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scbelle · #1 07-20-2006, 08:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Xidelt

Re: stag jump

Since I'm not a cheerleader, PLEASE do not take this as gospel truth, but I think it's where you tuck in your arms, crouch slightly, and bend your knees. Then you jump up and out, like you are trying to form an X. I only know it because a friend who was also a cheerleader tried to teach me in our dance class (way back when we were 8 yrs. old and still thought leg warmers were cool....)

Wait. I still wear leg warmers. Never mind....

ok, not to be a complete dork or anything, but the X jump described here is a "spread eagle". A stag jump starts the same, but in the air, the front thigh is parallel to the ground and the knee is bent so the calf is perpendicular to the floor. the back leg is straight, toe pointed, like a split. If you look at the jumper in the air, they look like a running deer, hence the name.

And that is definitely all you wanted to know about cheerleading, but didn't care enough to ask.

LPIDelta · #2 07-20-2006, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scbelle

ok, not to be a complete dork or anything, but the X jump described here is a "spread eagle". A stag jump starts the same, but in the air, the front thigh is parallel to the ground and the knee is bent so the calf is perpendicular to the floor. the back leg is straight, toe pointed, like a split. If you look at the jumper in the air, they look like a running deer, hence the name.

And that is definitely all you wanted to know about cheerleading, but didn't care enough to ask.

I am so glad someone else took that one because I didn't have the foggiest clue how to describe a stag jump.

We're all in a very "cheery" mood lately.