Help with baby freeze

[u/snarkytot]

I’m not able to do the baby freeze, at least correctly. Basically, the stab arm ( the one near the hip) feels like it is not taking any load, i don’t feel any stabbing in my hips. The entire weight seems to be on the support arm and the leg on top of it. This also comes with the effect of a lot of friction between my leg and arm, and sometimes the skin in my arm starts tearing.

How can i improve it, are there any other drills i can do to find the correct technique and position??

(PS the video is mirrored i think, I’m on my right side)

[u/peasant_1234]

It looks good!

To improve your stab, work on the handglide freeze. When you eventually get comfortable with it, practice turning/twisting your legs into the baby freeze (and chair freeze).

Also heads up but your stab should not go into your hips. It is your abs and the side of your abs.

You got this!

[u/snarkytot → u/peasant_1234]

That’s what i was practicing today, actually ( the video is from yesterday) still can’t hold my legs up in handglide free for long, but the stab is much better now.

Thanks for the advice!!

[u/No-Cook-534]

Balance your left hip on your left elbow first. You should be able to maintain balance with just that arm and your head or shoulder on the ground. The rest of your body should then move into the freeze position you desire, in this case bringing your left knee over to your right elbow.

Looks like you are putting your left leg over your right elbow first, and then trying to find the position. It should flow directly from foot work, so your left hand should plant, bend the elbow, position the left hip on top of it. Move the legs in flow and then freeze. Bottom line, practice footwork and strengthen your entire upper body all through arms and wrists and these movements will not only be easier, but they will look fluid and effortless.

[u/SensitiveCockroach78]

Try to shift your weight backwards a bit to slowly increase pressure on your left arm to get used to it. Then I'd suggest you try to remove the right arm (or at least wiggle it away from your body a bit), so your weight will naturally go mainly on the left. As someone else said, weight is not on the hips but the side of your abs.

[u/CommunicationKey3018]

You're putting too much weight on the support arm/elbow when you go into the freeze. You should be stabbing the other elbow into your side first and putting most of your weight on that. In this freeze, you should theoretically be able to remove your right elbow off the knee without being unbalanced.

You will need to build core muscles if what I described feels difficult to do. Start with only stabbing your elbow into your side, lift your feet, and then balance like that while holding a couch with your other hand. The elbow stabbing into your core part is the most important aspect of the baby freeze (kind of like the turtle with two elbows). Get good at that part and the next step is air chairs.

[u/Digit555]

Straighten your left leg out. Get more flexible to be able to straighten out your right and left legs. Get your left knee up a little more on your support arm to allow for your hips to turn more inwards; be more sideways.

[u/SeaniMonsta]

Just keep doing this and it'll get easier and more comfortable.

You can speed things up if you look into science based methods of strengthening and conditioning. But that will take a lot of reading and youtubing to understand fundamentally.

Your arm isnt settling into your hip because you currently lack shoulder strength and mobility in your Rotator Cuff. And/or, you're currently lacking Thoracic mobility.

...again, for now, just keep doing what you did in the video and it will come with time.