Jumps: multidirectional
Category: Agility
Level: 1
10-12 reps
Carla van den Berg
- Soft bend at knees and hips
- Knees pushed out over pinky toes
- Absorb each landing from the ball of the foot to the heel
- Arms will swing forward in coordination with each jump
- Knee collapsing inward
- Cue "Drive knee out towards pinky toe"
- Cue “Squeeze glutes”
- Straight, locked knee
- Cue “Soft knee bend”
- Cue “Sit back slightly”
- Not fully absorbing landing back to heels
- Cue “Land softly and quietly”
- Reinforces soft landing technique
- Develops knee control
- Prepares athlete for uncontrolled landings that could occur in game