how to make your cheerleading team champions at competition?
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My cheer team went to Nationals in March, and the best  thing besides being 100% prepared and completely confident in every move, jump, and stunt is to practice in front of an audience.  \n\nFind out how large the floor you'll be performing on is, and measure the outline with tape on the gym floor or wherever you practice.  Go over how you will enter and exit the floor again and again.\n\nInvite everyone you know to watch your squad perform.  We had more experienced cheerleaders and coaches from other teams critique us, and we performed three times.  The bigger the audience, the more you will be prepared for the competition.\n\n\nMake sure to practice your facials, especially in front of an audience! Sometimes when you're nervous, you think that you are smiling but you aren't.\n\nMake sure to be full of spirit, because that's one of the things that the judges will look for!\n\nHave lots of fun, good luck!
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Always sing while you are winning\n\nRS
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As a current cheer coach, I am glad to see you preparing ahead of time for what may be one of the most important positions in the squad.  A flyer has to have poise and stamina.\n\nWork on standing in a liberty, arabesque and heal extension every chance you get.  The better you can do this on your own on the floor....with no bobbles, the better chance you will have to complete the stunt without a fall.\n\nYour bases are there to help you, but you are ultimately doing the work.  Tighten your body as you are being lifted and held...this will help with height and wobble factor.  \n\nI always tell my girls to focus on the center of their body.  The core of your body.  This will help you.  \n\nMost of all, listen to the count....and don't cradle before then.  I have seen serious accidents occur when girls do not listen to their team mates.\n\nat 5'2" at 115 pounds, it is likely that you might be a flyer, however, as a coach, I not only look for the smaller girls (which are easier to lift), but the girls that can control their body movements once in position.  If you think that you can nail that stance everytime you go up....you have what it takes to be flyer!\n\nGood Luck
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can you get gymnastics people and cheerleading people to anwer my question. and no i dont but thank you anyway see i answered your question! c
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Win a competition of course! Surprised you need to ask!
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talk to some of the girls who are already cheerleaders there... i think they have certain routines that the group uses and u have to show that u can do them .. and i think u have to come up with one of your own routines--<or at least that's what my wife told her little sister last year when she tried out>--
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I'll give you tips for preparing and for tryouts.\n\nBe fit, on time and enthusiastic. Be prepared and alert to follow instructions. As k cheerleaders on the team for tips.\nFind a good gymnastics center in your area, and have skills such as back-hand-springs, aerials, front tucks, back tucks...\nUnless you are really tiny and are going to be a flyer, you need to get some muscle and lift some weights at least 3 times a week. Your going to be lifting PEOPLE and WEIGHT for every stunt. \nHave a solid jump.\nRUN. Fun a few miles every week. Start off at 1/2 a mile and work your way up. You need to train yourself or else you will get exhausted real fast. \nStrengthen your core. 50 sit ups a day will improve jumps and stunting.\nKeep a positive attitude. Always have a smile on your face! \nListen to your captain/instructor.\nDon't be late for ANYTHING.\nPractice 5 times a week.\nBe sure to stretch real good before and after tryouts. Don't attempt moves unless you already know them or have trained for them. It will cause injury and annoy other team mates.
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maybe you should refer to a search engine such as yahoo to help you with cheerleading. don't be discouraged if you can't get the technique down the fast few times it takes time and dedication.
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www.cheerleading-central.com\nIt costs money but helps.
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I don't think a lot of people realize how competitive and athletic cheerleading has become.  I think back to when I was in high school and all the cheerleaders did back then was dance a little and kick a little and shake their pom-poms and lead cheers and look all cute and perky.\n\n"Rah rah ree, kick 'em in the knee!\n Rah rah razz, kick 'em in the other knee!"\n\nIn fact, in my high school, and I'm sure in most others at the time - this was about 25 years ago now - cheerleaders were voted on by the student body, so it was as much a popularity contest as it was anything else.\n\nI look at the junior high and high school cheerleader squads nowadays, and I'm seeing all sorts of flips and throws and athletic stunts that they would have thought to be absolutely insane back when I was that age.  \n\nAs far as what to do to explain to people what cheerleading is now as opposed to how they remember it?  Perhaps when you have your sign-up nights, you could arrange to have some videos running that show competitions and what the girls will be expected to do, or have some visual of that nature, maybe even a demo or two by your current squad, so that the parents and the girls can see how cheerleading has evolved into the sport it is now, rather than the primping and giggling that it used to be.
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uh not sure sry but check out the website www.cheerleadernation.com  maybe that will help.
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im assuming you were on the team last year?\n\nyou have more experience than these newer girls. im sure that counts towards something. i wouldnt worry too much about it.\n\njust make sure you can do elite stuff (scorpions, heel stretches, fold downs) maybe even go to a cheer gym to practice there. this will guarantee you as a top.\n\nand even if you arn't a top, so what? you can base or backspot. its good to try something different. \n\njust because you arn't a top for partner stunting dosn't mean you can't be a top for basket tosses. \n\njust keep working on your skills and try not to sweat it too much. if you really love cheerleading it shouldn't matter to you all that much. \n\n:)
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MIx them up.\n\nOrganise a team activity of your choice with a good prize.  They have to be in pairs or 3's.  Put bully's with bully's and the bullied with the bullied.  Try not to have friends together.  Each team has to work together to win. \n\nEach group will benefit.  The bully's will have some conflict with each other as they battle for the alpha role in the team, and maybe realise how to negotiate and work together.  Ultimately, have respect for one another and understand how their actions have consequences.  \n\nThe bullied will automatically work together, suddenly each person has more confidence, they will know they have just as much chance to win as the other teams.  This can only work in their favour.\n\nI am a team leader of 25 in a call centre.  My team HATED each other.  We had cliques, snobbery, bullying and bitching and a very  high sick rate.  Now they have more consideration for each other, no more bully's and bullied.  Most of them have confided in me they actually quite like people they had hated before. \n\nIt is hard work, but well worth it.  Good luck
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Oh! Yes! I love this! I've been cheerleading since 1st grade and I'm a pro. Pointers:\nthey look for awesome toetouches so PRACTICE\nTIGHT MOTIONS, pretend you are knocking down a brick wall\ngood voices, no high-pitched voices\nSMILE SMILE SMILE\nDon't slouch while you're waiting! Cheer stance! (Legs more than shoulder-width apart and hands and arms firmly places behind legs)\nBE LOUD BE PROUD and don't act like you're just in it for the uniform!\nGood Luck! Remember these and practice and you'll be a pro soon enough!
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Before you go up to do your routine try and realize a few different things...first most of your competitors have similar nervousness it can be a disconcerting feeling to go up and perform against people and for people that you are not used to - just try and do the best you can. Secondly realize that you do have a good grasp of your technique, otherwise you wouldnt be up there in a tournament setting. Try and be confident that you have mastered your abilities as best as you were able in preparation for the contest. Again you can only perform as well as you can perform and you just have to be at peace with what the results will bring.
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You need to go and support your friends. The more you are around the better. You can get them to give you tips and help you with your stunts and then next year you shouldn't have a bit of problem making the squad. You might want to enroll in a gymnastics class...then who knows..when you do try out next year you may be better than they are and they will see how much you have worked and that you are really serious about cheerleading. Another thing...If they are truly your friends then they won't abandon you.
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There is, start participating and let the world notice!\n\nIn the meanwhile, check the website below for tips and other information related to cheerleading...\nhttp://www1.webng.com/sportsrecreation/Cheerleading-Tips.html