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have them practice at home by standing on one leg while watching tv or something. thats what i do for my left leg so when I stunt with my opposite leg, its strong enough.
also my coach makes our whole team do calf raises (30) for warm ups. He makes every team. Even our youth lvl two team. He makes us do other warm ups too before practice but the calf raises really help with strengthening so its not wobbly during stunting
Sorry if this sounds stupid, but what are calf raises?
I have my flyers do their body positions on the ground first, so i can fix issues.
And it´s really important to look at the bases grip, once they hit a stunt (my bases do this) confidently, they start being "lazy" on their grip. So i tell them to fight every time like they never did this stunt before.
When you say did the steps, are you talking about calf raises? What do you mean you did the steps?I was really shaky at my one leg stunts, too. One day, in my pe class, we did the steps. After, I went to cheer practice and I hit ALL of my one legs! Also, believing in yourself and trusting your bases was one of my main issues (i have sprained my ankle before from them). Hope this helped!
I have a level 2 youth team and their one leg stunts have become weak and wobbly. Does anyone have any ideas to help strengthen this area?
yes, thats what i meant.When you say did the steps, are you talking about calf raises? What do you mean you did the steps?
1st - Don´t squeeze your body to be tight, instead of that stretch your body to make a better line with the vertical axis, and lift with the shoulders.
2nd - The belly to the back (like hiding your belly). If you squezze your abs you are just using your front part of the core to try tight hips but you still can rotate to the hips to the sides, so if you "hide your belly" you are going to use more muscles of the core to do it.
3th - To block the knee, need to squeeze cuadricepts to extend that joint.
4th - To tight the ancle, you need to squeeze the toes. (Like the wrist, you need to tight or squeeze the fingers to block the movement of that joint and both joints are very similar)
5th - In lib, the free leg very tide to the inner part of the supported leg, to avoid starting balance herself.
6th - Practice and have fun
That´s true, I basically tell them you must keep the same posture of the handstand but standing non-inverted. Love your postTotally agree with Ivan:
One additional thing that will REALLY help -even though this may seem unrelated is headstands and handstands, and practice keeping these for as long as possible. Whilst inverted, athletes will have no option but to adjust their alignment and core strength, and elongate their bodies to be as long and straight as possible. Inverted training on a regular basis will then give them enough muscle memory to replicate this in the air, with all stunts - and especially, one legged ones.
This exercise is not just great for the flyer / top person, but also a great exercise for bases to drill good posture for all their stuntng so that they don't over-compensate by arching their back - instead make full use of their core strength.
Hope this helps!
I agree with this and have to share...first of all I'm a parent of 3 CP's. I don't know really how to explain this other than there is a certain way that my fathers side of the family walks. I inherited it along with my CP's. It's call the "T....bounce". Everyone walks on their tip toes and that exact exercise is something that we all subconsciously do when we are just standing still.That´s true, I basically tell them you must keep the same posture of the handstand but standing non-inverted. Love your post