getting distracted by the horse party in the background LOL!!!!
The opening looked great on both runs! Lovely blind on 4 and he really never had to look at you – smooth and FAST!
He also went pretty directly to the correct end of the tunnel #8, which is good, we really don’t the dogs looking at us too much there.
Nice job using your collection cue before 10 to get him turned for the threadle at :22!, and even better timing of it at 1:25 (that was really fabulous timing, and his turn was lovely :))
You rotated on the threadle and he looked at you a lot – I am not sure where he is in his threadle understanding, but let’s see if you can rotate less and move forward, with the verbal and upper body bringing him in and out but your feet moving forward the whole time. You can do it walking to start for now, then we can work back up to run run running 🙂I am impressed at how well he turned at 13 on the post turn wrap! Most Aussies simply cannot do that!! So, since he can turn like a noodle, you can decelerate sooner and do the post turn before he even passes you (staying connected of course :)) The 2nd rep there at 1:33 was definitely earlier than the first rep, but you can push even more and make it more of a send past you and go, to challenge his commitment in collection.
The 16-17 tunnel threadle moment bit you on the first rep at :37 (you said the in in cue but he didn’t know it was coming and you were moving forward). At :50 on the second rep, you gave him his right right and a little lateral motion – perfect! You used the right verbal and in in really well (plus good motion) on the 2nd I’ll run at 1:42 – I think you held his attention on you for the in in a bit too long there, getting extra strides. When he is turning nicely over 16, can you do the in in more like you were doing for 6-7-8, where you cued it and kept moving, letting him find the line independently.
The ending line looked GREAT on the first run! You were just running, connected, yelling the verbals – he nailed it. Not much extra handling needed when you do that! I think a different verbal for the backside circle wrap here versus the backside slice at 4 will help him set up an even better turn there, because he won’t need to wait to know which way you are running. At :58, he landed somewhat straight and turned when he landed when he saw where you were. On the 2nd run, I think you were not necessarily too early… he was turned and looking at the jump! It is a commitment we can build up: you can move forward when you see him turning and looking at the jump at 1:46, but keep looking back at him and at the landing spot as you move through. If you look forward too soon (which is what happened at 1:46) he might flip away from the jump – the extra connection should help and then you can toss a reward to the landing side as you move through.
The last rep was just a tired dog, tired momma moment 🙂 Overall, I think this looked great! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
Good morning!
Thanks for the tunnel chaos video 🙂 Looking at the moments when she went into the tunnel with no questions versus when she did not, I think two things were happening:
First, the handling was a little unclear on the cues when she didn’t go in (hesitant at :14, :23, :42 for example) – on those reps, you were looking forward and turning your shoulders away, so connection was not clear, plus there were 2 tunnel entries so she was not 100% sure.Second, she doesn’t love tunnels to begin with… and she was not getting any reward for doing them, and even had a momma’s mad moment when yu stopped and looked at her and she went off and sniffed (plus they were dark it was probably a million degrees inside them). So with the low rate of reinforcement and not being high value in the first place – she isn’t going to naturally choose them.
So with all that in mind – strengthen the connection to the tunnel you want, with your arm back and eyes on her eyes. And, throws tons and tons of reward to the tunnel exit to build the love, which will help so the handling is not needing to be perfect.
Standard course:
I like the choice of handling in the opening! You can trust her more at 2: stay connected but move through, you don’t need to stay between the uprights with an arm cue – that made you a little late for the in in at 3 so she was a little wide there.
Very nice line across the back to the dog walk! Clear verbals and acceleration! Great job running up that line to get the threadle to the 12 tunnel. Because it is a huge run, you don’t need to look at her but you will want to use verbals to help support her when you are not looking – you got really quiet and weren’t connected, so she was looking at you a bit.
Nice threadle after the a-frame!!! She looked at you when she got off the frame, which means the threadle can start while she is on the frame and that way she can go directly to the jump. You can try starting it as her front feet are reaching the yellow.
2nd video, now she knew where the weave entry was! Nice! I think you can be that far ahead for the rear there, but drive more of a rear cross diagonal and decelerate to set the turn. You ran to the wing closer to the frame so she thought it was a straight line, so she was surprised when you pushed in for the rear.
