Grand Prix trainer and competitor Lauren Sprieser demonstrates exercises useful for developing canter half pass and the zig zag movement first seen in Fourth Level. Lauren does shoulder-in to counter shoulder-in in canter and then half pass to counter shoulder-in before attempting the zig zag. She also explains what can go wrong and how to correct it.
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