Three Flip Three

Three Flip Three refers to an exercise described in the riding book.  It is used to introduce the horse to lateral flexions, to create great balance, softness, and lightness in your horse.  For more information on this lesson, refer to: "The Click That Teaches: Riding with the Clicker".

The posts in this section are from the_click_that_teaches email discussion group.  They cover people's experiences using this lesson, both their questions, and their discoveries.

Three Flip Three: great progress!

Kathi wrote:
Feb. 18, 2006
my home grown clicker super star

Have had a great time following all these interesting and vrey
detailed discussions - you all bring so many wonderful insights and
explanations to this group!-

I have spent a lot of time with increased rate of reinforcement with head lowering on the ground during grooming, saddling etc. And under saddle have also practiced high rate of reinforcment for the 3-flip-3 exercise- I would say that his relaxation has been gradually increasing but these exercises or parts of them served as my main focus over the last 2 months.

I used to have a REALLY REALLY emotional fearful horse so the past 2 days have been magical- Yesterday I had a friend who through injury of horses and her own illness was without a horse to ride and not having ridden in past 2 weeks- she happpily got on my horse and I asked her to explore my horse"s(Grin's) buttons re SRR and her udnerstanding of John Lyons work- - WHAT A GREAT PICTURE- she found it all "in there" just like in the book- and with a little coaching- (some centered riding focus on her body dynamics) she had a fabulous ride on my horse- LIGHT
LIGHT LIGHT- CALM CALM CALM- FOCUSED FOCUSED FOCUSED-

I got on him today and the results of this focus on these two exercises has been nothing short of amazing to me- After my ride today- another friend wanted to get on him- and he gave her the same wonderful feels- I have a horse who now can be confident enough and well trained enough to share this with others - I know this is just the tip of the "next iceberg"- but what a great view from here!

HOpe you all can enjoy the process and its results -(this is the part of stay with something long enough to see all the good things it can give you pg 156)

Kathi H