I think it's really important not to get to focused on test movements. I love showing and am always looking forward to the next show but I realized that if we focus to much on looking perfect in the test we might not get the purpose of the excersize. The shoulder-in for example is used to get bend around the rib cage and the hind legs stepping under. If we get to paranoid about getting to much angle or bend we might start compromising the quality and correctness for artificial bend. In stead of working on our horses suppleness and elasticity we start making them crooked and stiff just to get enough angle. Also in the half pass some people just shorten their inside rein to much and force the horse over instead of working on bend in the body and willingness off the leg. This year I really want to start focusing on getting as much as I can out of excercises like these because that's what they were made for. What are everyone else's opinions?