Question by jennifer A: How Flexible Do You Have to Be To Be A Cheerleader???
Can you please give me things you have to be able to do if you want to become a cheerleader?? I already now how to do a cartwheel, split, front walkover, heel stech, bow n arrow, brige, and round off. what eles do you have to be able to do? I have never done cheerleading before. So tell me what eles you have to do! Please answer!!!! Im 11
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Answer by Jared S
Try out for a team, they will get you ready. Dont be fat, fat cheerleaders are gross.
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I’m pretty sure you meet the requirements. Just learn how to do them quickly (without hurting yourself obviously). Our cheerleaders at school just have to do the splits and a back hand spring. that’s it though.
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You are flexible enough, sweetie. You already knew that.
I compete on a collegiate level at The University of Kentucky on The Blue Squad, you have good flexibility, but it’s far from just being flexible. If you plan on going on a collegiate team like mine, you are going to have to know how to partner stunting, basket tosses and tumbling.
Take tumbling classes and try to see if they also have partner-stunting classes, along with cheerleading classes. You will learn the three most important factors into becoming a cheerleader in college.
Check us out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbo2HbME_Z4
Don’t be frightened by those moves. We learn those once we are IN the program.
Good luck! If you have any more questions, drop me an E-Mail.
Thats awesome, hun! When you get on the cheer team, they will give you new things you can try. You definitley would be able to do them, because you seem extremely flexible. Good luck 🙂
Flexibility is good. It helps with flying, jumps, and some tumbling. You also need to be strong though, and have great endurance.
Aside from the jumps and tumbling you will also need to practice your motions, dancing, and how to correctly yell cheers. This site has articles, pictures, and videos of all of those skills: http://aescougarcheer.com/Cheer101/basics.htm (Don’t do the tumbling on your own, though, aside from bridges and handstands. Let your gymnastics instructor teach you the rest of the skills so that you can be safe while learning them.)
Good luck! :^)