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SAMI - Elbow Separation

A common issue is having the arms bend too much during the release. The SAMI can help you hear your arms bending in case you have a hard time feeling their movements.

Tags: Drill, Intermediate

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This drill is monitoring the elbows with the bootleg Sammy.

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So I've got my bootleg Sammy and I've got a larger rubber band so that I can slide the rubber band

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all the way up around just above my elbow kind of like this.

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And then I'm going to attach it to the outside edge of my sleeve, if I can.

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Usually I do this part first so I'm not tethered to the actual rubber band.

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There we go.

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Alright, so now I've got a feedback mechanism that's going to let me feel.

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If the arm's bend I'm going to hear it.

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If the arm's get closer, I'm not going to hear it.

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So this allows me if I'm working on more of a chicken wing or trying to get those arms

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to extend all the way through, but I'm just not really aware of what's going on.

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This gives me a great feedback or a feedback mechanism for feeling the difference between

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those and hearing the difference between those.

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Hopefully you can pick it up on the microphone.

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So I like this little spatial awareness tool.

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I've got a number of different ways that I use it.

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This is a simple one for monitoring the elbows and I actually prefer it to say squeezing

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a ball, squeezing a balloon because of the auditory component.

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I think it makes it easier for you to then train the movement.

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