- Nov 11, 2015
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Hi. So I was just wondering what kinds of cheer shoes I should get. I'm considering the Nfinity Defiances or Vengeances or the Nike Unites.
I'm going to be doing high school cheer, and I know from going to clinics that they train on dead mat. I'm an ex gymnast so I'm used to tumbling on spring floor, which is why I'm leaning towards the Nfinity Defiances because of the HALO feature, which I have heard actually works.
On the other hand, I am not used to tumbling with shoes at all, and so the weight of the Vengeances kind of makes me want to reconsider, since they are really light. I'm really not used to tumbling in shoes.
The only reason I'm considering the Nikes is because it seems like a lot of the girls on the team have them. Also, most of it's going to be dancing, so I think the pivot sole would be helpful for that.
I'm pretty sure that some of the tumbling I'm going to be doing would be mostly level 3/4 skills (standing series back handsprings, standing tucks, etc.), at least for standing tumbling, and about the same for running tumbling too (roundoff back handspring back tucks and layouts).
As far as stunting goes, it looks like in the past there's been a lot of one man stunting but from what I've seen now, the squad looks like mostly girls. I am really small and pretty flexible and in my experiences with being in a stunt group (cheer classes and clinics) I've always been a flyer. the squad does go to competitions but they also do a lot of sideline cheering (although that's only dance and about level 2/3 stunting).
Anyways, sorry for the really long post but I just want to hear what people think of the cheer shoes and what people actually recommend.
I'm going to be doing high school cheer, and I know from going to clinics that they train on dead mat. I'm an ex gymnast so I'm used to tumbling on spring floor, which is why I'm leaning towards the Nfinity Defiances because of the HALO feature, which I have heard actually works.
On the other hand, I am not used to tumbling with shoes at all, and so the weight of the Vengeances kind of makes me want to reconsider, since they are really light. I'm really not used to tumbling in shoes.
The only reason I'm considering the Nikes is because it seems like a lot of the girls on the team have them. Also, most of it's going to be dancing, so I think the pivot sole would be helpful for that.
I'm pretty sure that some of the tumbling I'm going to be doing would be mostly level 3/4 skills (standing series back handsprings, standing tucks, etc.), at least for standing tumbling, and about the same for running tumbling too (roundoff back handspring back tucks and layouts).
As far as stunting goes, it looks like in the past there's been a lot of one man stunting but from what I've seen now, the squad looks like mostly girls. I am really small and pretty flexible and in my experiences with being in a stunt group (cheer classes and clinics) I've always been a flyer. the squad does go to competitions but they also do a lot of sideline cheering (although that's only dance and about level 2/3 stunting).
Anyways, sorry for the really long post but I just want to hear what people think of the cheer shoes and what people actually recommend.