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Single Leg Hamstring Curl

Teaching points

Lay on your back on the floor with one heel on the ball, the other hovering above and arms on the floor
Lift your buttocks up off the floor
Roll the ball in towards you by bending your knee and hip until your knee is directly above your hip
Straighten the leg again by pushing the ball away
Lower the buttocks back to the floor

Variations and progressions

Perform the exercise as above but do not lower the buttocks back to the floor between reps
Perform with only one leg on the ball - lift the other up slightly away from the ball

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