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Somewhere along the line I developed some pretty bad flap foot. I saw some footage from a long time ago and I had a pretty respectable glue-footed ollie. I am not sure where the flap came from... but maybe this thread will help.
Same, in that now I got some flap. I used to be able to ollie high, but never well. Meaning my technique was always bad, but I could jump high. Now I cannot jump high.
I think a problem, one of many for me, is diminishing flexibility, particularly in the hips. It’s all in the hips. I cannot do the hacky sack motion with the back foot that is used by many glue footers.
My hips were essentially frozen for 2 years due to 15+years of ignoring certain injuries and getting hemmed in one particular activity up as a result. this is what I did/do to fix it-
supine butterfly pose (suptabadakonasana) will help with medial hip flexion and is really chill if you put pillows under the knees.
sitting up, put soles of feet together in front of you, knees will flop somewhere toward the floor, pop some pillows or supports under the knees, come down to forearms eventually onto your back. make sure legs are supported and this isn't a straining active groin stretch. lay on back for 10 minutes or longer. the supported, long held stretch allows the body to get further away from fight or flight state that it's generally in. so while the stretch isn't feeling particularly deep, the mind/heart rate gets to slow down. when this happens, deep inside the muscles heavy relaxation can begin. It's particularly prevalent in the legs/hips as they're what control propulsion, and regardless of whether we know it or need it, we've evolved to be in a state of READY-GO propulsion. thankfully, we have no need to be on alert and run from tigers all the time. Still, in contemporary living, this aspect of human physical evolution causes all sorts of issues when not utilized through activity and then also allowed to relax. That's my plug for deep, passive, supported, restorative stretching of the hips/lumbar region
also, something that happens with hip flexion is tension in the lumbar spine, muscular or fascia, so practicing a yoga pose like Triangle, where you're shifting your hip from side to side while keeping the legs straight and feet glued to the floor can be super helpful in waking things up.
sit on the floor as often as possible, crossed legged, switching the cross of you legs. it's simple and does the real work.
it's kinda silly, but dance and jump around, shake your hips to wake things up.