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Danica.Liu
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    Some questions for you!
    1) Prior to climbing up for the salto, I am finding my silks have split quite a lot so climbing up cleanly is tricky. Any suggestions aside from growing my legs longer? Once I get to a certain point I can drive down my leg to help close the silks, but for now it takes a couple of climbs before I can even join the silks.
    2) After the salto, I find I’m not able to consistently get the silk to sit in my knee pit, it ends up high in my thigh and I have to slide it down manually. Do I need to lean back further to ensure the capture on the knee? I’ve tried to work out where my upper body needs to be to ensure the knee pit, but can’t quite nail it consistently.
    3) On that pose after the salto, I’m not able to arch back to reach the back pole (position isn’t comfortable) – I can do it if I bend my back knee though, so I wonder if the back arch is a flexibility thing?

    Video of one of my attempts so hopefully you can see what I mean. The angle is bad to see the split in the silks, but you can see the rest lol

    https://www.silksstars.com/community/danica-liu/media/4737/