Dorian
Level 1 Valued Member
As many instructors I have regularly come across the well-known problem of outward knees on the downswing (making it more squat-like, even if people seem to hinge correctly), very often accompanied with people also sitting on the outsides of their feet. One way of dealing with this has been to teach the concept of looking at the hinge (KBS & DL) as a movement based on internal rotation. This idea is originally posed by Julien Pineau of StrongFit.
It sounds a bit abstract perhaps, but if you translate it into a practical cue of 'imagining a line from the top of your big toe to the inside of your heel and sitting back along these 2 lines in the backswing', it very often fixes the problem.
Although it is currently not taught as such on certs or courses, I have found it a very interesting take on coaching both the KBS as the DL (and its variations) – by explicitly working on this concept - and have had success with it to teach people proper powerful hip movement and preventing that outward movement at both knees and feet.
Any thoughts, comments or other people with the same experience?
It sounds a bit abstract perhaps, but if you translate it into a practical cue of 'imagining a line from the top of your big toe to the inside of your heel and sitting back along these 2 lines in the backswing', it very often fixes the problem.
Although it is currently not taught as such on certs or courses, I have found it a very interesting take on coaching both the KBS as the DL (and its variations) – by explicitly working on this concept - and have had success with it to teach people proper powerful hip movement and preventing that outward movement at both knees and feet.
Any thoughts, comments or other people with the same experience?