Cheer Tryout Skill Review: Toe Touches

Cheerleading jumps are one of the many skills that cheerleaders must perfect for all levels of cheerleading. Jumps are not only a skill that is mandatory to master for tryouts, but once you’ve made a cheer team you’ll quickly find that all choreography for cheer routines feature jumps! Working on your jumps has other benefits too – like helping you with your balance, building your core and teaching you valuable techniques that will help you master advanced moves later. Don’t forget to spend some time to practicing your jump entry before you attempt to do a full jump. You’ll build muscle memory if you repeat the steps in repetition, so you will be able to perform jumps easily – and flawlessly! How To Perform A Toe Touch Jump for Cheerleading Click above to view larger image Start with your feet together, your arms straight down on your sides and your hands in fists. Clap your hands and then put your arms into a High V position. While still in the High V position, cross your arms, then swing them down while bending your knees and lowering yourself into a squat. You want to help build momentum for your jump, so put a little power into this move! From your squatting position, you will swing your arms up and use your legs to launch yourself into the air. Once in the air, swing your arms into a standard cheer T motion and rotate your hips while pulling both legs parallel to the ground so that your legs form a V. Use your stomach muscles to pull your legs up towards your chest instead of leaning forward towards your toes – which will stunt the height of your jump. Don’t forget to point those toes! Your legs should be together when your feet hit the ground, and you should bend your knees to absorb the shock. As you are landing, you’ll also start pulling your arms down to your side. *While executing these each of these steps, make sure they are down quickly and consecutively of each other, so your jump will be one continual, smooth and powerful motion. Don’t forget to stretch and warm up!