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Post by Jono on Feb 5, 2009 19:12:42 GMT
i've just started doing split foot kongs/arm jumps. just started to get the hang of them =]
but i cant get that foot furthest away from me to get off the floor early enough to get a good dive and clear something infront of it.
any techniques? or is it just a work in progress thing? and what are the benfits of split foots over 2 foot take off?
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Post by Kevin on Feb 5, 2009 20:37:04 GMT
In a cat-pass, the back foot is effectively used to "roll" your body weight onto your front foot from which you will take off and power yourself forwards. As you push off your front foot bring your back foot UP behind you; this will also get your lower back higher so that there's plenty of room for your legs in a tucked position to pass between your arms, the obstacle and your chest.
It's just a matter of playing around with it, and each new height/distance you're clearing will need the benefits of varying the technique, even slightly. For example if you're looking to clear a lot of distance or your obstacle is higher, i find that as you place the first foot of this fluid take off, (this would be the back foot) bend your knee further so that your centre of gravity is lower, this lets the front leg take off from a more bent knee; meaning that it has got longer for it to put its power into the dive. *but remember if you start from even lower it may reduce the power, there's a balance for it somewhere, it's just up to you to find it!
just play around with it, try different things and adapt it to varying shapes and sizes!
as for the benefits over a 2 foot "stamping" technique; power and speed! and it also means that you simply "roll" your weight off the floor, instead of stamping the dear life out of your knees. With practice, compare it to the two foot take off- you'll notice that the two feet take off will push off the ground hard and noisily. it's tricky to learn and drill into your head but once you have it you'll reap in the rewards! also at this stage alternate with which feet you have in front, because if you're going toward an obstacle and want to have a particular foot in front it may cause you to slow down or stutter your feet.
oh, this has just reminded me, i've noticed a lot of people when approaching obstacles and realise that their footing is all over the place, EXTEND your steps so that you take LONGER and FEWER steps- this will mean you lose less speed that doing small rushed (twinkle) steps.
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Post by Jono on Feb 5, 2009 22:17:05 GMT
yeaah! ive been practising them this morning and they feel faster and allmost more agile (if you get what i mean)
and will calls them piddley steps we've been working on them
thanks for the tips, i love it when people do a really indepth bit about a movement. =]
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