How to Increase the Speed and Accuracy of Your Kicks in Tae Kwon Do

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Stretch

   Make sure you are properly warmed up before you start practicing your kicks.
   
   Focus on stretching your legs.
   
   As a minimum, stretch your knees, then do half splits, splits, front splits, butterfly stretches.
   
   Also do kick warm ups.
   
   Don’t forget to go deeper every time in your stretch.
   
   This will increase your flexibility and you will be able to kick higher.
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   Step 2: stretch

   You can run, do burpees, do cardio kickboxing, swim, or do anything else that will work out your heart.
   
   Endurance is important in Taekwondo! , Practice all types of kicks in general, kick targets, and do it often.
   
   Focus on your form and make sure your movements are accurate. , Similar to football or basketball, TKD also requires footwork! Make sure you know how to move forwards and backwards, side to side, how to slide, or cross your feet.
   
   This will speed up your movements for when you actually perform kicks in general.
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   Step 3: stretch!

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   Step 4: Don’t forget to do cardio to build your endurance.

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   Step 5: Exercise your legs.

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   Step 6: Do foot drills to work on speeding up your foot movement!

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