All-Star Correct Flying Postions

BowCat said:

I have a feeling that she's in a transition, there's no coach that would ever allow an arabesque to be based with the main leg facing front.

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Thats what i was thinking, because its just an overall awkward position.

im guessing none of you are fans of Georgia's arabesques?

gofriars610 said:

My junior year my high school's coach changed from a traditional, old-school high school only coach to a former all star coach. He liked arabesques with the open hips. We called it "peeing on a hydrant." the old coach liked it the ballerina way, with squared hips and knee down.

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Peeing on a hydrant!!!!!!

arilt95 said:

i hate to be blunt and rude, but what is that? that would bug me so much if i was the coach...

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I believe it's her imitiation at a peeing dog...

I've alway hated when some do scorps and they open to the front with the left hip up. I felt the the hip bones should be squared and facing down. I'd rather the slightly bent knee but good flexibility and height.

Same thing goes for Scale. I never liked a scale where the hip is facing up and the knee is facing out to the crowd. I always thought: tisk tisk!

I really hope it was a transition too. I think the hands on hips adds to the awkwardness for me. (again no offense to the girl. She's a pretty flyer and just doing what she was told...but it's an awkward position.)

Iamshannon said:

im guessing none of you are fans of Georgia's arabesques?

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Very hit or miss for me. Some of them are really pretty, and I LOVE how high their chests always are. But I don't like it with the bent knees.

Forget heel placement and all of that jazz.....

as a judge all we want to see is a knee not bent, a toe pointed and MY GOODNESS ......IS GOOD MOTION TECHNIQUE IN THE AIR TO MUCH TO ASK FOR? (biggest pet peeve)

Jennaw said:

Forget heel placement and all of that jazz.....

as a judge all we want to see is a knee not bent, a toe pointed and MY GOODNESS ......IS GOOD MOTION TECHNIQUE IN THE AIR TO MUCH TO ASK FOR? (biggest pet peeve)

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RIGHT?!?!!? I used to fly girls who would hit beautiful stunts and then hit the weakest, bent elbow, broken wrist motions. I would yell at them from the ground.

Is this right.....?

Ahh, please don't hurt me.........

cheerKT said:

RIGHT?!?!!? I used to fly girls who would hit beautiful stunts and then hit the weakest, bent elbow, broken wrist motions. I would yell at them from the ground.

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lol back when I cheered I was the tall back-spot, If my flyer ever had a motion like that I would threaten to knee her when she landed in cradle.

cheerKT said:

RIGHT?!?!!? I used to fly girls who would hit beautiful stunts and then hit the weakest, bent elbow, broken wrist motions. I would yell at them from the ground.

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Just a little insight about how bad I cant stand by flyer motion technique...
I have to ignore the threads about "best *insert body position here*" because I want to beat the computer screen in when I see these kiddos with amazing flexibility, but "limp wrist" or thumbs sticking out of fist. I cant even focus on their flexibility because all I see is BAD TECHNIQUE!

hopefully this picture works. haha, here's my aerobesque from back in high school (miss it)...hopefully correct lol.

Is this right?

aerobesque?