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11. While performing the twist/pirouette, the head should be looking toward the chest or shoulder in the same direction as the rotation to avoid imbalances created while looking for the rope, such as a lateral flexion of the torso, which would break all the rotational energy.
12. We should hold our arms against the body (around the waist) as we rotate to avoid the abrupt body movements that would happen if we tried to find the rope with the arms.
13. We should not forget to point the toes (plantar flexion) to improve our lines.
EFFECT OF CHANGE OF HEIGHT AND DIRECTION TO WHICH THE ROPE IS RELEASED
14.2 PREPARATORY DRILLS
These should be performed independently to increase motor learning (also known as muscle memory), in other words, with the aim of consolidating these specific movement patterns into our memory through repetition.
1.1 Standing on the floor, without using the rope, we should practice each and every one of the technical components independently, focusing on developing and memorizing all the movement patterns needed in this skill first (forced exhalation, pull-up, glute engagement, abdominal engagement, and hip rotation), and later performing them in different order combinations.
1.2 Standing on the floor, with the rope horizontally and laterally placed at hip height, we practice the same drills.
2. To increase muscle memory, and work on body conditioning and physical preparation, we perform beats on straps, focusing independently on each technical component. We should only combine these movement patterns once we have memorized them independently.

These drills are done initially on straps to allow an increased number of repetitions to make the learning of the movement patterns more effective, since to contract the muscles of the forearm (to maintain the grip on the rope) will require too much energy.
3. We perform beats on rope, focusing independently on each technical component. We should only combine these movement patterns once we have memorized them independently.
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