Forward zig-zag run (Controlled)
Category: Aerobic
Level: 1
- Pause on outside leg for 1-2 seconds at direction change before pushing off into opposite direction
- Soft bend at hips and knees
- Knees stacked over ankle
- Trunk angle similar to shin angle
- Arms move forward with opposing leg; movement is initiated from the shoulder
- Elbows flexed at 90-degrees
- Knee caving in on change of direction
- Cue “Knee over pinky toeâ€
- Lazy arms
- Cue “Swing from the shoulderâ€
- Cue “Drive elbows backâ€
- Arm and knee from same side moving together
- Cue “Opposite arm and kneeâ€
- Increases heart and breathing rates
- Isolates deceleration and change of direction movement to practice knee control
- Trains proper running mechanics