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#SquattingIsABalanceSkill2018: The Twitter Remix
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To be effective in your coaching you need to know why errors happen.
In squatting, most errors are due to the fact that athletes are afraid they are going to fall over.
Warning: this will be a long thread.
To be effective in your coaching you need to know why errors happen.
In squatting, most errors are due to the fact that athletes are afraid they are going to fall over.
When we squat, we need to keep the projection of our centre of mass (the arrow in the picture), within our base of support (the pink area in the picture). If the arrow moves outside of our base of support we will fall over. 
A common cue is "push the hips back to start the squat". As the athlete pushes their hips back, the projection of the centre of mass (PCOM) moves backwards. When the PCOM reaches the edge of the base of support (BOS), the athlete can't squat any deeper using this strategy.
