The Six Scales of Dressage Training

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Do you love dressage? Are you often working hard to improve your dressage peformance? Are you simply new to dressage and looking for a way to understand what it's all about?

Well, the first thing to ask is do you know what the six scales of dressage riding & training are?

I recently took a deep dive into the six scales in an effort to improve our training at home in between sessions with our coach. upon reading several sources and definitions, I realised that the principles to the six scales of training weren't as complex as I anticipated. The more I read, the more sense they made and started to become really natural in my way of thinking towards our own dressage training.

Over the last 8 weeks, I've taken the time to put the six scales of dressage training into my own words, sharing my own understanding of them and have tried to put it in simple words for others to learn about them.

Discover all six scales of dressage riding & training

• The Six Scales of Dressage Training – Part 1: Rhythm
• The Six Scales of Dressage Training – Part 2: Suppleness
• The Six Scales of Dressage Training – Part 3: Contact
• The Six Scales of Dressage Training – Part 4: Impulsion
• The Six Scales of Dressage Training – Part 5: Straightness
• The Six Scales of Dressage Training – Part 6: Collection