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Top Cheerleading Jumps Mistakes and Solutions to Improve Your Jumps TODAY!

Do you want to improve your cheerleading jumps?  We've got you!  Check out these top 9 common jump mistakes and solutions to help you improve your jump TODAY! 

1.  Practicing with bad habits: Remember, if you want perfect jumps, practice is not enough.  When you practice you MUST use proper skill and technique to create awesome jumps!

 

2.  Starting with your feet apart: When you start with your feet together, you will get the most power and lift off the floor;  also having your feet together looks clean when you perform jumps as a team.

 

3.  Using a double prep: Tendencies to “double-bounce” or add an extra bend of the knees before taking the big dip is a big disadvantage to your success.  When you do this, you are cutting off momentum, wasting energy, and your timing will be off with the rest of your team.

 

4.  Flexing your feet: For ALL of your jumps, please keep your toes pointed!  Whether your are doing jumps at tryouts, a game or during a competition, jumping with pointed toes ALWAYS looks better and will get you higher marks!

 

5.  Dropping your chest: Dropping your chest lowers your jumps, it’s that simple.  Keep your chest up in all of your jumps and show off your gorgeous smile and good form to the crowd.

 

6.  Reaching down to your toes: When you reach down toward your toes, you automatically bring your chest down and lower your jumps.  ALWAYS bring your legs UP to your hands.

 

7.  Creating a bend in your legs on the way down: To have great and safe landings, you will need to snap your legs and feet together after your jump.  Bending your legs on the way down looks bad and will through off your jump.  Remember, snap your legs up and then snap them down to keep it clean!

 

8.  Landing stiff and feet apart:  Always land with your feet together and with your knees bent to absorb your landings. Do this EVERY time to save your joints from pain and injury.

 

9.  Having sloppy arm motions: Last but not least, don’t forget about good motion technique while performing your jumps. Be sure your arm motions are just as sharp and snappy as your cheerleading jumps!

If you would love some more help with your cheerleading jumps, check out our Jump Instruction HERE!

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Cheerleading Flyer Tips - How to Be a Great Cheerleading Flyer

If you are a flyer or would like to be one, than this post is for you!   We have an entire section on CIC that has a variety of tips and techniques for you to be the best Flyer you can be.  For TONS of tips, click in CIC FLYER TIPS.

Flyer Positions:  There are a variety of positions for a Flyer.  Please CLICK HERE for a list of them.

Tips:

• Be Confident:  Confidence shows and lack of it can get you hurt.
• Smile
• Look Up at the crowd - do not look down.
• Always be "tight"
• Sell the stunt with your facial expressions and sharp motions.
• Always use proper climbing techniques (some listed below).
• PRACTICE in a mirror at home on the ground to make sure your posture is correct.
• NO LAUGHING while in your stunt.
• Use the word "DOWN" if you are falling
• NEVER try any stunt that you are not ready for.  For example, if you just mastered the Double Thigh Stand, you next stunt should not be the Ground Up Full.

Cheerleading and Covid 19 Tips to Making Your PRACTICE Successful and Safe!

With covid19 so many things have changed and that includes our amazing sport and every other sport too!  So, with many states planning to open schools this Fall, what does cheerleading look like and how do we make this a successful, fun and safe season for everyone involved?

As I am entering my 27th year of coaching and running the largest cheerleading after school company in South Florida with over 1,500 cheerleaders per season, I have been giving this A LOT of thought and I wanted to share my top tips with you and here are my Top Tips to use at your PRACTICE.  For my Top General Tips for your organization – CLICK HERE.

Practice Tips:

1. Limit the number of practices that you meet in person. For example, instead of practicing 4 time a week, just meet for 2 times per week.
2. To make up the practice times, send curriculum to your team via videos and have them learn them at home. So when you do meet, you will not have to “teach” the curriculum just review and work on formations and team integration.
3. You can also do virtual practices with zoom and other virtual services where everyone can interact and learn together.
4. When you do get together, try to keep your practices as short as possible. Also, make them as productive as possible and do not waste time.
5. Maintain social distancing during practice by keeping your team in formations where there is space between each athlete instead of allowing everyone to sit together or just be in groups.

