Cues:
- Keep feet in a straight line from front to back
- Balance is part of the diagonal stretch
- Press through the ball of the back foot to pressurize quad and drive the hip forward
- Lean back and touch either your butt, hamstring, calf, or heel
- Feel a stretch through the anterior hip and quad
- You shouldn’t feel the low back, adjust to a smaller ROM as needed to not irritate the low back
Mistakes:
- Feet spread wide to assist with balance
- Closing the hip to reach down instead of back
- Working off the top of the foot instead of pressurizing through the ball of the back foot
- Reaching the wrong direction
- Moving through the low back and causing pain/discomfort
