Quality criteria for this movement:
Quality criteria are a series of boxes that must be ticked to ensure good quality, safe, efficient and effective movement. These criteria don’t cover the start, mid and end points of a repetition, but the quality of what happens between these points. For optimal movement patterns, only repetitions that meet these criteria should be counted.
- Vertical shins during the backswing.
- No excessive knee bend.
- Straight arm overhead.
- Ribs locked down when overhead.
- Outside of forearm touching handle of kettlebell overhead.