and so they don't appear twice. Everything else stays. Free Kick Height Challenge with Meg

Free 5-Day Challenge

Your kick isn't stuck because you're not trying.

5 days One short Live a day Straight to your inbox Free

It's stuck because nobody's shown you what's actually in the way, and it's different for every dancer. Five days, free, to find your Why and finally work the right thing.

Take your before photo, and by Day 5 you'll know your Why.

You're mid-set in class. The girl beside you lifts her leg and it reaches her ear like it's nothing. Yours stops at your hip, the way it always does. Your teacher walks past, says "get them higher," and keeps moving. And you're left standing there with no idea how.

You've heard it so many times it plays in your head on the drive home. More reps. More forcing. Same ceiling. And underneath it, the quiet one you'd never say out loud: maybe kicks just aren't my thing.

I'll tell you something I don't say often.

As a dancer I had one kick, and it faced the back, because I couldn't do them properly. I was told I couldn't do kicks, and I believed it. Nobody ever explained what was stopping me. So I decided it wasn't my thing and I stopped trying.

It was never that I couldn't. I just didn't understand my Why. Once I did, everything changed. At 34 I can kick higher than I could at 16 as a World Champion. Not more talent. Not more effort. Understanding what was in the way.

Five days. One area at a time.

Every dancer's kick is held back by something different. Over five days we work through the whole chain, so you find yours.

Lower back

Free up the pelvis so the leg can lift without the fight.

Hips

Give the hip the space it's been asking for.

Inner thigh

Control and alignment, so the height you find is height you can hold.

Glute and ankle stability

The day it locks in.

Hamstrings, and your reflection

Whichever day felt hardest is the clue to what's holding your kick back most.

A promise I'll keep. This isn't about chasing a number. Some of your range is just how you're built. This is about strength, articulation, and understanding your own body, so you're finally working the right thing instead of forcing the wrong one.

Picture the next class after you've done the work. Same set, same warm-up. Only this time your leg lifts past where it used to stop, and it feels easy, because you finally know what was holding it back.

For the parent reading this

You've watched her practise the same kick a hundred times and come home with the same correction. This isn't about her trying harder. It's the one piece nobody's filled in for her yet. Five days, free, and she'll know exactly what to work on.