3rd video – this opening works too! Ideally you would lead out more laterally, so you can get to the takeoff side of 3 before she gets to the takeoff side of 3, basically setting a German turn to tighten up the turn to the teeter. I think this opening is more yardage for the handler with the same result… so the first option you ran will work better if you leave 2 sooner: you will get a great opening line and be further ahead on the big sprint around the course 🙂
Great job on the line around the back here and the layering to meet her at 9! So nice!! And I liked your running line here on the 9-12 line – you were closer to the jumps so she had no questions (you can still add a jump verbal) and then you were way ahead even with the rear cross on 12. She was great with the in in here too! As with the first rep, she had time to look at you after the frame which means the cue can come sooner 🙂
You TOTALLY had time for the BC on the ending line 🙂 You just gotta disconnect when she is approaching the jump after the weaves and run – don’t watch her too much there! But you set the RC line so much better and she read that really well.
On the live class sequence: I think she was a little tired from the big courses for sure – you can run these at 12” and get her going really fast, which challenges your timing 🙂 She read it all very nicely, so definitely try it again when she is feeling fresh and pushy LOL!
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
>>About the WP and the wing, don’t worry about the picture, Linda knew how to set it up and we did this morning on Pack 1 STD course #1 with the wing, and Grizzly had no trouble with it, I didn’t even do a “practice to let him see it”, I just went and did it on the course >>
Perfect!!
>>So your suggestion is to not wrap him on the back sides but slice him regardless of the “distance”? I agree with you he slows down on those back side wraps, and he may be faster on the slicing regardless that it looks like more strides. I will try tomorrow.>>
Correct, regardless of distance unless there is a 10 foot difference (which there almost never is). Walk the distance from the previous obstacle all the way through to the next obstacle or two: I bet the distance differences are really minimal. More strides in extension will be faster than fewer strides in collection when he has to slow way down. And, you can take that section, video it both ways and we can time it to know for sure.
>>The “break” after the seesaw, yes, it is WIP, I still need to get used to releasing him with the next command instead of the “break” and he also needs to get used to it :-).
I have found the dogs gets use to it really quickly LOL it is us humans who have a harder time 🙂
On the video:
The opening line looked accurate, but he was sorting it out and had to slow down to get it correct at 24” both times. On the more technical sequences, start him at 20” so he can figure out the handling without sacrificing speed. Then you can work back up to 24”.
The middle section looked great, he was a good boy on the RDW and got the backside! The cheering and praise is why he dropped the bar at :21 and :38 – you said “YESSSS” and he looked at you, not knowing what was next: toy? Jump? So…. don’t praise him on course during technical jumping sections 🙂 The praise can be in the form of telling him what is next 🙂
He got the line to the 12 tunnel nicely! And committed to 13 nicely! You were layering – the right verbal was a little late (he was taking off) and also you were running forward at :29, a parallel path to the line to the off course. On the next rep you were turning, which is good – just a little too soon. Be sure you reward him for all of those off courses, because he is correct – he was slowing down a lot, so we don’t want him to think he is wrong when you are sorting out the handling.
You turned your shoulders with the right cue at :56, that worked great. You added a threadle arm though, and he almost came in too much and too the jump you were layering. I think the shoulder turn is all he needs there – when you did the shoulder turn without the threadle arm at 1:50, he was perfect 🙂
The slice on the jump before the weaves was great! Fast and accurate! And the wing at the weaves helped too. Yay! The threadle to the slice was good too – you actually said weave too early, because it is a forward cue (meaning drive forward to an obstacle) – he was looking at the teeter was was confused for a moment. So, after the threadle, try a name call or a wrap verbal on the jump to get him to turn then add the weave verbal.
And I like how you handled the ending on the first run – sending him away to the jump so you could layer and get to the blind, setting up a great turn on 19. Very nice! Yes, I agree with your note in the video – don’t stop him for bars. It makes him very careful and slows him down, which we don’t want.
