I’m sorry I’m retired now, but look back, happily, on such a wonderful career…
Athletes often hear “you have one shoulder higher”, or “drop your left shoulder“…but unless you have a mirror…it is very difficult for athletes, and workers in the workplace who could sustain long term injury from sitting in a bent position to feel their posutre and change.
Instead of trying to figure out what the shoulders are doing….your elbows are WAY EASIER to feel.
Just rub your elbows up against your waist and you’ll soon see if one is lower than the other.
And of course if one elbow is more forward…that hand is more forward, putting a ‘twist’ through the spine!
Much easier than trying to figure out what your shoulders do, and WAY easier for coaches to see from the ground (especially in winter in lots of bulky clothing).
Enjoy!
- If one elbow is lower…one shoulder is lower, and that seatbone heavier, and probably that same foot turns out to support it, making one foot turn out more than the other.
- Whichever elbow/shoulder is lower…normally the opposite shoulder/elbow is more forward.
- For horse riders – if your elbows are in front of your belly button, you’re already on the forehand. While this will loose you marks in dressage, it will lose you the top rail in jumping. However…for police…you could LOSE YOUR LIFE! If both elbows are in front of your belly button, in riot conditions, you can EASILY be ripped off the horse and pulled to the ground.
Who knew elbows could save your life!