Rolling Waypoint Model

Movement with Kev - Rolling Waypoint Model Page 1 MOVEMENT WITH KEV ROLLING WAYPOINT MODEL Coach Study Binder - A mental map for deliberate rolling THE MODEL WAYPOINT -> DESTINATION -> PATHWAY -> PRESSURE -> EXPAND -> RETEST The goal is not to wander around looking for a painful spot. Give the client a clear starting reference, a destination, and a tissue corridor between the two. Use tolerable pressure, preserve breathing, then retest the movement or expansion target. STEP MENTAL QUESTION STOCK CUE 1. PRIMARY WAYPOINT Where do we start? Find your primary waypoint. 2. DESTINATION WAYPOINT Where are we going? Find your destination waypoint. 3. PATHWAY What tissue corridor connects them? Connect waypoint to waypoint. 4. PRESSURE How much input do we need? Pressure without guarding. 5. EXPAND Where are we trying to create room? Breathe into the space we're trying to open. 6. RETEST Did the input change anything? Same test. Same setup. What changed? 1. PRIMARY WAYPOINT - START Purpose: Give the ball or roller a repeatable anatomical starting reference. Stock language: Find your primary waypoint. - Set the ball here. - This is home base. - Start on tissue, not bone. - Know where you are before you move. 2. DESTINATION WAYPOINT - END Purpose: Define the direction before the roll begins. Stock language: Find your destination. - That's where we're traveling. - See the finish before you start. - We are going from here to here. 3. PATHWAY - CONNECT Purpose: Create a deliberate tissue corridor between the two landmarks. Stock language: Connect waypoint to waypoint. - Stay in the tissue corridor. - Follow the pathway; don't wander. - Slow enough to know where you are. - One clean line. Directional vocabulary: Distal to proximal. - Proximal to distal. - Up to down. - Down to up. - Inner to outer. - Outer to inner. 4. PRESSURE - INPUT Purpose: Create useful sensory input without provoking guarding. Stock language: Pressure without guarding. - Sink into the tissue; don't attack it. - Enough pressure to create input, not defense. - More pressure is not automatically better. - If you can't breathe, back off. Stop / redirect: Bone, sharp pain, numbness, tingling, radiating symptoms, or protective bracing are not the target. 5. EXPAND - CREATE ROOM

Movement with Kev - Rolling Waypoint Model Page 2 Purpose: Link the rolling input to the movement or ribcage space you are trying to make more available. Stock language: Breathe into the space we're trying to open. - Make room here. - Let the inhale spread into this region. - Don't force the breath. - Keep the pressure and let the ribs move. Language rule: Rather than claiming the ball literally pushes expansion through muscle fibers, describe the rolling path as an input intended to reduce compression / create space, then verify the result with breathing and retesting. 6. RETEST - VERIFY Purpose: Rolling earns its place by changing the relevant test, movement, ease, symmetry, or symptoms without creating a new compensation. Stock language: Same test. Same setup. - More range? - Easier? - Cleaner? - Did we create space? - Did it survive standing or walking? Decision rule: Better? Keep it. - Same? Maybe. - Worse? Lose it.

Movement with Kev - Rolling Waypoint Model Page 3 HOW IT FITS THE MOVEMENT WITH KEV SYSTEM Main framework: POSITION -> CONTACTS -> STACK -> ACTIVATE -> EXECUTE -> EXPAND / COMPRESS -> BREATHE -> RETEST Rolling-specific framework: WAYPOINT -> DESTINATION -> PATHWAY -> PRESSURE -> EXPAND -> RETEST For rolling, the waypoint/pathway system becomes the specialized version of CONTACTS + EXECUTE. You still establish a comfortable position, keep the neck and jaw quiet, breathe, and retest. THE DEFAULT ROLLING SCRIPT Find your primary waypoint. Find your destination. Connect the two. Stay in the tissue corridor. Pressure without guarding. Breathe into the space we're trying to create. Now let's retest. STUDY EXAMPLES FROM THE CURRENT PHASE 1 BANK ROLL PATH / DIRECTION PRIMARY PURPOSE IN CURRENT BANK Sternal Pec Distal -> Proximal Shoulder IR / anterior expansion access Clavicular Pec Proximal -> Distal Shoulder IR / anterior upper ribcage access Up-Down Rib Cage Up / Down emphasis Posterior ribcage expansion; shoulder ER/flexion Adductor Magnus Distal -> Proximal SLR; sometimes hip extension Glute Med Proximal -> Distal SLR; sometimes hip extension Vastus Lateralis Proximal -> Distal SLR; sometimes hip extension Memory line: Start somewhere. Know where you're going. Follow the path. Control the pressure. Create room. Prove it with the retest. Source basis: Movement with Kev Phase 1 Swayback Bank. The bank describes rolling as a low-threat input, uses directional rolling paths for multiple drills, and requires retesting rather than assuming more pressure is more effective.