Wall Angel
Also known as: Wall Angels, Wall Snow Angel, Standing Wall Angel, Back-to-Wall Angel, Wall Angel Slide
Body region
Muscles
Main
Helps
Holds
Technique
- Stand with your back, head and hips against a wall and your feet a short step away from it.
- Raise your arms to the sides with elbows bent at 90 degrees and the backs of the arms against the wall.
- Slide your arms up the wall into a Y shape, keeping contact with the wall as best you can.
- Slide back down until the elbows are by your ribs.
Cues
- Keep the lower back, head and ribs on the wall.
- Move slowly and only as high as you can with contact.
- Keep the shoulders down.
Common mistakes
- Arching the lower back to get the arms up.
- Letting the arms or wrists leave the wall.
- Shrugging toward the ears.