What do you have to be able to do for hs cheer?

Question

I might be going to a small private school next year (300 kids for all of hs) and I wanted to try out for the cheer team.

What things do you think I should be able to do? I saw a video of their half time cheer and they just did toe touches.... I have no tumbling experience what-so-ever so.... yeah. Help?

Answer 1

I am the captain of my cheer team, and what I espect from the girls who try out is the following:

- Able to do a backhandspring, round off

( To the lowest a cartwheel)

-Jumps like Herkie, Pike, Toe-Touch, and to the lowest a knee touch.

- Good sturdy motions

-Strenght and flexibility

I started out just like you when I was 13 and I worked my butt off and know I am captain of my High school team.

Here is what helped me..... all the links.....there is alot..lol

Jumps help:

VIDEO

http://www.5min.com/Video/Cheerleading--...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIeWBPriM...

TEXT

http://www.cheerhome.com/public/jumps.as...

http://www.mspineapple.com/jumps.html

http://cheerleading.lovetoknow.com/Impro...

Motions help:

VIDEO

http://www.5min.com/Video/Learn-a-Great-...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpU2l3ozD...

TEXT

http://cheerleading.about.com/od/motions...

I OWN THIS BOOK. BUT YOU CAN READ IT ON INTERNET

http://books.google.ca/books?id=V0Bffk-p...

Cheer/ Dance help:

VIDEO DANCE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP2Baew5a...

VIDEO CHEER

http://www.5min.com/Video/Get-Your-Cheer...

TEXT

http://www.kidzworld.com/article/2492-ch...

Tumbling, flips, etc help.

VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkyL-N8lG...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYGOc8J2U...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIeWBPriM...

TEXT

http://www.antigravitysports.com/cheerle...

stunts help:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_che...

Anyways just watch this one for fun, that's a quick dance:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9DTQgHpd...

I really hoped I helped, and hopefully your not over whelmed..lol

Thanks if you got to the bottom.

xoxo

Love,

SUNNY:)

Answer 2

well thats a really small school.

work on your jumps a lot.

if they just do jumps.

but tumbling would help a lot.

you can work on it over the summer.