Ankles preparation

[workinprogress]

Hello there, I have always had a very annoying problem on my ankles, basically I have very long calves and achille's tendons, and this effects my landing on the floor dramatically: every time I'm short on landings I tend to injury my feet (tarsus region), by closing too much the angle on the ankle. I happen to see guys landing short but keeping their heels up, "protecting" their ankle, something I'm absolutely not able to do.

Just take a look at Jovtchev's dismount here

his double straight is short but his heels are not "dropping" on the floor.

I am therefore planning a conditioning program for my calves and my tibialis. If you have any hint on the conditioning and especially for my problem, please be as eloquent as possible.

Thank you!

[Blairbob]

Just like dance, toe>ball>heel.

Single leg hopping and running. I use the hopping vertically variant as a warmup but use the runs to develop and strengthen the ankle.

Ankle/Calf toe/heel raises. Presumably you could even weight these.

With little ones you can start off with simple releve holds then one foot releve holds with the free leg in coupe/passe/whatever.

[Cole Dano]

http://gymnasticbodies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5220