Diagonal Stretch

ExercisesGymnastics and Bodyweight
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Cues:

  • Start with heels together and toes turned out 45 degrees

  • Step back from the heel into your diagonal stretch position

  • Balance is part of the diagonal stretch

  • Press through the ball of the back foot to pressurize quad and drive the hip forward

  • Lean back and touch either your butt, hamstring, calf, or heel

  • Feel a stretch through the anterior hip and quad

  • You shouldn't feel the low back, adjust to a smaller ROM as needed to not irritate the low back

Mistakes:

  • Hinging through the low back and causing pain/discomfort

  • Closing the hip and reaching down

  • Straightening the back leg at the top

  • Reaching the wrong direction

  • Failing to place pressure in the quad and moving through low back

  • Not placing your non-working hand on the chest

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