Always keep in mind that your hand is here to put your horse in a correct position ; to release tensions and therefore enable the horse to find his good balance, according to the muscles and strenght he has - the stronger topline and hindlegs, the more collected.
Don't let your horse rush in an incorrect position, don't let him get heavy on the bit or tense in his jaw : it is your responsability to relax your horse and make him do a correct gymnastic of his whole body.
Here is a link to Dr Heuschmann drawings and short info about few different frames.
And here is a quote he is using from the German Military handbook (Heeresdienstvorschrift) from 1912 :
„You can tell that a horse is supple when the horse is in rhythm in trot, covers ground, steps forward without hurrying, swings out of a supple back and carries its tail without tension.“
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