Live course 1: This looked good! He nicely found the backside instead of the tunnel! Super! He was thinking hard, though 🙂 So on these skills sequences, to keep his speed up, work the skills at 20” – it will get him confident on the skills, you will have to run harder and be faster with cues so it is more like a trial, and also if he has had a lot of jumping or training in that session, he will be less fatigued and practice better jumping form.
Video 2: Discrimintion prep
These are good sessions! For now, just stick to the jump or tunnel verbals – adding the corre corre verbals was confusing because they can be used for both. Since you have separate directionals for the jump and tunnel, you can use those but no need for the corre corre now (that was where he was making mistakes – the reward placement will tell him to get it or not). He did really well with his various directionals! Now… try not to lean or help in any way (there was some leaning and arm moving happening :)) and see if he can still do it.
Video 3: Layering
This is going well! You can add more motion – he was fine with you not moving a lot so we can check to be sure he can still do it when you are running.
When you balance with the tunnel and NOT layering, see if your body cues can be the same as the layering: face forward and run, try not to turn towards him to get the turn (more like what you did at :46 when you shoulders and feet matched the position they were in for both the layering and the tunnel.
He is also doing well with the layered threadle! At 1:06, you moved backwards which pulled him off the line. You moved backwards a little at 1:21 too – he is able to do it when you were moving forward, so try staying on the line very close to the tunnel and not using any back-and-forth motion.He had trouble turning to his right on the threadles, so that one doesn’t need layering yet – you can work that separately to get him more comfortable with the mechanics. He seems much more comfy turning to his left there and did really well!!
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning! He is looking really great!!! We can obsess on the little tiny details 🙂
Seq 1:
The opening line looks good! Connection is strong, timing is strong! I agree, he is approaching the last jump in collection – could be the dog walk! Could also be you haven’t cued anything else so he is slowing down to get the reward. You can try it with a very early throw or a placed reward, to keep him driving ahead.Seq 2: You said right on time and turned on time… but it got lost in all of the other processing he is doing. The 2nd time you added a ‘Ripley come’ so he turned wide on the tunnel exit. The 3rd and 4th times, he knew the sequence 🙂 and also you added a decel and a tiny rotation towards him (the tunnel brake). I think he is too speedy for that: you are going to need to say the cue and leave for the next line with hustle and even a little rotation there puts you behind on a bigger course. Try repeating the right verbal a few times as well as making it more salient with a different pitch and style of delivery. It sounded like “RIGHT!” Which is similar to “break!”or a forward cue. You can drop it in pitch, make it quieter, and stretch it out: “riiiightriiightriiight” that will sound entirely different and help him process it better.
I think some of the veering in and out over 4-5 was due to how well he knew to turn on the tunnel exit. But yes, layering is a great option here!!
Seq 3 : This first rep was good to hash out some timing needs! Basically… you were early 🙂
At 1:23, you were decelerated and turned to 6 before he took off for 4, so he had a question about whether 5 was in play or not. Then as you got ahead and turned to the ending he had a jumping question on 6 (head up, bar down). MUCH better on the next run here because you were later 🙂 AS he was exiting he tunnel looking for 4, you were facing the right line and then turning, so he knew it was a turn to 5 and not a turn to 6. Super!! Good verbals there and he had a lot of lovely distance too!!!Nice work! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
Congrats on your success in premier! It is fun to bring the trained skills into the ring and nail them! Yay! And the FEO for contacts and start lines is definitely helpful – you can use the behind the back start in places where you can send her and leave, but layering is pretty much mandatory for fast dogs and behind the back starts LOL!
On the video:
If you find that you are a step or two late on course openings all the time, you can try to anticipate the timing more. What I mean by that is you can start to time your cues at takeoff of the previous obstacle or anticipate when she is exiting in the tunnel. Then, you can watch her approach the previous jump and be ready for when you see her lifting off (all while running, of course :))
The opening of this course went well – I think you can leave sooner at 2 (the threadle) – when you see her turning her head to 2, bye bye up the line you go LOL! And then you don’t need to run the curve of the course with her (meaning, don’t move along the line 3-4-5 with her: use your verbals and connection to set that line while you run across the field to 7).That way you will be ahead of her and nearing 7 as she is exiting 5.
