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Better Cheerleader?
Im 14 nearly 15. I live in England, London.
Well, basicly I really want to become a cheerleader. I want to know that before i try out, is there anything I could do at home to make me more flexible or anything like that. Anything that could help me increase my chance of being on a squad.
Thanks, Vikki x
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Hey better cheerleader, somethings you could do at home are 50 push-ups and sit-ups at night before you go to bed. You should also get a chair and hold on to it while doing toe-touches. You should practice doing your scorpio, hurkey,and any gymnastic stunts.
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Well, the best thing you can do is enroll in a tumbling or cheer class. But since you asked for things you can do at home, here are a few exercises to help your flexibility and jumps:
Stretching your Right & Left Leg Splits:
Sitting up tall on your knees, extend one leg straight in front of you and lean forward, trying to touch your chin to your knee (you should feel a stretch in the back of your leg); hold for 15 seconds. Then, keeping your front foot in place, bend your front knee and lean forward, pushing your hip toward the floor (you should feel a stretch on the top of your back leg); hold for 15 seconds. From there, slide down as far as you can into a split, and hold for 3-5 minutes. Every minute or so, take a deep breath, then let it out slowly as you push yourself down a little further. Be sure to do both legs.
Stretching your Middle Splits:
Pancake Stretch - Sitting in as big a straddle as you can, slide your hands out as far as you can in front of you; ultimately, you want to be able to stretch all the way forward until your chest and stomach can touch the floor.
Stretching with weights:
Wearing some 1-3 pound ankle weights, lie on the floor with your legs up against the wall, and straddle, trying to get your feet as close as you can to the floor. Hold that position for a while (you can read a magazine or something).
T-Kicks:
Standing up straight with your arms extended out to the side in a wide V, kick each leg up to the side 10-20 times. Be sure to keep your knee pointing up to the ceiling, and not turned toward the front. This will help both your strength and flexibility for toe-touch jumps. To help with hurdler jumps, do the same thing but with your arms extended in front of you, and kick each leg high in front of you.
Jumps:
Make yourself a list of jumps you want to practice, and then practice them in front of a mirror every day. Do 10-20 of each jump every day, and this will help a lot!
The main thing is to practice every day! It's easier to make it a habit if you can do it the same time each day (first thing in the morning, or right after school, or whatever, as long as you're consistant). Make yourself a little chart and check off the exercises as you do them; that gives you a good feeling of accomplishment!
Good luck!
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stretch everyday. that will help with your flexibility. and you just have to be really loud and smile. then tumbling is a plus so its real good if you can do back handsprings and stuff like that. but i dont think that is required to be on the team. you could probably take a tumbling clinic over the summer. that would help =]
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