Movement Skills: Lunge with rotation

Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 8:28AM
Discover Movement in Movement Skills, discovermovement.com, lunge, movement pattern, movement skill

Lunge is one of the most fundamental movement patterns. The rotation increases the level of difficulty in terms of balance and coordination. Without an ability to perform a solid lunge, developing the lower body strength and basic patterns such as running is severely compromised.

Progression:

1. Forward lunge - no rotation

2. Forward lunge with rotation

3. Posterior lunge - no rotation

4. Posterior lunge with rotation

Article originally appeared on Athletic Development & Youth Conditioning (http://discovermovement.squarespace.com/).