Here is a list of some stretches that you could use for cheerleading.
Stretch Name | How To Do It | What It Does | Great For..... |
Quad Stretch | Stand feet together, and take one foot and pick it up behind you. Take both of your hands and grab your foot until you feel a pull. | Warms up your quadriceps (the front of your thighs). | Stunting, jumps (especially if you are a person that lands hard), and tumbling. |
Lunge | Standing with your feet together, step out with one foot. Lean forward, making sure that your knee that is in front doesn't go over your ankle. | Warms up your calf muscles (the backs of your legs) | Stunting, jumps, and tumbling. |
Heel Stretch | Use the same technique as you would with lunges. The only difference is that you don't lean forward and you flex your toe. | Warms up your heel, calf muscles, and the area right behind your knee. | Everything |
Squat's | Standing up, spread your legs a little more than shoulder width apart. Turn out your feet and sit into your stretch. | Warms up your inner thighs | Jumps, toe touches especially. |
Rib Cage | Squat and reach one arm to the opposite side of your body. Sort of lean towards that direction. | Warms up your rib cage. | Everything |
Cherry Pickers | With your feet spread apart, bend down, placing your hands on the ground, and then reach back to your heels in 2 steps. Straighten your back and clap. Repeat. | Warms up your inner thighs and calf muscles. | Jumps and stunting. |
Calf Stretch | Sitting down, with you feet straight out in front of you, grab your ankles, toes, or calfs. Hold about 15 seconds. | Warms up almost your entire leg if you grab your ankles, your toes, and calfs. | Everything |
Inner Thigh Stretch | Sitting down with your legs spread apart, have someone push your front side as far to the ground as you can go. | Warms up your inner thighs. | Everthing |
Right Over Left / Left Over Right | Standing up with your feet together, place your right foot over your left (or vise versa) and plave your hands on you left foot. | The muscle right behind your knee. | Everything |