Cheer Pet Peeves?

[Audrey]

-I absolutely HATE cheerleaders on the team that are not willing to take anyone's advice!
-I also hate it when I seem to be the only one in the group that makes SENSE and has a solution to problems, but seems to be ignored and ordered to shut up, only for them to continue arguing! (Piggy from Lord of the Flies, anyone?)
-When cheerleaders with experience are ran over by the freshmen! Hello, you are a veteran that has better tumbling, jumps, and stunting than anyone on the TEAM! Stand up for yourself. -_-
-When people who don't even know how to tumble try to coach you on what you're doing wrong. I always respond, "Um, do I hear someone that doesn't know how to tumble talking?" It shuts them up every time.
-When people get their tumbling one day and come back to practice the next day, acting like they can't even do it. Not only do they complain that they can't do it, but they don't even TRY! It's, like, what's so different than yesterday? You just did it!
-When returning cheerleaders try to scold the new cheerleaders when they are stunting. Saying things like, "Smile!" "Stay tight!" Okay, she's staying tight, but she's not smiling. So what? You hardly ever smile, anyway. Don't judge, hypocrites. And stop trying to look like a know-it-all. It's not cute.
-When cheerleaders argue in the middle of a stunt! HELLO, people! The flier is still up there, why are you arguing while you're up underneath her? At least wait AFTER the cradle, sheesh!
-When cheerleaders never do ANYTHING full out or hit anything, but when it comes down to getting a consequence if something fails, EVERYTHING hits and is dead-on.
-Coaches that favor certain cheerleaders who get in trouble all the time, but still seem to not get punished but when another cheerleader does something of less value, they get in huge trouble and yelled at.
-Cheerleaders that eat flaming Hot Cheetos, Mc Donalds, Taco Bell or any kind of fast food right before practice and have the nerve to complain about how tired they are when they finish running 1 out of 4 laps. HOW DARE YOU! HOW DARE YOU! Does that fact that you just finished shoving lard down your throat notify you why you might be tired!?
-When captains don't do their job and expect someone else to take care of the problem.
-When people think that they are the absolute best and that the team cannot make it without them! Aha! This happened WAY too many times this cheer season and they were up for a rude awakening!
-When the coach says not to do something and the cheerleader does it, anyway.
-When the coach says, "Do your tumbling." and someone doesn't do it, thus having us to start over, when we were half way done with the routine!

I can keep going! It's ridiculous.

I'm sensing a little bit of anger...

 

[DENA]

...Sheesh. You don't have to be able to tumble yourself to know how it works.

You probably could, but you shouldn't be opening your mouth if you don't know how to actually do the skill yourself. Some cheerleaders are so focused on talking about it, but they can't actually be about it. How could someone sit there and critique another when they can't do the skill themselves, especially when they're not even out there trying to get a spotter or throw the skill themselves? That's absolutely insane. They should take their own advice and use it for themselves and THEN talk.

 

[Oh Snap]

Feet/legs that aren't super tight together for shown' go's
BHS that aren't perfected (headsprings)
The "we are proud of you chant" when you're really not proud of them.
Excessive running during the running tumbling.
Slow twists

 

[cheerluvr]

I agree with a lot of these and when a teams bow and uniform don't match

 

[HannahLou]

Feet/legs that aren't super tight together for shown' go's
BHS that aren't perfected (headsprings)
The "we are proud of you chant" when you're really not proud of them.
Excessive running during the running tumbling.
Slow twists

I was at a comp recently when the whole stadium was doing this as a guy (who looked at least 18) was getting wheelchaired off cos of a knee injury. I honestly dont think I could think of anything worse than people shouting this while i was in a huge amount of pain. SO SO cringe!

 

[Katie]

-OFF FORMATIONS !
-easy stunts that don't hit
-tumbling touchdowns
-unflexible flyers

 

[Katie]

& i hate bows that dont match uni's like a black and white uniform and then a random lime green bow. like wtf?

 

[SharkDad]

You probably could, but you shouldn't be opening your mouth if you don't know how to actually do the skill yourself. Some cheerleaders are so focused on talking about it, but they can't actually be about it. How could someone sit there and critique another when they can't do the skill themselves, especially when they're not even out there trying to get a spotter or throw the skill themselves? That's absolutely insane. They should take their own advice and use it for themselves and THEN talk.

You've obviously had a bad experience with this. This is common in many sports. Great tumblers can be bad coaches and great coaches don't have to ever have done the skill. If you haven't though, it probably takes more work to gain the same credibility of someone with more experience.

Can someon break down, instruct, critique and motive someone to do skills correctly or acheive their goals? That's what I would look for in agood coach. Not just their experience.

 

[islandcheerboi500]

i hate when people call backhandsprings flip flops...or people say two and a whip double instead of two to whip double

i hate when they call a back hand spring a back flip, like hello learn your cheer terms

 

[islandcheerboi500]

Pyramids in which the center flyer just stands there and do nothing.

I though i was the only one who though this was irritating, like hello other girls are just working and you stand there trying to look pretty, hello do something

 

[islandcheerboi500]

so i hate it when a team won a competition last year and comes to this years competition and thinks they bad or thinks that the trophy is gonna be handed to em or something

 

[lcal]

& i hate bows that dont match uni's like a black and white uniform and then a random lime green bow. like wtf?

I agree. I hate when teams are colors are something like red white and blue and then have this weird zebra and neon bow... It just doesn't look good.

 

[Katie]

I agree. I hate when teams are colors are something like red white and blue and then have this weird zebra and neon bow... It just doesn't look good.

right? it doesn't make sense to me, & I HATE ANIMAL PRINT ON UNI's. sorry girls who have them, i just really dont like it, along with neon colors.

 

[ACEDAD]

I hate when I come to Fierceboard and I don't have an alert.

 

[Jessicalynn]

i hate when you base with someone and if the stunt falls for some reason .... and it is NEVER their fault it is everyone else in the groups fault but them , but if you switch that person out with someone else the stunt is perfect.clearly it was your fault just own up to it

i hate when you listen to espn and theycant even get the terms right.... if your going to talk about it know what everyone is doing before you open your mouth

plus i agree with everything everyone has said on here