How To Do The Splits?

How to do the splits fast please answer!?

• im enrolled in a dance class at my school, im also a cheerleader. well the major problem for me is that i cant do a split and in my dance class and for cheerleading i REALLY must get the splits down they say its highly recommended i also think being able to do a split would make me more flexible and less prone to getting and injury while i dance/cheer so that would be a benefit :3 im actually pretty flexible and when i attempt to do my right splits im at least 9-12 inches off the ground and that probably goes the same for my left and middle splits. i can even put my foot behind my leg too^_^ so what stretches are the best for me to do with out pulling a muscle? and how long should i hold it for? also is it a good idea to do diffrent stretches for 1-3 hours because people tell me that would help me get the splits quicker I wouldnt mind doing that though because im definetly commited to getting those splits down!

• Answer:

  just start doing splits on the time! when your watching tv, when doing homework. just always sit in a split! and make sure you do at least splits all the ways twice a day for 30 sec each way. when you get closer to the ground sit in the split and have someone lift each leg up one at a time for 20 sec each. thats what i do and it helps a lot. having one leg up higher than the other will stretch better.