All-Star Bounding Passes Going Away Soon?

That would sure make for boring routines.

This confuses me, especially as there is a push for synchronized tumbling, which has injury/safety concerns as well. The force of athletes tumbling onto other athletes/kicking other athletes while tumbling seems to be possibly even more dangerous to me??

worldsring09 said:

This confuses me, especially as there is a push for synchronized tumbling, which has injury/safety concerns as well. The force of athletes tumbling onto other athletes/kicking other athletes while tumbling seems to be possibly even more dangerous to me??

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As a mother of a child who has worked very hard to get a bounding pass for the last few years (and finally has one), it frustrates me to think it might have been all for nothing. I can't even begin to count the hours she has spent working on it. She took her time, under the very watchful eye of her coach and was not allowed to progress the skill until she was safely ready. I hope bounding passes stay.

That would be terrible. I love bounding passes, and if taught correctly, I feel like many of these injuries can be avoided..

I love to see them, hate to do them. They scare me

I feel it would be very disappointing for the passes to be eliminated. The highlight of a gymnasts floor routine is their tumbling passes, and I always thought this was a highlight of the tumbling in the cheer routine. I personally enjoy watching the amazing specialty passes so much more than giant herds of people throwing skills all over the place to max out time/scoresheets. I hope your child will get to throw her pass for many years to come

It really would change the total feel of a routine. People work SO hard, like your CP, to get these skills. The "Wow!" factor would totally be gone from tumbling. Besides, I think the sport and tumbling in cheer in general is too far gone to try to eliminate it. Double punch doubles anyone?

If they did decide to eliminate it, I would hope it would be a gradual process. I get wanting to protect, let's say, 11 year olds from busting their knees doing them..but after a certain point, gets kinda ridiculous no?

live2cheer10 said:

It really would change the total feel of a routine. People work SO hard, like your CP, to get these skills. The "Wow!" factor would totally be gone from tumbling. Besides, I think the sport and tumbling in cheer in general is too far gone to try to eliminate it. Double punch doubles anyone?

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Can you imagine a routine with all the last passes being "__" through to "__" through to "__"? It would become the era of "through to" lol. There is barely enough time in most worlds routines to even bound, let alone add a bunch of through to's. Plus corner to corner passes loaded with tricks get hard to fit in length-wise once kids hit high school. Then sychronizing all of it on top of that? Sheesh.

I'm anxious to see if this is really a serious discussion point for the industry. I'm hoping some of our friends "in the know" will chime in tomorrow.

I'd be really disappointed to see bounding passes go but it would definitely help with safety issues...doubt this one would pass easily, though.

Certifying coaches, not eliminating "dangerous" aspects of cheer will help avoid injury.

Level5Mom said:

Can you imagine a routine with all the last passes being "__" through to "__" through to "__"? It would become the era of "through to" lol. There is barely enough time in most worlds routines to even bound, let alone add a bunch of through to's. Plus corner to corner passes loaded with tricks get hard to fit in length-wise once kids hit high school. Then sychronizing all of it on top of that? Sheesh.

I'm anxious to see if this is really a serious discussion point for the industry. I'm hoping some of our friends "in the know" will chime in tomorrow.

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I feel like it would be really similar to senior open 5 in that sense. Nothing wrong with open 5, but there is a reason it's a different level.

ETA: I know they wouldn't be taking away doubles, but it would be the same with the no bounding passes.

Dislike - Dislike - Dislike.... Instead of eliminating - analyze the why/how and develop a remedy. Or when does fluke injuries come into play - do u become a statistic when u have performed the skill over and over effortless and that one day ...

Where will this leave the boys? Bored I would think. They are powerhouses - can't see a simple pass from them.

Level5Mom said:

I have heard that there is discussion in the industry among leaders to eliminate bounding passes from all star cheerleading in the coming years. Reason: numerous injuries that have occured due to the inherent risks involved in learning these types of passes (whip doubles, full doubles, double doubles, etc). Can anyone provide any confirmation that this is being discussed at meetings out there? Any insight on how industry leaders are feeling about this topic? I would love to hear everyones thoughts about it. Thanks in advance.

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If I had to guess, this discussion was not about Senior 5. But maybe youth or Sr restricted or maybe Jr in future rules cycles.