Bad knees. Help with toe touches, pikes and hurdlers!!!!!!!!! cheerleaders help please!?

Question

cheerleaders/gymnasts/and tumblers.. HELP!

Okay so I dont think I'm stretching right for my jumps.. My knees ALWAYS bend. My first year of cheerleading was this year and i didnt have the WORST toe touch, but i was deff the second worse. all me jumps for that matter..

can you PLEASE help me? i didnt make cheerleading this year for high school because of my jumps and having no tumbling and i wanna try out next year again. PLEASE give me some tips/advice?

Answer 1

sit in the splits every single day and make sure you're not bending your legs

also strengthening your legs would probably help a lot as well

the best thing i can think for this is get on a trampoline and practice your jumps on that, that way they're a lot easier to do and you can really focus on keeping your knees straight.

once you finally have the form right on the trampoline move to the ground!!

Answer 2

gymnast and cheerleader here

umm me too hunny but the best i can tell you is too take a class on cheer and good luck next year i do color guard maybe you should try its loads of funn!:]]

Answer 3

If your knees are bending in the jumps it probably means your hamstrings are way too tight.  Warm up until you get a light sweat before you stretch and make sure the pull you feel during the stretch is in the middle of your hamstring. If you feel the stretch in your knees you are stretching your tendons and ligaments rather than the muscle. To correct this bend your knees slightly in the stretch until you feel the pull in the middle of the back of your thighs.

Commit to stretching and jumping several times per day and you will see an improvement. If you would like to try some exercises to help you, there are some here: http://aescougarcheer.com/Cheer101/Skill...

For tumbling take a class and do these drills every day:  http://aescougarcheer.com/Cheer101/tumbl...

Good luck!