How to Make Your Cheer Jumps Higher

In this article you will learn the secret of the infamous cheerleading jumps.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• You
• Determination
• Dedication
• A love of cheer leading or a need of higher or successful jumping.

1. Now I know you might not like to hear this but you must STRETCH and WORKOUT everyday. Things to workout: All parts of your legs, abs, and your shoulders and back.

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   STRETCHES: sit on the ground and spread your legs apart as far as they will go. Lean to the right and try to grab your right foot with your left arm over your head. Do the same with the left but using your right arm. Lean to the middle. Hold all your stretches at least 15-20sec. Put your legs together and lean forward and touch your toes. Make sure you don't bend your legs. Stand up. Put your legs together and lean forward trying to touch the ground. If you twist you back both ways to the side it will stretch your back as well. Stand straight up and twist you self from side to side keeping your hips and legs still. Bend your knees out ward and place your hands on your knees. Drop your right shoulder and hold then drop your left shoulder and hold. Remember hold all stretches for at least 15-20sec. Stretch your splits and if you can't do the splits then go down as far as you can and hold it there. Make sure to do it with your right leg in front then your left leg in front.

3. Workouts: Pushups (2 sets of 10) Sit ups or crunches(2 sets of 20) Jumping Jacks(50) Jump builders. (2 sets of 30sec.)_How to do jump builders_ Stand with your feet together and jump spreading them apart in the air and landing with your feet together and jumping back up and repeating continuously. Hip Flexors(2 sets of 10 on each leg and 1 set of 10 with both) _How to do Hip Flexors_ Sit on the ground with your legs spread apart place your left hand in the middle of your legs and your right on the outside by your right leg. ry not to lean backwards as you lift you right leg about try inches of the ground and lowering it without touching the ground then lifting again and so on and so forth. Do the same with your left but with your right hand the middle and your left on the outside. then put both of your hands in the center and lift both of your legs at the same time.

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   Okay this is the moment you've been waiting for. The secret of jumping is. ..........JUMPING! That's right jumping. I don't know how many times I've seen girls or guys prepare to jump then just throw their legs up and hope for the best. No that's not the way to go! You must actually jump! You have to explode from your legs! I know it sounds cliche but try it try actually jumping and jumping hard. Swing your arms and lean forward then just explode. trust me I figure this out just yesterday and I already can feel the difference. And another thing I found out was that I didn't get tired quickly. I did stamina jumps over and over and he best thing was that I could actually do them!

Tips & Warnings

• Always do a light workout before stretching and jumping.
• Don't get discouraged if you are having problems. Remember no matte how bad you are at first there are always people out there worse than you!
• Do your jumps daily. As well as your stretches and workouts.
• Watch yourself in a mirror or reflective glass and fix and hand issues.
• Do your jumps into a pool to get the feel of hitting the position in the air. But make sure you jump forward a little more than you would so you land in the pool.
• Hold all stretches for 15-20sec. Longer if you are trying to improve your flexibility. When you stretch- stretch.
• Always stretch before jumping so you don't pull a muscle.
• Be careful not to hit your knuckles together on the "takeoff". You can bleed.
• Always land with your knees bent and your waist bent as well. This prevents future aches and pains.
• You won't improve if you don't try.