Pike hold on blocks (straight leg entry)
Main points
- Feet close to blocks at start and legs together
- Press up onto toes, chest sucked in and hips pressed high
- Lift hips and squeeze legs into a ‘half elephant lift’ position with legs together
- Keep hips high as feet press forwards and up high into pike lever
- Repeat in opposite direction to finish
- Keep legs straight all the way through, from the start position, through the press to lever and back to the finish position
- Shoulders presssed down
- Hips pressed high
- Feet above the height of hips
- Shoulders pressed forwards over hands/fingers
- Chin up and chest pressed
- Hands shoulder width
- Fingers spread and facing forwards
- Arms locked straight
- Legs locked straight in seated position and throughout the move