Question by Kaitlyn: Everything I need to know about being a cheerleader?
I made a senior team for USA! Allstars. It’s a level 1 and I`m fairly new to cheerleading. Can you tell me everything I need to know about cheerleading? I mean the basics and if you wwant a chance at the best answer try and put as many tips as possible (: Best answer gets 10 points (:

Best answer:

Answer by Cheer Chick
Im 12 and been cheering since I was 4 and a half years old. Now I cheer for The Florida Top Dog Allstars (The number one cheer team in FL) and I am on senior Coed level 5 🙂

I know a LOT about cheerleading than what anyone may know 🙂 so I will tell you some tips, some drills, show you what the motions and jumps are, tell you about the competitions, EVERYTHING!!!!

TYPES OF MOTIONS
http://nca.varsity.com/pdfs/Motions.pdf

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Those are all the types of motions:
Tip 1: Always keep your motions tight and sharp. BE CLEAN. Your arms should be so tight, your arms should actually be hurting.

TYPES OF JUMPS
http://cheertaylor_2002.tripod.com/taylorscheerleadingtipsite/id4.html

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Those are some of the jumps your team will be doing
Tip 1. Always make sure your motions are tight, and your toes are pointed.
Tip 2. NEVER drop your chest; keep it upright

STUNTS——LOOK AT THE GIRLS ON TOP OF THE STUNTS
This is called a Scorpion and the flyers do these while in the air:
http://picsdigger.com/keyword/scorpion%20cheerleading/
LOOK AT THE FIRST PICTURE SHOWN

This is called a heel stretch:
http://picsdigger.com/keyword/scorpion%20cheerleading/
LOOK AT THE FOURTH PICTURE SHOWN

This is called an aerobesque
http://picsdigger.com/keyword/scorpion%20cheerleading/
LOOK AT THE THIRD ROW, FIRST PICTURE

This is called a Bow and Arrow
http://cheerleading.about.com/od/stunts/l/blstunt_jupiter_bow.htm

This is called a Scale:
http://www.limitscheerleaders.com/summercamps.html
GO ALL THE WAY DOWN UNTIL YOU FIND A STUNT ON THE RIGHT SIDE

COMPETITIONS:
Look at my team and look how the competitions are like:

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That’s MY team…I’m in that video as one of the flyers 🙂

TUMBLING:
Just take tumbling classes at your gym. Here are some of the things you need:

LEVEL 1:
Forward roll
Backward roll
Cartwheel
Round-Off
Back walkover
Front Walkover
Handstand

LEVEL 2:
Standing back handspring
Round-off back handspring

LEVEL 3:
Punch front
Round off back handspring series (2+)
Round off back handspring tuck
Round off tuck

LEVEL 4:
Punch front step out
Front walkover through to a tuck
Round off back handspring series to a tuck
Standing multiple back handsprings
Standing multiple back handsprings to a tuck
Standing one back handspring to a tuck
Round off back handspring layout
Standing series back handspring layout

LEVEL 5:
Round off back handspring full
Round off back handspring double full
Standing full
Toe touch (or any other jump) to a back tuck or a standing full
Punch front through to a full or a double full
Standing one back handspring to a full
Standing series back handsprings to a full or double

Here are some words that are put into letters if you don’t want to type the whole thing:
Back handspring: BHS
Round off: RO
Round off back handspring: ROBHS
Round off back handspring layout: ROBHSL

HERE ARE SOME DRILLS FOR YOUR JUMPS!!!
http://cheerleading.about.com/od/learningaboutjumps/a/toetouch_drills.htm

THE TOE TOUCH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT JUMP THAT YOU NEED TO HAVE!!

Here are some drills for our pike jump:
1. Sit in a pike stretch and KEEP YOUR CHEST STRAIGHT UP
2. Place hands next to your legs and WITH YOUR CHEST UP, bring your legs up as high as you can (you will feel it in your lower abs)

STUNTS (2)
Here are examples of different types of stunts

The CoEd stunts: Where the flyer (a girl) is flying and ONE guy is holding her up in the air
EXAMPLE!!!!!! Go on youtube and search in ‘awesome cheer stunts’ and it should be by tacklesquad

Pyramid:
http://picsdigger.com/keyword/cheerleading%20pyramids/

Regular stunts:
You already know 🙂

Last chance cheerleading tips:
1. Stretch everyday for like 20 minutes and workouts like 3-4 or 5-6 days a week
2 When out on the competition, smile and use facials
3. keep motions and jumps sharp

I am 12 years old and on Senior Coed Level 5 🙂
I hoped I helped 🙂 🙂 🙂

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