In Cheerleading 101, we break down the fundamentals skills you need to know to be a successful cheerleader or coach. This is where we will share how-tos and tips for motions, jumps, and other basic cheerleading skills.
This post may contain affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, I earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. In high school, my teammates and I would sit on the floor and casually stretch (and chit chat!) after school while we waited for our coach to get there, then would jump …
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In learning any new skill, there are bound to be mistakes – it’s part of the learning process. Jumps are no different. There are so many small elements to coordinate, that it can take some practice to get them all right. In all my years of cheer and teaching jumps, I have seen a variety …
Oh the cheer tryout. Though the tryout montages from movies like Bring it On are always good for a laugh, I think we can all admit that we have worried at some point that we would end up like that one girl. You know the one – “READY? OK! Wait, can I start over?!” *bursts …
Once you understand the different types of cheerleading jumps, it is time to learn how to actually do one. For some beginners, learning these counts and understanding the flow make take a few tries, but with a little bit of practice, I know you’ll get the hang of it. The motions that are performed leading up …
This post may contain affiliate links. When you purchase through these links, I earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. During our uniform fitting day for my college cheer team, my coach gave each of us our team duffel bags. In it were our four uniforms and a set of one or …
There are two types of cheerleaders – those who love jumps and those who try to avoid them at all costs. I am definitely a jump person! Jumps are a relatively simple way to add excitement and visual interest to your cheers, routines, and general spiriting. Though it may take some cheerleaders a little bit of …
I know I’ve said it quite a few times, but that’s only because I truly believe it – Motions really are the most important technical cheerleading skill. They are the foundation of every cheer, chant, routine, and jump, and they help cheerleaders start to gain the proper body awareness needed for stunts and tumbling. There …
Motions are the absolute foundation of cheerleading. If you strip away the flashy props, the stunts, the tumbling, the music and get down to it, the most important role of a cheerleader is to lead cheers. You can’t have cheers without motions. Well, I mean, technically you could, but how boring would that be?! Even …
Share on pinterest Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Like all sports, cheerleading has it’s own language. Teddy bear. Buckets. Scale. Helicopter. These are common words that probably bring to mind pictures of every day items; however, they have a very different meaning in the cheer world. When you are first starting …
Motions. Without a doubt they are the most important foundation of cheerleading, though we have to admit that as coaches, we can sometimes rush through motions in a hurry to get to the “fun” stuff. However, no amount of high flying pyramids or crazy tumbling can make up for incorrect or sloppy motions. (New to …