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Based on how we teach children to fall, I put together a video for those hiking while carrying a heavy backpack.
Absorb IMPACT FORCES over time and surface area.
BEST strategy is to pull in your arms (dropping poles). Take the first impact landing on your backpack.
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When the unexpected happens, every gymnast should automatically fall in the safest possible way.
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With plenty of rotation, Simone almost never lands “short”.
BUT I wouldn’t say she’s one of the greats at “sticking” landings. It does happen, however.
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NOTE that backward salto landings typically result in chest position in a range between horizontal and 45%.
That’s mechanical, medically and physically a good way to absorb those huge impact forces.
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Technique developed allows gymnasts to stretch fully — for safest possible landings — when the high mats are removed.
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Derrian Gobourne. We’re happy to be back.
I’m feeling rotten for all those athletes having to watch the fun. Some locked out of the Gym.
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