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Jim Dooner

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Part 1 of 5: Surface

This series will cover the 5 S’s of beam training and the Sport of Balance - the first S is Surface! Quick breakdown below ⬇️

🟢 Tape/Towel (Beginner)

🟦 SoleMate/Handrail (Intermediate)

◆ Classic TFC beam (Advanced)

Pick your surface based on your balance ability and foot resilience and gradually work towards a more challenging surface 👌

A great first challenge is building up to standing on one leg for 60 seconds on whichever surface you’re on - if that’s too easy, close your eyes 👀

Next up we’ll explore Stances - until then, start beaming 🕺 by @beamwithjim

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8 months ago

Most of us never learned how to train our feet, even as athletes.

Foot strength isn’t about smashing calf raises or doing boring towel scrunches.

It’s about volume over time, balance, coordination, and finding drills you actually enjoy enough to keep coming back to.

In this class teaser, we share some of our favourite balance-based foot strength drills that:

✅ Challenge coordination and skill

✅ Build serious foot strength

✅ Integrate with the rest of the body

✅ Stay fun enough to repeat day after day

These drills come from our Foot Strength Explore classes inside the Explorer Membership, where we progress movements from simple to more challenging levels.

👉 Find the full classes via the link in bio.

Comment ‘Feet’ to get sent the full YouTube video 🎥

#FootStrength #BalanceTraining #AthleteTraining #LowerLimb #TheFootCollective by @beamwithjim

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8 months ago

Welcome to Beam With Jim 🦶🕺 my whole goal with this page is to help people have more fun with foot and balance training and to share my own journey with it all along the way!

Obviously that whole journey really began by getting involved with TFC back in the day and it’s been awesome to reflect on the path that led me down, the things I’ve learnt and the life-long friends I’ve made in the process 💚

Probably worth noting that I do also have a life outside TFC… I’m a husband to an incredible wife (Ella) and a father of two beautiful beings (Olive & Henry) - I actually just recently returned from leave after Henry’s birth in December 👶🏻

I absolutely love being a dad and especially love that a big part of my role is just to get outside and play barefoot with them - it’s seriously amazing to watch them develop their movement abilities and I am becoming increasingly passionate about doing everything possible to avoid messing up the feet of our future generations 👣 taken in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia by @beamwithjim

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2 years ago

Very keen to continue regaining my strength, build back up my chin ups and progress to muscle ups, all of which is great for elbow/shoulder health (in the right dose, right recovery etc.) and still finding these simple warm-ups make a massive difference to how I feel with those movements 🙏 by @beamwithjim

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Picklehack 🥒 a match made in heaven!! by @beamwithjim

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2 days ago

Arguably the only reason to do mobility ‘work’ is to unlock the ability to play more with movement 🕺

And arguably building in variability to your mobility practice through playing with a simple task like catching a hacky on a racket/paddle makes it more bang for buck AND more relevant to sport & life 🎾

Plus if I’m going to spend a decent amount of time in some end range positions, I want to be entertained while I’m doing it 🤷‍♂️😅 by @beamwithjim

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4 days ago

You can use pretty much any racquet/paddle/bat for this depending on what you have on hand 🏓 whatever you use and whatever your level, you’ll be getting a serious dose of balance + foot training + hand-eye coordination… and you’ll have some fun!

Once you get your level you can also see how many ‘Bounce-Bounce-Thread’ combos you can do in a row without making an error 👀 my scores for the day were R) L4 - 9 and L) L4 - 3…

Comment how you went below or tag someone you would beat in this challenge 👇

#tennis #racket #balance #challenge by @beamwithjim

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5 days ago

Making it my goal to beat @nickholtfitness in a match… in 10 years 👀

Obviously I’m going to need to actually play some tennis (and get some coaching 😅) but my priority now is to make sure my elbow is up to the task after over a year of persistent pain!

The pain is gone now but that just means it’s time to step up the training, not slack off 💪 and of course it’s better when the training is fun!

Also throwing out a challenge to @thefootcollective.spanish @kirbymoves @barefoot.fin @barefootbreathperformance @codie.myo @maclyon.tfc @ben8watson @tomarchio.health @thefootnerds @james___golden @paulkirke in ANY racquet sport 🥸

#tennis #padel #pickleball by @beamwithjim

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8 days ago

Comment ‘TOE’ to watch the full breakdown on our YouTube

Your big toe does more than you think 👣

Limited big toe extension affects how your feet hit the ground, how you walk, run, and squat and can cause subtle compensations all the way up your body, from ankles to hips.

#BigToeExtension #FootFunction #MobilityTraining #TheFootCollective by @beamwithjim

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We put the team on the spot at the Sydney Barefoot Shoe + Foot Health Expo. 🎤

Turns out we don’t all agree on everything!

Drop your answers in the comments 👇
Barefoot or shoes at home? 🦶👟
Beach walk or bush walk? 🏖️🌳
Slow and controlled or fast and dynamic movement? 🚶‍♀️🏃‍➡️
Current favourite minimalist shoe? 👞

Comment “EXPO” to watch the full Barefoot Shoe & Foot Health Expo: Sydney 2026 Recap YouTube video!

#thefootcollective #barefootshoes #foothealth #naturalmovement #footfreedom by @beamwithjim

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a month ago

Around 80% of runners get injured every year. That’s a pretty confronting number for something that’s one of the most natural movements a human body can express.

We asked running coach Mitch from @runwildblue to show us what natural running technique actually looks like!

Natural foot function and running go hand in hand, and when you understand that connection, it changes how you approach training entirely.

Comment “RUN” for the full video!

Educational content only. Not medical advice. Full disclaimer: thefootcollective.com/pages/content-disclaimer

#RunningTechnique #FootHealth #RunningTips #FootStrength #BarefootRunning RunningForm RunningCommunity RunnerLife by @beamwithjim

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a month ago

Little update post Expo + Certifications and pre-UK tour 🇬🇧 very grateful to be able to call all this my work and to get to take my family along for the ride sometimes!!

Excited to meet some new faces and have a lot of fun over the next 5 weeks 🕺 by @beamwithjim

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