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Originally posted by rainmaker
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Originally posted by zebraman
P.S. to Rainmaker. Coaches are constantly telling their players to get lower and wider. A defender that has their feet shoulder width apart is pretty much standing straight up and is going to get beat every time.
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He won't get beat, if he's moving his feet (rhyme unintentional!). I certainly can't see that going wider when standing straight up helps much. It seems to me that if someone is standing straight up and then keeps spreading the legs wider and wider, it's going to get harder and harder to move. It's the bending of the legs that gives the lower, more effective, more mobile stance, not the spreading of the legs. Coaches yell at their kids, "Sit down!" not "Spread out!"
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Yes, the bending of the legs does give you the more mobile, stable stance, but try dropping your butt and bending your knees while keeping your feet just shoulder width apart. You won't have much mobility, balance or power, but if you spread those legs out, now you have a solid base to work from. Wider is better.
Just try this, lower yourself, bend your knees and keep your feet shoulder width apart then have someone in front of you give you a push on your shoulders while trying to keep your balance. Now do the same thing but spread your feet out about 6 inces to a foot past your shoulders and have them give you the same push, lot harder to knock you over.