>
> In my school I place them so that their back foot rests against a wall and
> make them practice lunging from that position. In line drills when I'm
> walking around my students checking their form I will also simply place my
> foot against their back foot and force it to stay down so they get the
> message.
>

Sometimes I've had students that actually didn't have any feel for where
their ankle was in an action. A couple in particular tried very hard to keep
the foot flat to no avail. One had a very stiff ankle that forced it over in
a lunge, which he just had to get working properly. The other wanted to
learn no matter what. With his permission, I taped a BB to the bottom/side
corner of his big toe inside the shoe. One or 2 lunges that rolled the foot
was enough to train him never to do it again. He's still with me after 9
years and has a very flat anchored foot. A few others tried it and it worked
for them also. It's a bit drastic, but ---
Mike Anson



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