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Adjusting the grid for bounce exercises can help even out a horse's arc when turning. Find out how to train a horse on an angle with advice from an experienced trainer in this video on riding and jumping horses.
One more bounce exercise I like to use is the bounce on a turn, on a little bit of an angle. This really helps you work both sides of your horse's body well. Tracking to the left they are going to use that inside hind for most of their power, and vice versa, tracking right they are going to use that right hind for most of their power. When we set this up I still like to keep nine to ten feet in the middle of the bounce, but I like to narrow up the inside edge of the bounce a little bit, and make the outside edge a little wider. I also like to make the outside edge of the bounce a little taller, and the inside edge a little lower. This helps to encourage the horse to stay at a nice even arc through the middle of the bounce exercise.