For 5 MORE PRACTICE TIPS, check out our full article on CheerleadingCoachingCenter.com HERE.

Cheerleading and Covid 19 Tips to Making Your Season Successful and Safe!

With covid 19, so many things have changed and that includes our amazing sport and every other sport too!

So, with many states opening and planning to open schools this Fall, what does cheerleading look like and how do we make this a successful, fun and safe season for everyone involved?

As I am entering my 27th year of coaching and running the largest cheerleading after school company in South Florida with over 1,500 cheerleaders per season, I have been giving this A LOT of thought and I wanted to share my top General Tips and Practice Tips with you.  Here are my top overall, “general” tips for you to consider for your organization:

General Tips:

As you know, the CDC has put out guidelines that we all should to follow, and when practice begins, there should be know exceptions, so:

1. You should do temperature checks for everyone at the beginning of practice – all athletes, coaches and anyone else that is required to be there. You can purchase a touchless thermometer from your local pharmacy for around $19.
2. If anyone is feeling sick, do not allow them to stay at practice.
3. Keep LOTS of hand sanitizer at practice for your athletes to use often.
4. Reduce the amount of people you have around your practice, for example ask your parents to not attend practice or make sure they stay over 6 feet from your area.

For more tips on How to Coach Cheerleading and to keep your season safe and successful with Covid 19, check out the full article on CheerleadingCoachingCenter.com HERE.

 

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How to do a Toe Touch Jump for Cheerleading

 

It is a myth that you need to be able to do a perfect split to have a beautiful toe touch.  If you actually look at one from the side, you will see that your body is in a "sitting" position and your legs come up to meet your hands.  Also, you do not "touch" your toes - you should reach for your heels;  this gives the illusion that your legs are "inverted or hyper-extended".  Here are some tips to keep in mind:

Toe Touch Jump Execution Tips:

• Keep your head and chest up.
• Bring your legs up to you.
• Reach for your heels - not your toes.
• Land with your feet together.
• For the "inverted / hyper-extended" effect, keep your back completely straight and roll your hips under you as you reach for your heels at the top of your jump.
• Keep your body in the "sitting" position and do not lean forward to reach your toes.

For more details, tips and great photos, click TOE TOUCH JUMP Details.

 

 

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Cheerleading Exercises That Work!

Would you love some exercises that will help all of your cheerleading skills?  If you said yes, then it is time to focus on your core!  When you have a strong core ( your abs and back ) all of your skills will improve, especially your tumbling and stunting!  Click on CHEERLEADING CORE EXERCISES to get some great exercises from our Cheerleading Coaching Center that you can use NOW!

 

How to Coach Cheerleading - How to Teach Cheerleading

 

When teaching new skills to your cheerleaders, here are some tips to keep in mind to help them absorb the curriculum easier to learn faster:

1. Make it FUN and SMILE - it so SO MUCH easier to pay attention to someone who is having fun and friendly. :-)
2. Be Prepared!!!!! If you start teaching and don't know what comes next, you will lose the respect and attention of your team.
3. Put your team in a formation and not just standing anywhere - structure is a great thing!
4. SHOW what you are teaching FIRST to give the team an idea of what you expect. Obviously you can not show the stunts but you can do the motions.
5. When teaching, there is a formula that works great: Teach feet / legs first, arms next and then add the head motions.
6. Teach SLOW and LOUD!
7. Repeat Often! Remember, repetition is the mother of skill :-)
8. ALWAYS cue the upcoming movements BEFORE they come up.
9. GIVE COMPLIMENTS as you go and reinforce the positive commitment that your team is trying and learning.

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