Mapping - Collection
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- So we talked about mapping,
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- and then we wanted to come up with something
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- that you could do in order to teach your body how
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- to connect the body part to the legs.
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- And so here's the exercise.
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- You'll stand split weight, but not in the middle.
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- You'll stand mostly over one foot, but
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- but not so much that if you were to pick up the other leg,
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- you wouldn't fall, right?
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- But you're mostly on the other foot.
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- And then your partner is gonna gently push you the other way
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- until you can pick up your free leg.
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- It's not so gentle. And then they'll push your body
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- over and you'll collect your feet and it will
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- feel a little bit like a snap.
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- So one more time. And then in this case,
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- she tumbles me over.
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- Um, and you can do it inside or, or fun or back.
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- Um, but one key point is that
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- the foot doesn't move until the center moves.
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- The center doesn't move until the foot moves.
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- And then, so in super slow motion,
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- there's a moment right here.
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- If I pick up my foot, I fall.
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- And as she pushes right there,
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- I can pick up the foot off the floor.
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- And that's the first moment to realize, do that slowly.
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- Okay, now I can pick up the foot.
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- The point being that the leg needs to be cleared
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- of the floor so that it can connect
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- to the core and move together.
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- And then after that,
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- then it'll swap.
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- And the movement of the center
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- and the movement of the leg will really correspond.
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- And you can do this not only in a sidestep,
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- but you can do this in front or back as well.
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- So for example, if I was taking a back step, I would,
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- once again, I don't stop in the middle
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- because I'll be really heavy.
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- I'll stop mostly on the back foot and
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- He'll be really heavy anyway.
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- And then I'll say, oh, I can feel,
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- Oh, that's not so bad, That collect my feet.
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- Or it could be a forward step.
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- Uh, and I'm paying attention to the collection.
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- Notice I've moved to the front foot.
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- Eh, uh, sorry, I'm too far back. Scoop. There we go.
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- Um, and like looking at it,
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- it doesn't look like much is happening, but, but when it
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- Feels like much is happening,
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- So we're, again, the beginning, very slow.
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- Then the collection do fast for a while,
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- and then once you get that, you can go a little slower.
