Technique Common Faults

Area Common Faults
Head & Trunk  

 

Head looking down/looking up

Head moving side to side/up and down

Leaning too far forwards/backwards

Too Straight (no lean)

Leaning to one side (frontal view)

Twisting at the trunk

Arms  

 

Small range of movement

Shoulders Hunched Up

Arms Tensed up

Arms too straight/too bent

Crossing the body

Hips  

 

‘Sitting back’ and not extending hips

Dropped Hips to one side

 

Knees  

 

Knee dropping in or out

Poor Knee Drive

Not extending knee on down phase

Feet  Heel Strike

Toes pointing down (not active)

Foot Landing in front of body

Over Pronation/Supination