Today we did the same sweeps as Wednesday but Sean made some biomechanical oberservations that I didn’t remember from the last time.

For the sweep where you slide down the outside of your opponent’s thighs, it’s really important to pop up, scooping your opponent’s knees with your pelvis so his thighs are stacked against his chest. When you swing your leg over, you want to engage your hip drive. If your head is past your hips too much, it’ll be hard to stick this move.

For the flip-over pass, we did it slightly differently today. We did the flip with our hands at our sides, and then locked them around the opponent’s legs with a gable grip after completing the flip. Then we yanked the opponent’s legs up and back so they were resting on the top of our thighs, thereby isolating his entire lower half. Cool!

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