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Cheerleading: Toe Touch
I need help getting my toe touch. I just can't get it high enough. I stretch everyday and still not progress. People tell me to "roll my hips" but I dont know what they mean. Help!
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Stretching is not the only thing you need to do. I'm a cheerleader myself, and we do hip flexer drills. you sit on the floor in a stradle and do 10 leg lifts with your right, then your left not letting your leg touch the ground. Next your gonna want to put your arms out in a "T" while still sitting in a stradle and lift both legs off the ground while NOT leaning back. It's a lot of ab work to keep your back straight, and it will hurt at first but your toe touches will be amazing!!! As for rolling your hips back, they just mean to have your knees turned back/behind you, and probably POINT YOUR TOES lol :) i really hope that by stretching and strengthening your hip flexers you will reach your goal of a high toe touch :) GOOD LUCK
Love,
Cheerleader2012
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ok when you do i toe touch make sure your back is strait and try doing them contiuneously on a trampoline for like 1 min then rest and do it again you dont really have to touch your toes it actually makes you lower.
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hey
alright my toe touches usedd to suck and this is really good advice
alright when they say roll your hips, (this is gonna sound retarted) but try to push your crotch to the ceiling and your toes to the wall behind you.
practice doing a toetouch and pushing your hips up like i told you and landing on your bed or another squishy thing.
and...ALWAYS KEEP YOUR CHEST UP...YOU WONT BEND YOUR KNEES THAT WAY AND YOU JUMP WILL BE HIGHER.
hope this helps, answer me back.
<3 brownie
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ask wut they mean.....
>M<
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try doing it on a trampoline.. ur bound to get it eventually! just dont give up --rachael
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roll out ur hips
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Ok so when you are just sitting down watching tv or doing hw, w/e, just sit in stradle position a little bit farther every day so your legs get used to it. That way when you jump your legs will just do it. Also, when your do a toe touch keep your back straight and use your stomach mussles to pull your legs up. What i mean is don't lean foward trying to reach for your toes b/c your body will get used it and your toe touch will get worse. And i no this is a bad idea but, when your sitting in class or at the dinner table try and sit upright like with good posture so that when you jump your back will be straight. I'm doing cheerleading now so i no wat u're going through. And also (i no its a lot) make sure u REALLY stretch your crotch mussles before youo start jumping. Hope I helped, plz rate me.
~*~Naomi~*~
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just keep practicing with ur flexibility.it mite take a little while but ull get it eventually
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practice ur jumps everday n stretch realli well n practice ur splits everyday cus then u'l b abel 2 do ur toe tuch in no time it worked 4 me!
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ok!..I'm a cheerleader and I have a good to touch so i thjink i'll be able to help!...ok make sure that when you stretvh to keep your back straight and to keep your toes pointed...and to get your legs more strengthined (if thats a word) you could do the froggy hops and when you jump up jump straight up and point your toes...that helps a lot..then you could maybe get up on your porch and jump off and do a touch toe as good as you can and that will help too.. hope this works for ya! =]
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YAY! someone has a cheerleading question! i was hoping to see one of these. Well hm..tuff one. If you've been streching HARD everyday & practing the jump alot then u shuld have it. Well, just try like standing up & going from up to the ground into your front split & if u know what chinese roll-thrus that's a VERY helpfull thing 2 do.
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Hey im a cheerleader too and something you can do is jump roping every day for about 2-3 mins.. Itll REALLY help you jump higher..It sounds cheesy but I sware it worked so good for me..Also, when you are prepping to jump [u know when u clap 1 2, high V 3 4, jump 5 6, land 7 8, start over 1.] try bouncing while u are counting to get ur momentum up. Thatll really help you too. Do maybe 20 side kicks for ur left and right leg everyday for about 1-2 weeks. Or u can try having some1 spot u while u do a toe touch. Meaning have the stand behind u and hold your upper body up so you have extra help in jumping high and getting your legs up..
love kristin
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stretching does not ALWAYS help......if you have a tramp. do it on there! it will help you faster!
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Hey don't worry we're not all cheerleaders!
LOL.
I'm trying out for varsity cheer @ my school in a couple of years myself! I have never even thought of cheer but I realized I have really good jumps. What I did to work on my toe touch was to stretch everyday for a couple of minutes. Then I did the splits as far as I could for a minute and everyday I'd try and go down even lower till I hit the ground. Trust me, the more overload you put on yourself you can always improve! But if you keep the same pace, you wont improve...so PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT in this case. Hehe!
Hope that helped!
~Chloe*
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excersise more get in a better shape u are in right now and mayb put ur foot up on like a desk or something and strech it really well and try again! u can do it
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Hey ookkk you need stretches! My toe touch sucks too...But what I did to get it higher was reading this page [Link](Mouse over link to see full location) and doing what it tells you. Also its good to jump up and down and try to touch your ceiling. Good luck
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