Quick Tip: Leg Straightening/Tightening
Hi All,
Today I wanted to give you a quick drill/exercise for developing straight knees. These are toe taps. This is an exercise that I think should be done at least a few days a week if not every day. If you have oversplits in your warm-up it’s a quick minute or two that can be done before or after them that you’ll be grateful you did. One of the reasons we get sloppy form from gymnasts is that their muscles actually aren’t strong enough to squeeze them as long as we ask them to. So we need to develop their strength with drills like this.
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Great drill! How many reps for each position do you suggest?
It’s always great to see different drills and drills I’ve seen before to help remind me.
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Love this! I can use these techniques in my dance studio!
It really is about all the little things when you want to get better. Big moves can only be learned when you get your muscles ready for it.