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Schenkelgängers und Rückengängers: Leg movers and back movers Posted: 14 Mar 2010 01:40 PM PDT The direct translation for these terms, respectively, is "Maverick legs" and "Back-goers." My short, paraphrased explanation--back movers have energy freely flowing through their body, a loose and "floaty" spine, active hind leg, and a lengthened neck that one instructor told me "feels like your horse is looking over the edge of a cliff." Leg movers are tight in the back and hollow, short in the neck, hind legs trailing, with energy blocked by the riders hands. Now, if you want to read about these terms from some of the truly eloquent dressage experts, here are some resources... Create a back mover... Dressage Today, June 2009 Timeless take on the terms leg mover and back mover, Dressage Today, March 2007 Keep it simple from jonibentley.co.uk Controversy over short and deep from Walter Zettl The flipping up of the front foot from iceryder.net Back mover vs. leg mover from USPC dressage articles Leg mover vs. back mover from Betsy Labelle Importance of engagement from Equus Inspiration 2010 Elements of dressage: A guide to training the young horse By K. A. Von Ziegner

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