More drills
for perfecting your toe touches. Special thanks to Erica
for posting these in the About Cheerleading forum.
Toe
Touch Drills:
Cheerleading
Crunches: lay on your back on the floor, legs straight out in front of you,
arms in a touchdown (up beside your head). Sit up, bringing your legs up and
rolling back into a toetouch position (straddle), and bring your arms between
to a T. Just think like you're doing a toetouch sitting on the floor. 10-15
is good to start. They hurt, and they look and feel awkward, but they'll help
your jumps so much.
Squat Jumps:
crouch down, touching your fingertips to the floor. Jump up, bringing your
arms above your head, shrugging up your shoulders like you would doing a jump.
As soon as your feet touch the floor, return to the starting position. 20
is a good number to start with, increase gradually.
Consecutive
tucks: do a tuck with the approach. As soon as you hit the floor, go back
up into a tuck with no prep. 5-10 to start.
Also, try doing
100 jumps every night, 10 of each jump you know: tuck, abstract(double hook),
right hurdler, left hurdler. spread eagle, left front hurdler, right front
hurdler, right herkie, left herkie, and finally, your toetouch.
Do these in
addition to the leg lifts and kicks every day, at least once. You're toetouches,
and other jumps will improve tremendously. Make sure you stretch a lot, and
use your stomach and shoulders to get the height in your jump, as well as
your legs. Do lots of crunches to strengthen your stomach.
Do you have a question
about Cheerleading? Need some help with a jump or stunt? Be sure to stop by
the About Cheerleading
forum and ask your questions there.
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