is training cheerleaders to jump and prance around adult crowds in short skirts a good idea? Don't they fly up
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It depends on your mindset...i dont see anything wrong with it. I use to do gymnastics and look at the uniform they wear.  People walk around in bikinis. I guess it depends on your culture too.  Im a female so maybe a guy should answer this question.
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Other girls are often jealous and feel the need to put cheerleaders down because they want to feel better about themselves. Childish? Yes! Does it happen? Oh yeah. Try not to let it bother you too much:) \n\nP.S. Congrats on becoming a cheerleader! My daughter is on her high school squad and loves it too.
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I was a cheerleader in high school. I'm not trying to sound self-absorbed or anything, but I don't think I was stuck up at all. I enjoyed the sport, and I got along with everyone, even though a lot of girls didn't like me, but I was okay with that.
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yes, its a sport... if your a little kid doing cheerleading with pom poms and your not doing any flips or strenious movement then no its not, but the older u get the more strenious cheerleading gets making it in fact a sport.
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Probably because those who are saying cheerleaders are snobby are envious of the courage and athletic ability you gals demonstrate.  I'm sure the 'gossips' would love to do what you are doing.  It's wonderful you are a cheerleader!\n\nCheerleader is great experience to build your confidence and poise for the future.  No matter where you go, or what you do, there will always be someone saying something.  So hold your head up high and cheer your heart out!
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I have no idea, but I think that it would be wonderful! Maybe then they won't think of us cheerleaders as just dumb girls running around with pom-poms! \n    As they say once a cheerleader always a cheerleader!
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I think the stereotype doesn't apply to ALL cheerleaders but MOST. You're right, not all cheerleaders are snobs but alot of them are. They prance around like they're the best thing since grilled cheese and we're supposed to worship them or somethin, ya know?  If there were wayy more cheerleaders like you, I believe it would reduce the snob stereotype for cheerleaders everywhere!
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The cheerleaders at my high school?  Good luck!  I just like the miniskirt part of the uniform...  Now, wait.  Isn't there a SHORT-sleeve version of that?  You want NO sleeve?  That would look weird...  I do remember seeing a short-sleeve uniform allowed for the private schools around here for warm weather.  I'm not sure if they are still required to wear a vest with that or something...  Didn't go to private school.
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At my school, it's about who you know, not what you know.  You have to be able to do a roundoff backhand spring and be a good cheerleader.  Stiff, loud, smile.
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Yes, but as a cheerleader
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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 have a lot, but it is a cheer teams' job to make the crowd happy. Our crowd always seems to love the good old dependable Toe Touch Basket toss - It is not the hardest stunt by any means, but the crowd thinks sure thinks so!
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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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yeah...i am SO a cheerleader..the coolest around. to get better on your toe touches, start at the ground and them jump up. i will show you later. it's something courtney taught me.
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Motions/jumpsCommon cheerleading motions are high V, low V, half-high and half-low Vs, diagonals, K's, L's, T's, broken T's, touchdowns, low touchdowns, tabletops, daggers, candlesticks, and punches. Hands are either in a tight fist or in blades, all fingers out but together. The motions always need to be sharp and precise so that the cheerleader does not look sloppy. \nToe Touch In this jump, the legs are straddled and straight, toes pointed, knees up or back, and the arms in a T motion. Despite its name, you do not touch your toes during a toe touch. This is the most common jump. \nTuck A jump in which the cheerleader uses stomach muscles to pull the legs up with the thighs parallel to the ground, and the knees pointed, together, and facing forward. \nHurdler The straight leg is either forward (a front hurdler) with arms in a touchdown, or out to the side (a side hurdler) with arms in a T. The bent knee faces the crowd in a side hurdler and the ground in a front hurdler. \nPike This jump is among the most difficult of jumps. Both legs are straight out, knees locked. Arms are in a touchdown motion out in front to create a folded position in the air. This is often performed at a ninety-degree angle to the audience in order to show off the air position. \nThe Around the World , or the pike-out, is a jump where the performer hits a pike and then whips his or her legs quickly back around into a toe touch. This jump is regarded as difficult to accomplish, because two positions must be reached in the very short time while the jumper is in the air. \nHerkie Named for Lawrence R. Herkimer, the founder of the National Cheerleader's Association, this jump is similar to a side-hurdler, except that instead of both arms being in a "T" motion, both arms are opposite of what the leg beneath them is doing. Example of this would be the straight arm would be on the side of the bent leg, and the bent arm is on the side of the straight leg. One other variation of this includes the bent leg is pointing straight down, instead of out like the side-hurdler. The jump is speculated to have been invented because Herkie wasn't able to do an actual side-hurdler. \nDouble Nine A jump similar to a pike except one leg and one arm are bent in to form two "nines". \nDouble Hook A jump where the legs are in the "cheer sit" position. \nDoubles This is the name for when one performs any jump twice in a row. \nStunting\nCheerleaders perform a stunt for parade watchers. The flyer does a full twist in the air as the bases prepare to catch her.A stunt involves one to four other bases holding or tossing a cheerleader in the air. In general, all-girl cheerleading stunts usually involve two to four other bases while co-ed ("partner") stunts are comprised of only one base (the male) and his partner (the flyer, usually female). \nPositions in stunting\nFlyers are cheerleaders held or tossed in the air. \nBases are the cheerleaders who hold and toss the flyers. \nBackspots are cheerleaders who stand behind the flyer and the bases that have three duties: 1. To make sure that the stunt does not fall and to help catch the flyer if it does fall. 2. To help the bases by lifting some of the flyer's weight, making the stunt more stable and less heavy for the bases (in all-girl stunting). 3. To help ensure the safe dismount of the flyer from the stunt. Typically, backspots are the in charge of calling the stunt with the beginning and ending dismount. \nFrontspots have similar duties to backspots, but are generally used by younger teams or more inexperienced squads. \nTypes of Stunts\nFor descriptions of how these stunts are achieved, see Stunting Methods. \n\n\nShoulder Sit: A stunt in which the flyer sits on the shoulders of her base, with the shins secured around the back of the base. The base holds the knees or legs of the flyer, and a backspot may also secure the stunt from behind.\nShoulder Stand: In the Sho
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I am not a cheerleader, but just keep practicing and your jumps will get better
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DUH!! CHEERLEADERS WORK AS HARD AS ANY OTHER ATHLETE OUT THERE, AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ATHLETES THAT LiFT OTHER ATHLETES.... \npeace&&love♥\nOCwahine