Rolling Styles for faster progress
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The boys talk about how and why....and when you should roll passively or aggressively in your BJJ classes. Paulie asked Kroyler if maybe he was being too lackadaisical in all his rolls and to maybe turn the answer into a pro tip. After a good mocking, he got just that... Kroyler goes through why rolling like it’s the world's finals match every time is a recipe for disaster, as well as why you’re not doing yourself many more favors by flow rolling every time. There are pros and cons to both styles of rolling and he goes over what they are. Some are more obvious than others. He breaks down the percentage of hard vs soft rolling by your desired goals and how many times per week you typically train and why. We all have a comfort zone in how we roll. Most of us need to get out of that zone one way or another so we can make faster and sometimes safer improvements in our own Jiu-Jitsu game.
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