Hurdle Hops
- Prescription
- 5 × 6 · 90 s restabout 7 min
- Players
- Solo
- Equipment
- Mini hurdles
Six mini hurdles lined up in a row; clear them with both feet together, without pausing between each one. The hurdle dictates the height: unlike a free jump, you can’t cheat by bending your legs. You really have to lift off.
Key points
- Ground contact between two hurdles is as short as possible: you bounce, you don’t squat.
- The hips do the work, and the arms follow with a sharp upward motion.
- Six hurdles per set, no more: beyond that, the quality drops and the risk increases.
- Ninety seconds between sets.
Common mistakes
- Tucking your legs to get over instead of jumping higher: the height becomes fake.
- Stopping between hurdles, which removes all the elastic work.
Demonstrations
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LEVELS : Intermediate · Advanced
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