Debbie Sams: 101 Drill Team — Opposing Spirals

Opposing Spirals on the Diagonal 1

Here’s how:

1. Form two lines.
2. Ride across the diagonal from F and H toward X.
3. At X do a spiral/reverse.
4. Continue back to the corner your line started at.

Note: X is not traditionally marked in a dressage arena. X is the center of the arena.

Opposing Spirals on the Diagonal 2

Here’s how:

1. Form two lines.
2. Ride across the diagonal from F and H toward X.
3. At X do a spiral/reverse away from the center line.
4. Circle right until you have reached X.
5. Travel straight back to your starting corner.

Note: X is not traditionally marked in a dressage arena. X is the center of the arena.

Opposing Spirals on the Diagonal 3

Here’s how:

1. Form two lines.
2. Ride across the diagonal from F and H toward X.
3. At X do a spiral/reverse away from the center line.
4. Circle right until you have reached K and M. 
5. Turn left and follow fence.

Note: X is not traditionally marked in a dressage arena. X is the center of the arena.

Debbie Sams teaches English and Western riding with an emphasis on dressage. At her Springer's Stables in Broadalbin, New York, she also teaches drill team and vaulting. Her farm gives pony parties and holds horse camps for scouts and local community college and elementary school youth programs, as well as for the Sacandaga Bible Conference and Retreat Center. Debbie has been teaching drama and drill team on horseback since 1979; in 1985 she became a Certified Horsemanship Association Instructor. She is the author of 101 Drill Team Exercises and has also put her horse knowledge to work in writing for such publications as Practical Horseman, Equus, and the Northeast Horseman’s Journal.