How to Do Jumps & Kicks in Cheerleading

How to Do Jumps & Kicks in Cheerleading
Next, we're going to do our jumps and kicks. You're going to first start out by stretching. To do that, you're going to put your hands on your knees, drop one shoulder. You're going to stretch that inside of that muscle so you don't pull it. You're going to switch arms. Again, drop that left shoulder and stretch your other leg. Now, we're going to go over the prep for our first jump, which is called the toe touch. To start that prep, you're going to do that same motion, the high V, which we did earlier. Your arms are going to go straight up in that tight position, big cinnamon rolls. You're going to go on your toes. That's count number one. We go 1 on 2. You're going to drop down still on your toes, bring your legs together, arms are crossed. On 3, you're going to do your jump, which we'll demonstrate in just one minute. Okay, let's go over that one more time. On 1, you're up there. On 2, you're crossed. 3 you jump. On 4, you're going to land with your arms by your side, and on 5 you stand right up. Okay. Let's show that jump. Ready. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. Everyone see that? Good. Next, we're going to do our kick. To do our kicks, you're going to hit that high V again. See where those high V come in all the time? High V. The counts for that, for our kicks are 5, 6, 7, 8, you prep just like that. Your left leg is going to right behind or right in front of your right leg and you're going to kick on 1. Just like that. We'll go over that one more time. 5, 6, 7, 8, 1. Okay. We usually do that and instead of 8 counts so you really get all your legs stretched out and all of your muscles warmed up again to continue your cheerleading workout.