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Be Tall - Concentrate on lengthening your body and remaining tall relative to your own height. A forward lean restricts your hip movement – you can’t lift your knees as easily. This in turn negatively impacts your stride length. Think of your pelvis as a bucket of water. You don’t want it to be pitched forward and spilling water. Imagine bringing your naval toward your spine and tightening your sphincter muscle. This will help keep your pelvis aligned correctly.
The distance of our stride and the turnover of our feet affect speed.
Visualize the Horse and Jockey analogy
(Horse) Power from prime movers – lower body muscles
(Jockey) Torso provides stability, balance, rhythm, tempo and direction
Jockey does not want to be in danger of falling off.
- Chest up
- Relaxed shoulders
- Head level
- Arms and hands in synch with horse
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Have your arms bent at a 90-degree angle.
Hands should be relaxed but not limp. Have them in line with the forearms.
The palms should be facing toward the midline of your body.
Imagine that you are holding a handful of sand. Then slightly open your hands so that the sand begins to trickle from your hands.
When your hands swing backward they should be close to the hipbone.
Your hands should not swing across the midline of the body. You want your efforts to be directed straight ahead. That is the direction of your motion. A jet during takeoff on a runway has its thrust pointing the plane straight down the runway. It does not zig zag its way toward takeoff. That would cause problems.
Many of you have seen some benefit with the E3 grips. They may not help everyone, but I believe many of us can gain better balance and stability as we use them. This can assist performance and prevention of overuse injuries.
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