so it s not fighting against you. and a lot of people will tense up if they re using a loose ball because they re worried about it falling to the ground. the muscles relax better. it s a little awkward for me because i m so tall to lean against the wall. i would say instead of. can you put one foot in back? yeah. but you don t have to be arching so much. you can keep your hips a little farther back. when we made the final decision, we tested it out on 300 professional athletes. we tested it out on a 7 foot basketball player, a 4 9 jockey and a 370-pound lineman. any hockey players in there? we just got our first hockey player this past season. you had another one. my boyfriend uses it. i told him to take it with him on a trip to russia. he was going to the olympics. i said here, use this.