Jumps - 2 foot takeoff to single-leg landing

Category: Balance

Level: 1

4-6 reps/leg

  • Soft bend at knees and hips
  • Knees pushed out over pinky toes
  • Absorb each landing on a single-leg 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”
  • Develops knee control on a single-leg