High School Secondary (side) Basing Help!

A secondary base is there for support. You have two options on how to start in your load:
1st- place your right hand under the arch of your flyers shoe and your left hand at the top of her foot creating a tight, solid, stable hold.
2nd - place your right hand under the arch of your flyers shoe and your left around your main base's outside wrist giving her support.

Whichever one you choose is based on comfort level for you, the main base, and the flyer so try both out a few times to get a feel for the right fit for you.

From there you drive up powerfully, using your legs, and locking out your arms at the top. The key is to be as close to your main base as possible creating a good platform for your flyer. I also teach my girls to secondary with their shoulder against the main base's chest so that they are facing out towards the crowd but constantly looking up at their flyer.

You're perfectly safe in that position as long as you remember to turn and catch for cradles or falls.

Jo Mallory said:

A secondary base is there for support. You have two options on how to start in your load:
1st- place your right hand under the arch of your flyers shoe and your left hand at the top of her foot creating a tight, solid, stable hold.
2nd - place your right hand under the arch of your flyers shoe and your left around your main base's outside wrist giving her support.
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also, you can your right hand under the arch of flyers shoe and left hand on flyers shin. Some of our bases have done that to help the throw upwards, and then after the dip they move the left hand to the top of flyers foot helping create that solid stable hold.

As a main base, i didnt like the wrist grab, it prevented me from fixing my own grip, and often the secondary base would move around my wrist bone with was very painful.


hope that helps!

I personally don't like or teach the wrist hold. I think it makes the flyer heel and its uncomfortable for the other base. They're very restricted on what they can do when someone has a grip on their wrist.

I also don't teach grabbing the top of the shoe. Typically the secondary base is the shorter of the two. By doing this you are pulling the stunt down. Even if you're taller and can reach, you can't do anything to help by grabbing the top. No one, no matter how strong can hold a girl up by the top of her shoe.

I teach to have the right hand in the normal middle grip. The left hand on the shin while in a load and on the way up it gets under the shoe as well. Supporting underneath your right hand and the side of the shoe. You now have your hands under the shoe and controlling both sides of the shoe.

Other than the grip its really not hard to learn! Make sure you use your legs and get in and under quick. Don't push the stunt away from you! Also remember the group will be adjusting to you so don't get frustrated and don't take anything they correct you with personally. They're only trying to help you get it quicker!

one more thing i thought of, when the stunt is up, make sure you push through your right shoulder when the stunt is up

My main bases want their wrist held tightly, it gives them more support. Best thing to do is to try it out, ask the main base which way they prefer and ask the flyer what they like. Trial and error is about the only way. Good luck, don't stress.

Practice with a cheer shoe at home if you are secondary basing full ups, aim for catching the left foot when she is 3/4 of the way around. Keep your hands open and reach around for the catch. Good luck!

Thank You to Everyone that replied. The stunt is going up and staying up now! I couldn't have done it without your help. Thank You!

shimmy this if you're a secondary base