Are you a cheerleader? - Page 3

deltajas · #31 07-20-2002, 01:57 PM

Hey there
I totally agree with KD and the other poster.
I was a level 10 gymnast, I had my triple full, full in back out, but it was rare for a level 10 to be on our cheer team. Most everyone else was around a level 6(and thats justfor tumbling bc some of these girls were never gymnasts and just went to tumbling class) and we went to college nationals, and most of the girls on my college cheer team were previous all starts(I was one of the few who cheered in high school)
What I am trying to say us I find it VERY hard to believe soo many 5 year olds are doing fulls. Belive me I coached gymnastics as well, 5 year olds are good if they can do level 5. It's not that easy that everyone on your cheer squad is a level 10 gymnast. I mean belive me if they were 5 and doing that, they would not be cheering but would be training with Bela right now.
And I have judged many a competition and young girls like that do not have the physical strenght to catch flipping baskets(why do you think coed squads get a much better basket toss than all girls???? Hello, bc guys have more strenght. And if all these girls were that advanced why have I never seen a college team that advanced???? I mean even Lousiville the most I seen everyone do is a double full.
I know what I am trying to say but dont know if I am saying it well.

legacypbs · #32 07-20-2002, 06:24 PM

I can believe a few 5 year olds doing fulls. I was at a competition and a team had two little boys. One was 6 the other 5 and they both had fulls. The 6 year old had a step out. I talked to them & their parents afterwards & they said they have no formal training. It was funny they learned the same way I did, mattresses at the playground.

PhiSigGabs · #33 07-20-2002, 07:17 PM

Never ever ever was a cheerleader or wanted to be! No offense girls =) Can you tell I didn't think I would join a sorority?? Although more then 3/4 of my sisters were cheerleaders. Its funny to watch them relive their nostalgia... when they randomly start showing each other stuff they did in highschool.

Most of them aren't as flexible now *hehe*....just kidding

~Rebecca

"It's a PHI SIG thing"

deltajas · #34 07-20-2002, 08:33 PM

Hey there
I dont think it's impossible for a 6 year old to have a full, but belive me he/she will lose it and have to get it back. If you are a gymnast you know what I mean

It takes years to master proper technique in gymnastics. Its not like you just walk into a gym and start throwing everything.
Oh I even had an example, when I was training still in gymnastics there was this 5 or 6 year old boy. He was the cutest thing ever. He could throw a full. Needless to say when the boys coach started on(he was an Olympian from Poland) would not let him do fulls anymore. He brought him back to the basics.
You see in order to let us say really master a double full, its not as smiple as being able to go from a bacjtuck one day to throwing a double full(beleive me I have seen many of my cheerleaders try) to have the proper orientation and awarenesss that one needs, once you have that you can easliy throw that skill on floor, off beam, and off bars. Its really mastery of skill. MOST 6 year olds I have seen that can throw certain skills seem to lose most of those skills after a few years. That is why certain basics need mastery that cannot be fullfilled at age 2.

legacypbs · #35 07-20-2002, 10:47 PM

Now you are right about a few things. Yes the street form of tumbling I did as a youngin was rough & without proper technique. Yes my coach did hold me back from doing them so I could get proper technique to improve higher level skills. BUT I have/had a vertical far surperior to many other gymnasts & I had flexability. Now in order for me to increase my rotation I had to work on technique. I never wanted to be a gymnast & never was one. I was a cheerleader who could tumble. I did other things like bboying so I had many other gymnast skills but I wasn't a gymnast. I liked to stunt & get the crowd hyped. Tumbling is something me & the fellas used to do @ the playground when we were bored. To see what I mean go to an innercity & see some lil boys flipping. You have to call it flipping b/c they aren't really tumbling. It is raw & w/o technique. All for fun.

ecugss01 · #36 07-20-2002, 10:56 PM

I was a cheerleader in jr high and high school. I was always too scared to fly so was always a strong base, at my university ALL girls have to fly so I didnt even bother trying out even though I was a strong base. PLUS I didn't meet the tumbling requirements anyway. Cheerleading was my life in high school and in college my sorority was what replaced it.

Sisterplum · #37 07-22-2002, 10:27 PM

Rach_DG,
I sent you a PM!

VT Tri-D · #38 07-22-2002, 11:38 PM

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CodeBlue_R3 · #39 07-23-2002, 01:58 AM

I was a cheerleader and dancer in high school. However, in college-whatever. My college team cheer team was highly inexperienced including a coach that never cheered. As a former assistant coach I was like heck naw. My high school team have been Elite Champions since before I was young. However, I'm now officially a transfer student come August and we'll see then. As far as dancing for my college team-no comment lol.

But I do have a special shout-out as a flyer to my flyers past and present.

KDShan · #40 07-23-2002, 02:45 PM

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Originally posted by VT Tri-D
. I really think that a lof of people on this board are so far removed from the sport (heck, even being away from the sport for 2 years could be considered very removed these days) that they don't realize what's going on at the all-star level. Check it out- you'll be amazed.

Some people on this board may be far removed from cheering, but I am not one of them! I coach competitive gymnastics and cheerleading, and I have only been out of participating in cheerleading for 2 and 1/2 years now (although I continued to coach).
You still didn't answer my question though....what All-Star gym is this at? I would love to meet with the coach, if at all possible, or at the very least check out their website. What's the link???