Are these good workouts for toe touches in cheerleading?

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squat jumps

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kicks (where you kick as high as you can on each leg while putting your arms in a high V and counting the numbers out loud)

leg lifts (where you sit in a straddle position and lift your leg off the ground...that's hard!)

I also read that actually doing the toe touches themselves are the best way to improve. Is that true?

And is it possible that a really inflexible person like me can be super-flexible and possibly do the splits by next April (time of tryouts).

I tried out for the cheer team at my college in April but didn't make it...the coach said that I needed to improve my jumps, and though she and the judges thought I had a lot of potential, they were unsure whether I would keep up with practices or not because I never had cheer/dance experience so they decided to cut me. There is no stunting or competition and tumbling is optional so it's pretty easy.

So are these good plyometric workouts for jumps?

Answer 1

those are good drills here are a few tips. on the kicks kick as high as you can without bending you knees at all especially the one on the ground and dont hunch your back otherwise you ruin the purpose. Doing toe touches everyday like 10 a day is the best way to get them higher and improve your technique. if you sit in your spits everyday for like 2 min each you will have them in less than a month. and while in your left and right split hold your arms in a high v this will help you get them faster because you wont have the resistance of your hands on the ground. When doing your jumps do them on the grass so you have to work harder to get them high. The only way you will get better is if you stretch everyday and do all of your jumps everyday! good luck!