Rear crosses are something that both Penny and I have needed to work on for awhile now and with our recent first two trials it has become especially apparent that we need to practice! In class on Sunday we tried to RC a few times on course and failed miserably 90% of the time. Turns out that both of us are at fault: I'm not doing it quite right and Penny just doesn't understand. Here's a clip from class to demonstrate a failed attempt:
Note that she is also jumping a bit high: 26" in preparation for upcoming USDAA trial (in which it's likely she'll measure into 26"), but I am still quite late with the RC cues. I should have raised my outside arm MUCH sooner before the tire.
And here is some video of some work we did at home on Monday. I cut out a lot of incorrect turns but I do think we are getting better:
Noted that my timing is better left to right than right to left, and she seems to turn easier that way. My outside arm should ideally come up before the jump vs after, and I want to show motion toward her vs straight (angled toward the relevant jump standard). Will be back again hopefully soon with improvements, have not been able to do much else yet this week as Penny has had an upset tummy since Monday night :(
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