Cross Crawl pattern as baby’s left upper extremity goes forward, so too does the right lower extremity
As DBAM starts moving into education on the topic everything youth sports, it’s important to consider our most primitive movement patterns. This is where it all starts.
Babies start their true ability to move around by crawling. It involves the left upper extremity moving forward while the right lower extremity also moves forward. Then vice versa. The cross crawl is not just a thing kids do before they get upright. The crawling movement is an essential action to proper development of the brain. This is why those parents who try to have their kids walk as soon as possible are, can we say, Meatheads? Continue Reading →