On the first run, your verbal left cue started on time as she was exiting the tunnel but that moment went wrong (off course tunnel) because the verbal was urgent (which she reads as “go forward!”) and the physical cues did not match it: you rotated to her, which pulled her in after the 5 tunnel, then turned back out and accelerated and that put her into the off course.
As you worked that section, you were decelerating which helped, but facing forward: try to decel and turn, really trusting her commitment to 6 (she will stay on her line as you turn if you stay connected). Also, quiet the left verbal so she gets drawn into you – being loud propels her forward.Super nice job on the middle section 9-10-11-12-13! The backside at 12 was great, especially after the rear cross!!!
On the threadle: I don’t think she fully understands the circle threadle (Charm had the same questions in her video) so you can play with that arm cue: use 2 arms, nice and low, to get her attention then turn her away from you in a circle – first on the flat and then we add it to the jump. More on that coming in the next games package.
Ending line: after the 15 tunnel t :52, you decelerated and turned… and she did the 6-7 line. So save that for the opening and accelerate into the 15-16-17 line, leaning forward and the tunnel verbal can get really loud here. And when you have said the whoa cue… don’t hang out on the 18 jump after the tunnel because she is coming at you like a speeding race car LOL! You got out of the way at 1:12, but you can trust her commitment to find the line and just run into the blind there, no need to stand still and cue it.
Course 2:
I like the BC in the opening! Lead out more (towards 2) so you can be another step or two ahead. The blind was a little late (she was over the bar of 3 when you started it at 1:21 and 2:07) Also, stay more connected to her eyes – the disconnect on the way to the 7 tunnel at the beginning got a zigzag line (that tunnel placement is a ‘get out’ line here, so a very strong connection will smooth out her line to it) and the disconnection to accelerate to the BC at 2:06 caused her to pull the bar.On the middle section (9-10-11-12) I think you had too much decel so she was checking in with you. You can power through that and use your shoulder turns and verbals, deceling when there is a change in direction.
Nice wrap on 13! You can decelerate even sooner at 1:38 2:25 and you might find a spin there is even easier to get the turn – with the decelerated post turn, you are still facing forward as she is jumping so she has to wait for more info as she lands. With a spin, you are rotating to the tunnel before she takes off, so she will see the new direction before landing.
And on the 14 and 17 tunnels, she needs you to be past her in order to get her to commit to the tunnel, so face forward longer til she is a step past you. On the 14 tunnel on the 2nd run, you were facing forward but as she passed you, you stepped back and said whoa, so she didn’t commit. O the last 17 tunnel, you faced forward long enough for her to get it. So, this might make you laugh: she needs more tunnel commitment 🙂 Separately, you can have a little tunnel fun and send her backwards into a tunnel so you can leave early like you wanted to do here.
Nice job getting her to the circle wrap backside at the end and moving through it without stopping to help her! She had a question (bar down) on the jump after the tunnel – you were serping at 2:35 but as she lifted off, you looked forward and released your serp arm by moving it forward, which changes the exit line: keep your serp arm back and eyes on her til she has landed and turned to face the next jump.
Question (hard to hear the verbals): do you have the same backside verbal for the slice and for the wrap? She was slicing it and waiting to see the handling before deciding to turn when she landed. Having a wrap verbal for the backside (different from front side wraps) will help get a better turn there.
Great job on these! Let me know what you think!!
TracyHi!
The opening looked good! Nicely timed left at 6-7. You got a little quiet during the middle section, letting the physical cues do the “talking” but you can definitely add more verbals there too! You used more verbals on the 2nd rep, and they were earlier which really helped (especially the backside verbal at 11-12).For the threadle at :21 – call her after she lands from 12 and looks at 13, so she is prepared for the threadle cue at 14. You surprised her while she was over the bar there. On the 2nd rep, you had a bit of decel there which helped. Then, try not to pull away from 14 because then she didn’t know you wanted her t o turn back to it. Try to run directly at the wing of 14, giving just enough room to let her get past you – that’ll help her find the line. You were moving away then moving back, so she was relying on footwork when ideally, it is just upper body and verbals that get the cue to her.
