The last blog noted that the knee it to knee out and heel moving inwards after ground contact is the patterning seen in a backwards moving athlete (high jumper) that (correctly) loads the inside edge/big toe side of the foot in order to complete the backward trajectory needed during the sport task. The high jumper’s […]
Below is an elite-level high jumper (Janick Klausen) in slow motion displaying quality movement mechanics for jumping backward. The knee of the plant leg goes inwards as the knee goes into valgus and the hip internally rotates, the arch collapses, ankle pronates, and the heel goes inward as the hip externally rotates after takeoff. He […]
