From the Vault /// Coaching Tutorial on the Candlestick

This week on the <<>> BLOG I am sharing a coaching tutorial I did way back when on the candlestick! The candlestick is a super fun drill to help develop full body mobility, strength, balance, timing, coordination, body awareness, and much more! The candlestick is also an excellent intro to the foundation of rolling; forward rolls, backward rolls, handstand forward rolls, back extension rolls, dive rolls, etc.

Check out the full YouTube video HERE… enjoy! 🙂

Coaching tips:

• Begin with your feet together
• Position your arms straight up, hugging your ears, while in a standing position
• Keep your feet flat to the floor as you squat your hips toward your heels
• Keep your knees together
• In the bottom of your squat bring your hips to the floor
• Tuck your chin in toward your chest
• Keep your body in a tight tuck as you roll to your upper back
• Extend your legs straight up
• Open your hips
• Point your toes
• Tuck your knees back into your chest
• Roll back into the bottom of your knee together squat
• Push up through the middle of your foot to stand