stretching to improve high kicks

[Casper]

Hey guys

I wanted to ask what excersices are good to improve my high kicks.
I can nearlly do a box split and I know that that has improved them a lot and was wondering if I started stretching to front split if that would help.

if anyone has any tips for them or other advise please do tell.

cheers

ez

[Honken]

Of course frontsplit will help. It will increase your range of motion for both kicks towards the front and kicks towards the back.

Go to the main site (www.trickstutorials.com :tongue:) and click the flexibility button.

[Casper]

hahah *kicks self in face* could have seen that one coming :)

[kristo]

Do both static stretching - to increase the height of your kicks, and dynamic stretching - to increase the control and speed of your kicks. Again, use the main site for anything else.

[Ashtar]

Static to build the RoM, weight lifting and active stretching to build strength, controlled dynamic progression to learn to use it with momentum without being injured.

[wynnema]

Static to build the RoM, weight lifting and active stretching to build strength, controlled dynamic progression to learn to use it with momentum without being injured.

you've pretty much answered the question there. I think sometimes people hear that they need dynamic stretching for kicking and neglect the fact that you need to increase static ROM as well.

[Ashtar]

A lot of people say you can do it with dynamic stretching, and you probably can, I'm just reluctant to do it because it seems unsafe, edging into the whole 'ballistic' thing which is scary.

What is truly perplexing is people who say they have better dynamic RoM than static RoM. I guess that could happen if you have a really strong stretch reflex, so it would fire like crazy when you went down into a static stretch so you wuss out and pull out of it.

[Casper]

hmm, well Im 1.90m and I can kick 2m-2.05m but I want to get them more controlled and more powerfull

[Frostbite]

Static to build the RoM, weight lifting and active stretching to build strength, controlled dynamic progression to learn to use it with momentum without being injured.

uhh..what is the RoM? i'm a noob :wonder:

[Mateus]

range of motion ;)

[Frostbite]

lol ok thanks

[Ashtar]

Active stretching builds control and power. Hitting an object with your kicks will build power and coordination.

[wynnema]

Active stretching builds control and power. Hitting an object with your kicks will build power and coordination.

actually active stretching wont really help improve the power of your kicks when compared with hitting a heavy bag or kicking with bungee cords. holding your leg extended makes you good at just that.

[shengoikee]

actually active stretching wont really help improve the power of your kicks when compared with hitting a heavy bag or kicking with bungee cords. holding your leg extended makes you good at just that.
are you the guy who thinks he knows everything about flexibility? haha

active stretching improves co-ordination

[Gusch]

actually he is right. Holding up your leg makes you good at..holding up your leg.
Well, you will gain some coordination that helps holding up the leg without help. But that doesn't change the fact, that only kicking hard (against a sand bag f.e.) makes you good at kicking hard.