Where you intending the slice or wrap there? It was hard to tell, until the last rep where it was the wrap. Try to use your hands more – keep them lower and turn her away on the flat to the jump, rather than using your motion to pull her away then turn her back.
Wow, course 2 went well!! Nice blind 3-4, with the threadle cue to help out! I think you can drive more into the tunnel #8, you were decelerating and she looked at you til you started accelerating again.
The whole 9-10-11-12 section was very smooth. And all she needed for the wrap at 13 was a little decel. Very nice!
Before the last tunnel entry, call her for the turn before she takes off for the jump before it. She was jumping straight to the wrong end of the tunnel at :31 and adjusted when she landed.
The ending line looked great!>> I’m really struggling to get that tunnel break cue out. Not sure why that one is so hard for me.
Yes, on both of these courses, your whoa cues were late (when she was almost done with the tunnel). To help get good timing, you can put a leash as a line on the ground 6 feet of more in front of the tunnel entry, as a focal point for you: when she arrives at the line, start your whoa cue 🙂 That’ll give you a concrete spot to working on being on time.v
Great job! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi! You’ve been busy!
I’m so glad you love your puppy, he seems so cool 😎
Sounds like the dogs are doing well with the layering!
You can show Buddy that threadle rear cross without the layering first, then add distance… then add the layer. As soon as he understands the threadle rear maneuvers, the layering will be easy. 🙂>>>Mookie when I was clear with my hand cues and verbals of what I wanted, could layer a threadle/ rear in either direction. I think my clear handling this time prevented a confusion and getting stuck in a vortex. Mookie needs very clear conisitent cues to the letter :). He has 40 rules I need to follow
But, he is fun to watch once we (I) get it togetherHa! I believe it! I can totally relate about all the rules rules rules hahaha
>>I also fit in some of the pop outs . So glad you did this as my space is small and these are fun to work on. Both Mookie and Buddy nailed the short tunnel discrimination and the layering pop ups. So much fun !!!!
Awesome! I figured the pop outs would be easy to do for people who don’t have a ton of room or who don’t feel like setting full courses haha
>>hope I can watch the Live Zoom next week but it depends how my husband is doing post op surgery. Glad you are recording these
We will miss you if you aren’t there, but fingers crossed for an easy surgery for hubby!!
Thanks for the update, it sounds like the dogs are doing amazing. 🙂
TracyHi!
>> To answer your question about front side verbals: over, back, wrap, turn (rear cross). For us, digdig is a tight turn out of the tunnel. So suggestions for a verbal for a backside wrap around the wing?
Maybe something like checkcheckcheck or zip zip?
>>At this point, I’ve just used body motion and chest/eye looking to the landing.
That has been effective for a long time, but now the judges have outsmarted us and made courses big enough that we can’t count on physical cue.
Seq 3 looked really good!! Your German turn on the backside looked strong, especially the 2nd run where you helped her with the bar a lot less. She seems to have really strong commitment to it, so you can just keep moving through and help her less. And she loved chasing you up the ending line, TONS of speed 😍
For the turn at 3 – you can consider a reverse spin but I don’t think you need it. That’s a whole lot of work and we don’t want to anger your Achilles!! Instead, I think we can try your decel sooner, and that little brake arm/FT sooner too. You were doing as she was jumping 3, so she couldn’t adjust til landing. Try beginning a decel when she lands from 2, and when she is about halfway between 2 and 3, you can do a soft brake hand and name call. That should be perfect without all the rotation.
Nice work here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHoly bananas he looks great!!!! And he also loves the cheering crowd #Showman
Hooray for frisbee freedom in public! He looks so good here <3Hi!
Definitely an interesting session! He was largely successful, which is good! Also, VERY clever to tie your toy to a rope to reel it back in without having to stand up. I bow to you!!!So we can look at the little trouble spots.
First up, you mentioned that he might bark at you at tunnels on course. And you got some of that here (coming off the tunnel and barking). I think we can rule out a handling error because you were not moving here LOL! I think we need to reward the tunnel more specifically, meaning the reinforcement comes immediately at the end of the tunnel. In this training, shorten the tunnel so he can see the exit. And then as he starts heading to it correctly, you can either throw the toy so he sees it land on the other side of the tunnel, or you can have your MM out there and use that.
