I’m interested in learning these you posted, if video is available ?Top 3 -
1. Split N Git
2. Skip In by @Doug Romrell
3. Jump Back, Split and Drive.
I've gotten more into Springy type drills to help most drive mechanics
Absolutely valid points and I’ve gone through some of those with Kayden and others I’ve taught along the way. Kayden definitely needs to improve her landing FSR and foot angle.Working on increasing drive is one of the last things I address because I find that doing it too early creates flaws. I have seen kids who have been taught sprinter's stance bend over too far and never get back to being stacked. I have also seen girls who leap up rather than out. Then there are those who push off aggressively but land poorly. I focus on good overall form first, then build on that.
All valid! Teaching shin and spine angle will help them not get to bent over. It's a sprinters lean, not bend. Several visuals and drills can help that. One thing I like to do with them is a trust fall forward where they keep the body straight and let it fall until the stride leg comes out to save them. Then we add a little thrust. I video tape them, so they can see they are leaning and where the nose gets before the stride leg come out, and not bending over. Bending causes most of them to get stuck in their hips, and they won't fire. My cues, Nose over knee, Knee over toes. That should give you both a great shin angle and spin angle and this angles should be close to the same.Working on increasing drive is one of the last things I address because I find that doing it too early creates flaws. I have seen kids who have been taught sprinter's stance bend over too far and never get back to being stacked. I have also seen girls who leap up rather than out. Then there are those who push off aggressively but land poorly. I focus on good overall form first, then build on that.
I’m interested in learning these you posted, if video is available ?
We we’re working on driving with the right leg yesterday. Here is a clip. I have a longer version on my you tube . If she shifts her knees forward, she drives better with the right leg. Most of the kids I see , use the stride leg to pull around the drive leg.
This is a subject I’ve been working on for a while. I’m interested to see if it actually helps gain speed.
Along the line of walk- throughsWalk-throughs with incrementally increasing distances. Their bodies can somewhat figure out on their own what to intensify to get the ball to go farther. Part of that is increasing the energy they put into the drive.