Flexibility is what you want. As we have stated numerous times before, flexibility does not mean 'stretching muscles'.

Stretching of muscles has no place in sports. What you want and what everyone is really talking about is called FLEXIBILITY. But since there is no clarity on this subject and terms 'flexibility' and 'stretching' are used interchangeably there are many problems arising from that, and it leads many people to have the wrong picture of how to do flexibility exercisese, and to say or to think that flexibility is bad, which is in correct, or that there is such a thing as 'too much flexibility', which is incorrect as well. Stretching of muscles has very limited use, which is specifically in rehabilitation.

There is a world of difference between the natural function of muscles (contract and relax) and the artificial stretch created by specific intent to do exactly that. What is the desired outcome? Easier bending of joints? By stretching your muscles? That sounds illogical. Why not simply bend the joints and let muscles contract and relax on their own. Your best bet is to warm them up with a regular warm up regimen.

While "stretching" or lengthenning of muscles to a degree and in a certain way naturally occurs during flexibility exercises, the visible "stretching" action that can be observed during those exercises is actually a relaxation of muscles, and another action leads this hierarchy. The action is that of flexing your joints. Since muscles are attached - they follow (passive!) the 'path' naturally created by this movement, muscles perform the supporting role by simply being there and doing their job. However, when WE create the path by intentionally stretching muscles, we force the 'unnatural' onto our muscles, and they protest.

Muscles contract and relax. When you stretch them - they actually loose a bit of elasticity (for a period of time), so you intently and intentioanlly weaken your muscularskeletal system instead of strengthening it. Stretching your muscles on regular basis will have lasting effects, and not the ones you were looking for.

Seemingly innocent and widely promoted as beneficial, stretching exercises carry more potential to harm than to help. The 'hamstring stretch', the 'calf stretch', all that 'stretch' stuff is crazy talk arising from not having a clear understanding of the subject. The word 'stretch' should be taken out of the sports lingo unless of course it's a 'homestretch' that we're talking about, but as you know it has nothing to do with your well being.

"Our muscles do not like any special efforts made to lengthen them and react to these attempts by becoming tense; the muscles contract in order to prevent hyperextension, as you can probably recall from your own experience. Nevertheless, millions of people exercise stretching, moving in the wrong direction of damaging their own muscle tissues." (Read full article here: FLEXIBILITY vs STRETCHING)

So, simply put, what you're looking for, what you're trying to work on is a better ability to bend your joints and ability to simply relax your muscles when doing so. That's flexibility.