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
