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 …