Roll Away

Teaching points

• Kneel on the floor with your wrists on the ball in front with your elbows bent
  
  
• Concentrate on keeping a straight line through your torso throughout the exercise
  
  
• Roll the ball away from you, so the ball moves along your forearms to the elbows
  
  
• Hold for 5 seconds, maintaining your straight back - don't let the back arch downwards

Variations and progressions

• To make the exercise harder, move the ball further away from you

Muscles worked

• Rectus Abdominus
  
  
• Transversus Abdominus

Alternative exercises

• Plank
  
  
• Crunch

Related injuries

• Abdominal strain
  
  
• Lower back pain