Today we will take a closer look at the A Skip running drill. There aren’t many things worse than being outran by someone either in competition or when trying to snag a seat on the Metro and this drill is here to help you with your high speed running mechanics. The purpose of the A skip drill is to improve the coordination of your upper and lower limbs during running while also engraining proper arm and leg positioning into your movement library. Below is a video of the A-skip in action with solid technique. https://youtu.be/RKmVZe45CJI

Key Points:

• Maintain a tall posture keeping the hips and chest up throughout the movement to avoid slouching
• Arms rotate from the shoulders
• Elbows bent at 90?
• Avoid rotation and focus up keeping movement in a strictly forward and backwards motion
• Find you rhythm and stay relaxed to avoid looking like a malfunctioning robot
• Keep your knee and toes up and quickly strike the ground
• STRIKE THE GROUND UNDER YOUR HIPS AND PUSH YOURSELF FORWARD

For those who don’t feel comfortable hopping directly into a skips this drill can be regressed by following the key points listed above and turning it into a march like the video shown below.

https://youtu.be/DUSnDnUDm5Y