Self Myofascial release(Foam Rolling) Techniques

From what I've seen on using foam rollers there have been several techniques of using foam rollers/lacrosse balls and the first one I've seen is to put the muscle in a flexed position and then start using their foam roller/lacrosse ball. Along with this technique there is also the other variation of putting muscles in their relaxed length position and then start rolling. Finally another technique I've seen is putting the ball/foam roller over a certain  area of the muscle, and then start flexing and extending the joint of where the muscle connects and causes it to move (ex. hamstrings-knee , quads-knee, triceps- elbow)

So I also want to ask, are there other ways/techniques in using self myofascial release, when applying a lacrosse ball/roller to an area?

If I have a particularly tight spot, sometimes I will use a foam roller to put tension along the length of the muscle, and hold that position until I can feel the muscle start to relax.

Hari_Seldon said:

If I have a particularly tight spit, sometimes I will use a foam roller to put tension along the length of the muscle, and hold that position until I can feel the muscle start to relax.

I like the idea!!

you can use the technique described above, and you can massage constantly and deep in the muscle fibers that are tight...  you need to breath in a proper way, as the relaxation phase is necessary for stimuling the golgi tendon organ to relax...