Everyone in a stunt group has a role. No one is passive when it comes to stunts, baskets, or pyramids…including flyers. During my cheer career, I stunted with girls that were 85lbs and girls that were 150lbs. Funny thing…just because you’re small,...
Hands down, the most common injury in cheer is the ankle sprain. It’s no secret that cheerleaders have terrible shoes. Couple that with the fact that most of our sport is done on unstable surfaces (spring floor, rod floor, tramp and tumble tracks) and we now...
About twice a week, I get a request from a cheer athlete (usually a guy) that is asking for advice on how to better hit a particular skill; typically a stunt of some sort. While some have quite a way to go to achieve the particular skill, more than often, I see a lack...
Fear is one of the greatest limiting factors we face as athletes. Tony Robbins says that we are driven by two basic factors…attaining something that makes us happy or avoiding something that makes us unhappy or scared. Not surprisingly, the biggest fear that...
The Most Common Injury If I could see you all at once and could ask you all at once, “think of someone you know that has sprained their ankle in cheerleading”, I can GUARANTEE almost every single person could think of at least one. There has been one...
The Anatomy of a Cheerleader It is fairly well known that flexibility as a cheerleader is very important. We spend hours and hours a week working to achieve the highest level of flexibility possible. However, flexibility alone is not the best answer. Cheerleaders...
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