All-Star 2013/2014 Team Videos

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College cheer out of the philippines. Themed routines and props are big (this team had an "arabian" theme), and teams get pretty creative. If they adjusted their routine to fit worlds rules, they would have a chance to give IOC6 teams a run for their money I think!

(There are other teams from the comp on this person's youtube acct if you want to see more themed routines)
 
College cheer out of the philippines. Themed routines and props are big (this team had an "arabian" theme), and teams get pretty creative. If they adjusted their routine to fit worlds rules, they would have a chance to give IOC6 teams a run for their money I think!

(There are other teams from the comp on this person's youtube acct if you want to see more themed routines)


so impressed by their tumbling. awesome to see other countries really growing and stepping up. and wow, that's a long performance! i thought 2:30 was exhausting... i can't even imagine!
 
so impressed by their tumbling. awesome to see other countries really growing and stepping up. and wow, that's a long performance! i thought 2:30 was exhausting... i can't even imagine!
that competition showcases both cheer and dance elements and its REALLY tiring but they're loving it. its been a tradition :)
 
There have been a lot of coaches trying to make this happen across the board. The theory is that if they step to the side, they will still catch and protect their face, along with the face/head/neck of the flyer. For example, with double downs if the flyer only makes it 1 1/2 they are landing face to face with the backspot, causing injuries for both. By turning to the side, you eliminate that. In theory, it makes sense. In reality, SCARY. We tried doing this with my level 2 kids during a barrel roll so that it would be cleaner and it scared me, and there is no way my 4s are going to give it a try any time soon.

This would have saved me from breaking my nose when I over rotated on a kick triple.
 
This would have saved me from breaking my nose when I over rotated on a kick triple.

Both techniques have their pros and cons. We usually teach our flyers to open up to kind of a T and catch themselves on the bases shoulders. If however, I have a flyer that is only just learning how to double down for example. I tell them to keep their arms to their sides and give them experienced bases that I trust will not catch too far apart. In those cases the backspot catches to the side.

But as we're a coed team, we might have more twobase stunts rather than three base ones. And when stunting twobase, the flye has to catch herself in order to be safe and tight. So that's why we prefer the them to learn how and when to open up and catch themselves eventually.
 
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