A-skips
Category: Aerobic
10-20 meters
Carla van den Berg
- Trunk upright
- Arms move forward with opposing leg; movement is initiated from the shoulder
- Elbows flexed at 90-degrees
- Knees and ankles at 90-degrees, “Knees up, toes up”
- Knee stacked over ankle on landing
- Toes facing forward
- Create force by driving foot down into the ground
- Absorb landing from ball of the foot to the heel with each step
- Forward lean
- Cue “Proud chest”
- Lazy arms
- Cue "Swing from the shoulder"
- Cue "Drive elbows back"
- Arm and knee from same side moving forward together
- Cue "Opposite arm and knee"
- Low knee drive
- Cue “Drive knee up to shatter ceiling”
- Staying on the toes
- Cue “Push the ground away from you"
- Increases heart and breathing rates
- Develops arm & leg coordination
- Knee drive and posture helps develop sprinting mechanics