- Double check your line up. Your shoulders should be stacked one on top of the other, as should the hips. Also, your shoulders and hips are in a line with the knees and ankles a little in front.
- Make sure that your abdominal muscles are pulled in and up.
- Now, lengthening even more through the top leg, kick up toward the ceiling (smoothly, use your abs for control).
- Keep the hip bones stacked. Make sure that the pelvis does not tilt back to let the leg go up.
- Pull your abdominals up, in opposition to the lengthening of the leg, as you control the descent of the leg.
See the Full Instructions for Side Kick Up/Down for more information, links and tips.
