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The Cue Set and left-left

Three lower-body shapes and one upper-body action, organized around one measured interval.

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The Whole Cue Set

Thigh to chest. Heel to butt. Forward lean.The Mike Tyson for the arms.All measured as left-left.

PartCue
Lead legthigh to chest, bent knee, heel under the hamstring
Trail legheel to butt, chicken paw toe pointing to the side
Postureforward lean
Upper body at H1the Mike Tyson
Measured unitleft-left
The cue set
SourcesWALK · b12; WALK · summary
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left-left

The flight runs trail leg, cut step, lead leg, touchdown.What gets measured is left-left.Make it violent, powerful and fast, with good form.

“The Mike Tyson is the arm action that goes along with the left-left action.”
SourcesWALK · b12
Coach notes
  • left-left appears to name the interval between consecutive contacts of the same foot across the clearance. The founder has not yet defined which foot "left" denotes for a given athlete.

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  • Needs the founder Definition of left-left for athletes who lead with the other leg, and the measuring method.
SourcesWALK · b9; WALK · b12

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