Joy Ahoy

The movement principles of “do the opposite of what you see” and “go down to go up” as applied in jumping. Illustrated on the “jump“ of a tennis ball. It may look like it’s jumping up, but really what you do is pushing the ball down into the ground in order to create the height of it springing up into the air. It’s the same with a human jump: the higher you want to jump, the more you have to bend your knees and push down into the floor in order for your jump to be high. Incorporate this principle in any exercise form you practise. Particularly when playing sports, or training dance, or yoga moves such as jumping back or through in transitions (i.e. as part of sun salutations, crows, shoulder stands, handstands etc). In short apply this to any movements that are bringing you from up to down and from down to up.