Shuttle run with inside foot direction change
Category: Agility
Level: 2
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Carla van den Berg
- Change direction at touch line by keeping bodyweight over inside leg
- Knee stacked over ankle at direction change
- Outside leg should remain straight
- Toes from both feet facing forward at time of direction change
- Arm opposing the bent leg should be in front, elbows flexed at 90-degrees
- Arms move forward with opposing leg during the running phase; movement is initiated from the shoulder
- Knee of inside leg collapsing inward at direction change
- Cue "Drive knee out towards pinky toe"
- Knee of outside leg collapsing inward at direction change
- Cue “Full weight on inside leg”
- Excessive forward lean at direction change
- Cue “Proud chest”
- Lazy arms
- Cue "Swing from the shoulder"
- Cue "Drive elbows back"
- Arm is forward from same side as bent leg
- Cue “Think of using your arm as a counter-balance”
- Increases heart and breathing rates
- Increases exercise intensity close to that needed for the upcoming session
- Opportunity to work on sprinting technique
- Knee control
- Arm/leg coordination