When running courses, reward the tunnels A LOT by throwing the reward at the end of it
That’ll help too!Rewarding the tunnel differently (short tunnel, toy or MM visible at the end) will help a lot in this training with the barking.
Another thing that will help us if you use reset cookies after every rep, successful or not. So if he gets it right, throw the reward or click the MM, then call him back and give him a cookie.
If he gets it wrong? Call him back and give him a cookie. Then, if needed, you can get your next reward ready while you are holding him: that kept him calm and ready to work. If you left him hanging out on his own while you got the next reward ready, he would bark.
And if he barks for some reason? No worries, call him back and either have him come to hand for the cookie, or throw it behind you to get him moving. I think the resets will help a whole lot, to get him in the groove of just coming back and lining up, no matter what happens. 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
This was an interesting session – she started off happy to get on the lines but then got stickier as the session went along. I thought your connection was strong, and you had nice low arms! So keep doing that 🙂 And she definitely loved your high energy verbals!When she was getting more sticky, it might have been that she was getting fatigued. But i also think she was watching you intently for cookies 🙂 All of the reinforcement came right near you, in the form of cookies dropped from your hand. So when your handling was very clear, she took the jumps but still had a tiny eyeball on you, which made it harder to get her to commit independently. And when you were not totally perfect, she didn’t take the jump like at :49.
So with that in mind, I think for the next several weeks we should have you toss all rewards out on the line, away from you, so she drives ahead. Does she like a lotus ball or treat bugger? That would be ideal for throwing!!! That way you can throw it out on the line like for the middle jump, or when she drives ahead on a line at the end (no more stopping for cookies near you LOL!)
I think that will really help get more commitment!! She is doing well, so this will take it all to the next level. Let me know what you think!
TracyHi!
>> I’ve been trying to time things without running to all obstacles with him. Is it okay right now to run with him to every obstacle knowing that working go go go lines will increase obstacle commitment and eventually I won’t need to go with him? Is it best right now for me to run with him knowing independence will come later? Hope this makes sense.
Run as much as needed for now, for always 🙂 Peeling away when it is not needed is going to potentially obscure the info, especially with a young dog. So yes – run all the lines right now and let the commitment build. This particular setup doesn’t really require lateral distance or anything, so running lines is perfect.
Good morning!
Opening line:
I know the backside circle at 3 might be the more obvious choice, but for him at 24”, I would love to see the BC 2-3 and do a backside slice instead! It might be a lot faster. He is accurate on the backside circle wrap, but he needs to slow way down to do it.
He missed 5 at :10 – I couldn’t see what you were doing but my guess is you were disconnected. Much better connection at :20 and later at 1:54 you ran a better line towards it too.
The line from the tunnel to the teeter looked good- you can show more of the wing on the circle wrap before the weaves. He has a good teeter stop so you can be running to where the bar meets the wing on the next jump to get an even better line to it.
At 1:05, you were playing with the teeter and did a blind for a moment – that is a great place to do the blind to the slice instead of the circle wrap! He is a BIG dude and the 24 inch bar is very tall… so he has to work soooo hard on the circles that I bet the blind to the slice on the other side is going to be easier and faster.
When you did the full run at 2:02, your running line to the wing was good but I think you released him too soon – you were still running forward so he was also running forward and almost went right past the jump.
I *think* you used a ‘break’ release from the teeter (hard to hear) but in this case, it is great to use your back verbal as the release so he doesn’t look straight and looks to the backside immediately.That weave entry is why we added the weave game to the 2nd set of games – almost every dog who has run this course missed it, and needed handler help. I saw your post about a photo – I will get a photo at some point this weekend so you can see what the setup it if is it not clear on the demo video. I am out of town and will have access to weaves later today. He got it the second time and again on the 4th time And when you did the full run at the end but you had to stand still – we want him to find it the first time and you can keep moving 🙂 If you can keep moving, you will be one or 2 steps further ahead on the next jump, setting a better line to the jump before the DW. At 2:12, as he was lifting off for the jump after the weaves, you were still passing the bar so he read it as a regular serpentine. If you can get past that wing and show countermotion to the next jump, he will set up a great turn – and it all comes back to being able to leave the weaves immediately.
