Not that your wrong (I didn't give you a 'thumbs down') but with the offenders' feet together they would have to separate them to take off running, something felt with the officers' foot against theirs. With the offenders' feet apart they have balance enough to take off either way. Unless of course you mean WAY apart, like when they are against a vehicle. I can see it either way.
"Sir you're under arrest! I want you to hop on your right leg for 5 seconds, do 10 jumping jacks, and then drop and give me 20 pushups! Do you understand?" Balls! They always use this stupid example of stopping a suspect for arrest, but it's the only method never used on the street, because it doesn't work and it's total BS!
I would ask a few questions. Why keep his feet together. Wouldn't it be to the officer's advantage to have the suspect spread his feet widely preventing him from easily turning around and engage the officer when he makes first physical contact. (Touch is a trigger). Directing the subject to put the hands into the small of his back. Does that not put his hands near the most likely spot that he might be hiding his weapon? Action being quicker than reaction, the subject knows that the officer has cuffs in his hands as he approached because he can hear them come out of the pouch or is simply going to go for it figuring he can beat the officer to the first shot. Would it not be safer to have the subject keeps his hands away, palms up and put the top cuff on at the same time as applying a thumb lock and pushing the wrist into the cuff? This provides for the iron wrist lock if there is resistance and keeps those hands away from the waist line. Then use a bit of pain compliance to get the subject to move his other hand towards the officer. Take it in a reverse wrist lock and push it into the remaining cuff. I've never been a fan of the concept that officers have the hand strength to hold a fully grown adult make by the fingers of two hands when they make a sudden change in behaviour. Have not witnessed anyone pulling that off in either the training world or the field.
In a real situation, though, you'll probably have to fight them into handcuffs. This is normal. It's part of the job. Learn to deal with it. *Without shooting them.*
So, I work in Loss Prevention and we use cuffs only when someone is resisting of course, and they are fighting. I am a small female, so it's usually huge dudes that I end up having to take down. I wish someone would make a real life scenario video. A few times I had suspects in the office that resisted the officer and they had to take them down, it was not calm like this video, things were getting smashed into and broken lol.
1:04, 2:46, 5:13 I'am not a policeman, but I want to give you a little tip, that I know from other handcuffing videos: The model "Smith & Wesson M300" that you are using is a very good high security handcuff and it has the keyholes only at one side. Put the keyholes ALWAYS away from the hands, this has got 2 important advantages for you: 1. Even if the arrested person gets the key, he can never ever untie the hisself, because he can't reach the keyholes. ABSOLUTE NO CHANCE for him to escape. 2. It is easier for you to put in the double lock / untie the person later, because he can not touch your hands on the other side (scratching you etc.). Hands to outside is OK. Greetings from germany
