# @milespartain on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2024-03-23T01:53:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Miles Partain (@milespartain) — https://gondola.cc/milespartain

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Great shots from 📸 ka1ob in San Diego working with paullotman and michaelkplacek!

Thanks to centerpointsecurities for their support!

Working on some defensive footwork, using a dynamic/living split step as opposed to a generic hop that’s the same every time, and my optimal body position with my shin/torso angle and weight distribution.

I’ve learned that the shin and torso angle needs to generally track together as much as possible. Steeper shin angles are indeed faster but only if your torso can match it. My torso is often steeper than my shins, which is almost definitional to when someone stumbles. Your shins can also be steeper which is definitional to being on your heels or what people look like when they’re caught off balance.

And a lower center of mass isn’t necessarily better. Sometimes higher, it just depends on your body’s initial conditions, i.e. your body’s lever lengths, your leg dominance, total hip arcs, and more. 

Also learning about the GRF (ground reaction force) and using that. The more you force you give the more it gives back. 

Another thing is that negative steps are generally very good. You won’t find very many defenders who don’t use it, not only to run shots down but also to dig.

Fun stuff! Amazing how complex everything is, there’s so much to learn. If I just listen to my body, even if it’s something “wrong,” it’s usually telling me something very important and I’ve learned as I keep playing to listen and watch closely. Nothing ever changes in isolation, and knowing how connected everything is helps understand the implications of it all.

Pretty cool body, sport, and world God has made.

Job 12:7-9 But ask the beasts, and they will teach you; the birds of the heavens, and they will tell you; or the bushes of the earth, and they will teach you; and the fish of the sea will declare to you. Who among all these does not know that the hand of the Lord has done this?

#JesusRules #audienceofone #beachvolleyball #volleyball #beachvolleyballworld #beachprotour #avp

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jesusrules, volleyball, beachvolleyballworld, beachvolleyball, avp, audienceofone, beachprotour

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