The iz iz on the tunnel at :51 was late, it needs to be at least 6 feet before he enters the tunnel especially coming off that fast RDW 🙂 The RDW looked good on that first rep! He had trouble with it on the reps at the end, maybe he was more tired and moving differently?
Great job on the ending line, both times through!!! Your physical cues were very clear so he totally got it 🙂
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STD Course #2, I just remembered I also have a verbal for a situation like 16-17-18 = Fufu (Argh, and I am just creating the list but I have not completed it).I am also still practicing on the changing the verbal sounds, but I could not think about it on the big course, I even forgot what verbals I needed to use hahaha.>>
I have some games in the coming weeks that will help that 🙂 It is important but really hard to do on the big courses – so we will practice and build up to it 🙂
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
TracyGood morning!
The opening looked really good. A couple of small details to consider:
On the BC 2-3, rather than stop on your lead our., release, then explode forward, try to stay in motion the whole time. That way, she won’t see a big acceleration followed by the turn cue, she will only see smooth motion followed by the turn cue.Great job getting the #4 tunnel!! As soon as you see her heading there, start the BC so you are finished and re-connected before she exits. Yu were late at :14 and she had a question. BIG difference at :38 and 1:21 when you were earlier and she nailed it! The layering there was very effective!
Mid course:
She needs to see and hear the ‘out’ cues for 8 while she is still a stride away from entering the 7 tunnel. At :19 you did it as she was exiting, which was too late to make the change. You were more dramatic with your cue at :43 and 1:27 but still did it after she exited, so you had to be dramatic and had to be relatively close to get it.For the 11 backside: Great job getting there! (You were a little more forward facing at 10 on the 2nd run, so she went wider – try to be moving towards 11 the whole time and not running straight t 10)
Is lalala the backside slice cue? And what is the twist verbal? If lalala is the backside slice, theoretically you wouldn’t need anything else, so she might have some questions on the verbals. It looks like you were doing it as a rear cross on the backside (totally good choice) so you would need to make it look different by turning your feet and shoulders to the center of the bar, then stepping to the center of the bar on takeoff side. Or, handle it as a serp on the landing side and flip her away (which could work here even though it puts you behind, because you could catch up while she is weaving :)) At :47, your physical cue looked like a backside circle wrap which is why she had a question. The cue at 1:37 was much clearer!!Closing:
Very nice first rep there!!! Nice weave independence!!! The slice on the 14 jump looked good and you can also try the wrap to compare which is faster. You can get a slightly tighter turn on the slice at 14 by putting your hand on the takeoff side of the jump rather than leaning back and indicating the landing side, which gets a slightly wider turn.You disconnected on the 2nd rep so she missed 15 at the very end.
On the pop out:
Doing the German turn on that backside was fun to try! To get it even tighter, get past the exit wing before she takes off – that means being even more lateral , running directly forward, and not helping her take the jump at all 🙂 You were late at 2:09 so she as wide.
The layering looked good! She had trouble coming back into handler focus there because the line is so challenging. You were using the verbals and physical cues pretty late: as she landed on the jump before, you gave her a forward cue so she took the last layer jump in extension. So even though she is working miles away, you still want to give the cues when she lands from the previous jump. You had the earliest time on the last rep of that section, and she had the best turn! Because there are so many options in front of her, you can do a spin or a double cross (FC or BC on the jump, FC or BC on the flat) to help adjust her line to the obstacle you want. At the very end you had a rep where you used her name – she responds really well to her name, so use it but use it sooner – before she makes a takeoff decision so you can get her to adjust and land facing the correct direction.
Last section – she appears to respond better to her name there than to her left cue – so you can cue the left and then go to her name in the jump tunnel discrim sections. You can also just try saying jump or left quietly – all the verbals were loud which will tend to propel her away on the line.
Great job here! Let me know what you think!
Tracy
