| Toe Touch DrillsDrills for perfecting your toe touches. Toe
Touch Drills:
- Start off by
stretching out. Make sure you are warmed up before you actually throw any
jumps to avoid pulling or straining muscles.
- Next do 3 sets
of leg lifts: sit in a straddle on the floor, hands are behind you for support
(hands should be on the floor, under or near your tail), slightly lean back
and lift both legs (about a foot off the floor), keep your legs STRAIGHT,
WITHOUT your legs touching the floor lift them 10 times, release, count to
10 for a breather and repeat. Do a total of 3 sets. Leg lifts are hard but
it will strengthen your legs and improve the height of your jumps!!!
- After leg lifts
we do side high kicks: arms in a T motion, with right leg kick 5 times, breather
for for 5 seconds, switch to left leg 5 times.
- Ready to begin:
Throw your toe touch, count 5-6-7-8, throw another, then repeat. (I make my
squad do 10)
When you are
throwing your toe touch:
- Make sure you
have a good prep (feet and legs together, bending knees, keeping your back
straight). Really concentrate on using the muscles in your legs when prepping,
after all that is how you get off the ground in the first place :).
- When you are
in your toe touch position (in the air) DON'T reach for your legs. Arms should
be in a 'T'. Bring your legs to your arms, not arms to your legs!
- Keep your legs
straight. Bent knees make a toe touch look sloppy.
- POINT YOUR TOES,
and when landing, make sure your feet are together... DON'T FORGET TO SMILE!!
:)
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- Former NFL Cheerleader
- UCA All Star
Cheerleader
- NCA All American
Cheerleader
- NCA Danz All
Star Danzer
- UDA All American
Dancer
- Top Gun Funk
Award
- PHS National
Dance Champs (ASC) 1997
- UK Wildcat Danzers
3rd placeNCA
Danz Nationals 1998
- Choreographer
for AGS (Allen, KY) 7 time back to back county champs and 4th place at NCA
Nationals 2001.
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