Hip Flexoe Stretches?

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Here are two drills that should improve your toe touches. Sometimes tightness in the glutes and lower back prevent an athlete from demonstrating their full range of motion while performing a toe touch. These two drills will improve range of motion, strength, and endurance in order to execute your touches correctly multiple times in a row.
Striders to Runner Pose

Step 1
Start in the plank position – or the push-up position – with your hands under your shoulders and your legs extended out.
Step 2
Lift one knee to your chest and keep your other leg extended straight out behind you with your toe on the floor and your heel lifted into the air.
Step 3
Rest your chest on your thigh and keep your head up with your eyes facing in front of you.
Step 4
Keep your knee over your ankle and extend your straightened arms to the ground, locking your elbows and putting the fingertips on the ground.
Step 5
Hold the pose, driving your back heel to the ground and your front thigh forward.

Step 6
Return to Plank
Step 7
Step your other leg forward
Step 8
Repeat for the required number of repetitions.
Striders to Runner Pose
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Stride To Runner Pose Front
Glute Stretch

Slide the right knee forward toward your right hand. Angle your right knee at two o’clock.
At the same time slide your left leg back as far as your hips will allow.
Keep your hips square to the floor. If your hips are not square, there will be unnecessary force on your back, and you won’t be able to open the hips to their fullest.
If you’re not feeling a deep stretch in your right glute, slide the right foot forward–little by little–toward your left hand. With practice, bring your foot parallel with the front edge of your mat
Your right thigh should have an external rotation, and your left thigh should have a slight internal rotation. This keeps pressure off the knee cap.
Depending on how you feel; you will be upright on your hands while sinking the hips forward and down. Level two will rest on their forearms, and level three will rest the chest on the floor with the arms fully extended in front of you.
Repeat steps for your other leg.
Step 11
This is a rapid and rhythmic shift that is repeated for the required number of repetitions.

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Glute Stretch
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Glute Stretch with Forward Hinge
 
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