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—Movement:
1. We will perform a beat (“counter movement”) to the left (until we touch the live rope with the right foot). Using this body torsion/rotation we can then generate a spring effect that will in- crease the rotational energy to the right.
2. The right leg (leading leg when rolling toward the right) will then initiate the movement to the right; at the same time, through the explosive horizontal humeral extension of the right arm (ballistic horizontal abduction), we create pec- toral extension (opening the chest). Because of the torso being parallel to the ground, the mag- nitude of the extension of the right arm will also impact the rotational energy produced, as well as the fluidity of the movement. The right leg and the right arm should move almost simultaneous- ly.
If we are rolling toward the right, then the right leg will always lead the movement (the right hip is pulling the left hip), optimizing the rotational energy. As mentioned above, to maintain this en- ergy, the legs should always remain wide open. If we bring the trailing leg (left) toward the lead- ing leg (right) as we initiate the rotation we would block the movement forcing our body to land on the belly (front balance).
3. We will then push the rope with the left arm, as we arch the back and open our hips by bending the right leg just after passing the vertical plane, to finish sending the energy to the back. If we bend our right leg too soon we will send the rota- tional energy towards the floor which would then block the movement. If we bend it too late we won’t be able to take full advantage of the rota- tional energy.
Back extension flexibility as well as good thorac- ic mobility will allow us to release the left hand while gripping the rope back again with the right hand, so we can return to the starting position (completing one roll-up) by pushing the rope (to the left) with the right hand and keeping our tor- so in a horizontal position.
If we pull with the right hand, we will get our chest too close to the rope moving our body to- ward a vertical position which would block the movement.
A larger body extension will increase rotational energy, which will create a more fluid and con- trolled movement. The greater the flexibility, the slower we can perform the skill.
A constant abdominal engagement will prevent the rope from compressing the waist.
We need to feel that we are continually pushing the rope with our waist, avoiding a fixed rotation.
If we perform this movement on the rope, we need to make sure the wraps do not overlap as we rotate, otherwise this will hinder the move- ment, force us to undo it and perform a roll-down or we might not be able to continue.
If we perform this movement on “straps”, silks/ fabric, etc., and the wraps around our waistline overlap as we rotate, this will force us to undo the movement and perform a roll-down.
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