Hinge
Bob Smith

HINGE CORRECTIVE THEME

As the name suggests, Theme Overview pages are designed to give you a summary of the coaching themes that are being coached within this Exercise Category Theme. This page is also designed to signpost you to more detail on these coaching topics.

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Hinge
Bob Smith

A practical solution to the concept of training the kinetic chain for shoulder health and performance.

Training the athletic shoulder for ballistic sports skills such as serving in tennis is not a straight forward task and endless debate amongst coaches and medical staff alike. In spite of that debate, we all agree that training the shoulder must consider how energy is generated and dissipated by the whole body via the kinetic chain. The challenge is taking that concept and turning it into an effective training intervention.

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Squat
Bob Smith

Why Bodyweight Squatting is not an entry level exercise.

Want to teach someone how to squat properly from scratch? Don’t use a bodyweight squat- add some front loaded weight instead. It’s a far easier and more effective way to diagnose the limitations on good squat patterning with more carry over to sports performance.

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Hinge
Bob Smith

How to coach perfect spinal alignment in the deadlift.

Teaching perfect spinal alignment in hip flexion-hip extension tasks is absolutely critical for performance of the kinematic chain with important implications for both performance and injury prevention. This 3 step process uses a constraints based approach to get complete beginners to maintain perfect spinal alignment for hip hinging, usually in 10mins or less.

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