How To Improve Your Switch Leaps - Just For Kix How-To: Episode #9

You can start a switch leap by doing a sashay or three runs.

Start sashay with left foot. Step with right foot. Brush your left leg to drive right leg up to hit right split in the air.

Your right leg should be in plie. Don’t bring your left leg up too high, approximately a 45 degree angle.

Don’t sit in your plie long or you will have no momentum to get up.

Keep your back leg straight and turn out your back leg.

Work on mastering your splits and straight leap to get a great switch leap!

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[molliehovey]

For me a right leap is what I dread. I'm a leftie and can not for the life of me, get a right grande Jete. Please do a video on improving your bad leg leap.

[FeliciaConnie]

I wish you were my ballet teacher gosh

[amberbridgitte]

Im more of a self taught dancer do you have any tips or tricks to help me improve

[leximcilmoil]

Could you do a video on headsprings please? I was just at camp and got mine but I need to improve it

[bryliekrause]

At what time in the video does she actually do the leap?

[Alba-qnhf]

What to pack for performances video please!

[nbmki]

I’m just a lefty in a world of righties

[elizabethwalker]

It is weird. I am a righties but I do splits on my left but I do a better split leap on my right.

[rosaortiz]

When you have your left leg up before you switch are you up off the floor as you have it in front of you??

[Dancrever]

It's chasse (I can't add the accent). You have excellent tutorials but I think it's important to say and spell the names of steps correctly. Thanks for doing them.

[hannahjohnson]

My left leap is actually better than my right.

[oliveandaddie]

UMM YOU ASSUME IM A RIGHTY I AM A LEFTY

[debbollom]

My advice is: don't worry about how it looks. No one else is going to care.

[OOF-dhus]

Wait I never got to see her actually do it lol

[flamingoshake]

The “pushing something off the floor with your toes, ” just changed my switchleap! Thank you!

[Kompigirl]

sadly my foot hurts right now and I'm not able to do something like that. But I'm really looking forward to practicing it in a few days😀

[romerok]

You're such a great teacher please keep making more videos😊❤️

[therandomexistanceofelizab]

I have my switch leap really good but I'm looking for it to be high

[kayani]

How to flexibility exercise/your warm up tips?

[louishabit]

i cannot right leap for the life of me lol