How to get my kicks up for dance?

Question:ok well i have danceline *the kickline like the dallas cowboy cheerleaders do* but yeah i have tryouts in about a month, i finally learned the routine, i got my splits almost all the way down but my left leg doesnt work as high as the left, anways i can bend very easily except the muscle to touch my toes, i dont know if that matters when doing kicks, anyways all the girls have very high kicks and mine are about chest length if that, please help give me straight high kicks fast!!

btw i know stretch i stretch alot but obviously it isnt working to well

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: ok well i have danceline *the kickline like the dallas cowboy cheerleaders do* but yeah i have tryouts in about a month, i finally learned the routine, i got my splits almost all the way down but my left leg doesnt work as high as the left, anways i can bend very easily except the muscle to touch my toes, i dont know if that matters when doing kicks, anyways all the girls have very high kicks and mine are about chest length if that, please help give me straight high kicks fast!!

btw i know stretch i stretch alot but obviously it isnt working to well

All you have to do is keep working at it. I don't want to be one of those people who tell you just to keep practicing, but that is really all you can do. You also need to have someone hold your leg when you kick it up. Just go further and further up until you reach your goal. When you can get it high with someone holding your leg try holding it yourself. It will come! Good Luck I hope you make the team!!

work on your splits. ALOT!

Depends on flexibility really. And you gotta thrust up high as you can. I normally practice higher kicks by stretching at high places. If you have a drawer or a high desk, bookcase try raising your leg to the highest place you can stretch for 30 seconds. RELAX, if you tense up u won't get a good stretch. I practice this for taekwondo, which is martial art that requires you too kick. Sometimes real high too, so you can kick your opponents head :).

Also try doing reps of high kicks as high you can. But remember to balance too, if you kick too hard you can fall your bums.

It ABSOLUTELY matters if you can touch your toes! That's what you're essentially doing when you kick.

Stretch EVERY DAY for at least 5 minutes per day (warm up a little before you start stretching to keep from injuring yourself) and in time (about a week, minimum), you should see some improvement.

Just keep practising the splits and if they start to not hurt any more try to over split eg. get a chair and put your leg on it and then go into the splits from there ! it hurts but it works. if you want to build up strength go into the splits and try to raise the leg that is in front!

As mentioned, keep on stretching. It really is important to be as supple as possible.

Just another thing - get the momentum for your kick from your bum. It's in essence your glute that gets the leg up. Don't think of "pulling" it up with the muscles at the top of your leg, think of pushing or "throwing" it up with the large muscle in your bum. Try it!