As Naomi moves into the same split position, it is easy to see that the knees are not caving in. In fact she has gained enough glute and vastus medialis strength to land on one leg and to open the opposite hip. this improved postural position will now minimize the risk of overuse injuries and improve both Naomi's movement efficiency and dynamism to the next shot.

The split is like "A" in the alphabet of movement. Get it wrong and there are a lot of words you will never be able to spell!! Without a balanced explosive split there will be a knock on effect that will compromise all the other steps in the movement sequence.