For the past few months, our instructors have been asking us to do and practice Ricskon Gracie shoulder rolls for neck and shoulder flexibility. However, no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't do the shoulder rolls. In this drill, we started from a sitting position on our knees and rolled our shoulder on to the mat as if doing a forward roll and then tucked our chin and did an incomplete shoulder roll. The reason I say incomplete is because we end up on our shoulders and neck. It is similar to the drill in the link below and I think the link does a better job of explaining it.
http://bjjtech.com/tech/tech-detail.asp?id=312&name=Sideways+Shoulder+Roll
Where I had trouble doing this was staying on my neck and shoulders. I always ended up doing a complete forward roll and could never stabalize myself on my neck and shoulders until I finally figured it out yesterday. The key to this drill is your feet. The farther back your feet are from your face, the easier it will be. I can't find any pictures or videos of this drill on the internet but if I do, I'll post it.
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