My toe touches and how can I improve?

Can someone help me improve my toe touches?

• My toe touches were really good a couple of months ago. And now they have gotten slightly lower and my left foot doesn't point for some strange reason. I used to be able to point it but now it just won't point. And when I try to point my left foot my toe touch gets even lower. Has this happened to anyone? How can I make it stop. I'm sure my toe touches would be fine if I got used to pointing my left foot again. (if this helps my left leg isn't all that flexible. but on the other hand my right leg is amazingly flexible.) Please help me. thanks (:

• Answer:

  Do you have a weight room near by?? If you do that is SOO helpful. I'm on a high school cheer team and we ALWAYS do an hour of weight room and conditioning before every practice! It helps so much!! If not, then you can always find little workouts to do at home. Even the workouts from Seventeen Magazine can help. They are that great but they can help. Even while your laying in bed about to go to sleep you can work your abs (What you need to work for better jumps; that and les), by keeping you legs straight and lifting them about 3-6 inches straight up off the bed, and holding for 1 min. During that minute, you should pull your legs a little to the right at 20 seconds, and at 40 seconds move them the same amount to the left. If you getting something out of the fridge, stand on one leg and lift the other one to your side like you would in a toe touch. but make sure you do the same amount with each leg... you don't want to be lopsided!!! Also if you have a trampoline or even a mini trampolene, do jumps on there. Videotape yourself and watch it to see what you need to improve on (point your toes, straighten your legs, arms in a T motion, head up, back straight, wrist, SMILE, etc.) Basically just work your abs and thighs. Do your jumps as often as possible to get used to them. Work on what you need to work on, and not what you don't (don't worry about height if your form is bad), and just have fun!!! :) If your form is really good then people will not notice height and flexableness as much... SUMMARY: 1. Stretch ~~every morning and night for 15 minutes each, every time after you exercise. (If you get all your splits it will be a lot easier). 2. Drink A LOT ~~if you don't drink a lot, your muscles can't stretch out. 3. Work out ~~mainly work your abs and thighs but do everything if you have time. 4. Form ~~if your form is really good, then people won't notice how high or flexible your jumps are. 5. PRACTICE ~~if you have a trampoline or mini one, practice on that! Videotape yourself doing your jumps so you can see what you need to work on. Do them all the time and you will work the muscles and get WAY better!