Hip flexibility and mobility allows athletes to become more powerful and perform athletic movements efficiently. From powerful dives off the blocks in swimming to jumping over hurdles with greater ease at a track meet, hip mobility enhances athletic performance
Having tight hip muscles can impede an athlete's full range of motion. Lack of hip mobility also causes athletes to execute lifting exercises incorrectly and put strain on their back muscles. Improving hip mobility will not only increase athletic performance, but can also help prevent lower back pain or injury and boost explosive movements!
Here are a few hip mobility exercises from my Hip Mobility Manual that will help you keep improving:
HURDLE SQUAT UNDERS
COACHING CUES:
- Squat under hurdle
- Head and chest up
- Neutral spine
INCHWORM
COACHING CUES:
- Start standing tall
- Reach to floor until palms are flat
- Walk hands forward and push hips to floor
- Walk feet forward with hands still on floor
HURDLE FORWARD LUNGE UNDER/OVER
COACHING CUES:
- Lunge front leg through hurdle , chest to bar
- Sit back, ducking head under hurdle
- Step through keeping neutral spine
- Drive knee up clearing hurdle
- Drive back knee over hurdle to finish
You have to do the small things in order to accomplish BIG THINGS! Hope you can incorporate these mobility exercises in your training!