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Front Crosses & drills Double Front Crosses By Nancy Gyes Executing side changes and deciding where and when they happen is one of the most important skills in agility handling. Often we have a lot of choices to consider when we want to run a sequence. Our choice of a front or rear cross, or sometimes serpentine handling, begins the moment we step onto the course and start to analyze how to get from the start line to the finish line while doing each obstacle in the correct order and in the quickest, most effective way possible. These drill setups encourage you to choose front crosses and double front crosses. To do a double front cross means that you are doing a front cross before and after a single obstacle. Usually that is also the description for serpentine handling. There are lots of reasons you might not want to serpentine in a double front-cross scenario. Distance between the obstacles, sharp angles to the middle jump, or a desire to continue your motion into the front cross rather than collect your dog for a serpentine can all affect your choice of handling in a sequence. Timing double front crosses is a skill. It is easy to fall behind and not get into position for the second front cross. Find your handler path between obstacles and remember to keep constantly moving forward to your side-change position. Last time I wrote about cutting corners on the course. In many of these drills you need to focus on the shortest handler path to the position for the front cross. Look at CR May 2009 for cutting corners exercises if you want some ideas for choosing the shortest path to your handling position. 1 2 3 4 FC 4 3 FC 5 3 2 SRP 5 2 1 1 Lead out far enough to do a front cross from #2 to #3 and again from #3 to #4. This is the same sequence as in Figure 2. Technically, when you can put a front cross both before and after one obstacle, you can also handle the sequence as a serpentine. July 09 | Clean Run 29

Clean Run Magazine - July 2009

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Clean Run Magazine - July 2009

Clean Run Magazine - July 2009
Contents
Editorializing Three Cheers for Agility
Tip of the Month
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Backyard Dogs
Pain and the Performance Dog
Trainer’s Forum
Jenny’s Guide to Successful Teamwork
Distance Challenge
Power Paws Drills
Handling Your Dog in Awesome Style, Part 15
Using Technology in Agility
Foundation Fundamentals
When Pigs Fly
Can You Handle It?
Shelter Champs: Vinny
Comparing the Derrett and Mecklenburg Handling Systems, Part 5
Games for the Performance Puppy
Changing Consequences
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Clean Run Magazine - July 2009
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 2
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Contents
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 4
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Editorializing Three Cheers for Agility
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Tip of the Month
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Agility…
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Backyard Dogs
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 9
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 10
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Pain and the Performance Dog
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 12
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 13
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Trainer’s Forum
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 15
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 16
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 17
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 18
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Jenny’s Guide to Successful Teamwork
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 25
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Distance Challenge
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 28
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Power Paws Drills
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 30
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 31
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 32
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Handling Your Dog in Awesome Style, Part 15
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 37
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 41
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Using Technology in Agility
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 45
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 46
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Foundation Fundamentals
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 49
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 50
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 51
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - When Pigs Fly
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Can You Handle It?
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 62
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Shelter Champs: Vinny
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 64
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 65
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 66
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Comparing the Derrett and Mecklenburg Handling Systems, Part 5
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 69
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 70
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 71
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - 73
Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Games for the Performance Puppy
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Clean Run Magazine - July 2009 - Changing Consequences
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