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Hi, my name is Matt Goms and I would like to talk about now, about forward marching
and the process of doing that, what the best technique to try and achieve from that is
going to be. Once you've achieved your posture and you're ready and set, and you're ready
to take your first step. What we want to do is to try and push all of the weight forward
at the same time, so that your foot doesn't go and then your body goes, so that you get
this delayed reaction that happens this way, o.k. So, the first thing that you want to
think about is, making sure that you take all the way forward at the same time. And,
as you take that step, that you're going to drive your heel into the ground, getting your
toes in the air, as high as you can get them without losing your balance. I should be able
to hold this for quite a while, if you can see my heel is in the ground and my back heel
is actually off the ground. So, I'm in motion and I should be able to hold that. So, that's
the type of form that you want to achieve once you take that first step. You can have
them do it slowly, where you move slow, one step at a time, making sure that you're rolling
from your heel, all the way to the ball of your foot. You can have them do it faster.
The one thing that you do not want to do, is make sure that the knee does not pick up
and then the foot sits down. Your heel should skim right across the top of the grass, as
you take that step. So, it should never be these bicycle steps that look like this.