My favourite pushing positions as a labor & delivery nurse 👩‍⚕️🤰🤱 1️⃣ Standing – Gravity is your friend! Standing can help baby descend and may make pushing feel more instinctive 2️⃣ Hands & Knees – Great for relieving pressure on the back, opening the pelvis, and helping babies rotate if they’re sunny-side up. 3️⃣ Extended Runner’s Lunge – One leg up and forward helps widen the pelvis and create more space for baby to move down. 4️⃣ Side-Lying – A resting position that still promotes pelvic

Close the distance, cut them off, take ground—THEN take their leg🦵 Circling alone keeps the distance the same—so by the time you shoot, the shot you want won’t be there. If you don’t close the distance and take ground FIRST, you’ll always be chasing what’s already gone💨 Cutting them off isn’t about chasing— it’s about controlling direction. Every step you take forward at an angle steals space, forces a reaction, and creates your window to attack. Watch 5-time NCAA Champion Carter Starocci—he’s

Popping is one of the most important movements in snowboarding. It’s a two-footed jump where you subtly shift your weight toward your back foot, keeping your tail in contact with the snow or Balance Bar until takeoff. A great way to train this is with the Jib Training Setup. Practice popping off your back foot so your front foot leaves first. The goal is to get onto a rail with minimal extra height, staying smooth and controlled. Keep a slight bend in your knees throughout the motion and land in