College Spotting Belts For Baskets

I used a twisting belt on a trampoline to try and get the concept of a full. Since I've never tumbled, I get lost trying to flip and twist. It didn't really help, I still got lost in it.

Sorry, not very helpful. If you could wear the belt while getting tossed, I bet that would be pretty useful. I'd love that to try and work on my x-out full.

Yeah outside of a pool or pit teaching baskets is sorta a long venture to teach. I want a spotting belt to improve the safety of teaching them.

Yes, great tool! the setup was a pulley system attached to the rafters of the practice facility. The belt had ball bearings for the twisting and was attached to ropes on the outside for flipping. The group would throw a normal basket for the flyer and the coach/instructor was in constant contact with the ropes attached to the belt. At the peak of the trick the coach would pull on the ropes to stop the momentum of the flyer and basically lower her down.

We used a similar belt that GDaddyLS uses.

Pulley system attached to rafters/ceiling. Only difference was ours didnt have ball bears for twisting. When one of the Senior groupstunts starting working full twisting layouts, the flyer just twisted in the ropes before they threw the basket - so it would unravel as she twisted.

I have quite a few videos somewhere of our kids learning on it. It was great for our younger ones to learn basket back tucks...helped them get over the fear and learn how to ride it up before they tuck.

We had a belt on my previous team (they still have it) and it helped a lot, especially with Tuck Baskets, Layouts and Full Twisting Baskets.
The only problem was sometimes that the flyers get used to this "safety belt" and some of them had to overcome their fear of doing the basket (thought they did the skill perfectly with the belt) without it.
With my actuall team, i wish we had the possibility to use a belt for baskets sometimes.

I've always wondered why they weren't more widely used in cheer. I think they're great for learning stunting too. The coach can use the pulley to take some/all weight off the bases so they can be sure they have proper grip, and so things like a tick tock can be done at a slower speed and without worry of falls.

MissBee said:

I've always wondered why they weren't more widely used in cheer. I think they're great for learning stunting too. The coach can use the pulley to take some/all weight off the bases so they can be sure they have proper grip, and so things like a tick tock can be done at a slower speed and without worry of falls.

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I think from my cheering experience, is that we practice in the school gym. I don't think the school would like us putting a pulley system in the ceiling... I also don't know of any all-star or gymnastics gyms nearby that have them on the ground, only over trampolines.
I really wish we could use them though... we're starting to work fulls...

Ems said:

I think from my cheering experience, is that we practice in the school gym. I don't think the school would like us putting a pulley system in the ceiling... I also don't know of any all-star or gymnastics gyms nearby that have them on the ground, only over trampolines.
I really wish we could use them though... we're starting to work fulls...

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Schools would never allow them-the insurance would be too high, and there are already tons of HS cheer coaches out there who don't know what they're doing, let alone how to properly use a belt system! However, if I had an All Star gym, you bet your bloomers I'd have them set up over the floor for use in stunts and baskets. I was a gymnast and we had them over the tramps and over the floor, beams and vault. I have seen them in use over bars too (we didn't have that at our gym, but in some gyms it's used-just takes some creative wrapping of the ropes around the bars).

How much does a good spotting belt cost and how high a ceiling can you hang one from? I'd say the gym were in has 40-50 foot ceilings. Might have to have something coming from the wall?

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I might be making this up but for some reason I remember KU having them at a clinic. They shared a facility with diving so I think the belts were actually for training dives but ScottyB or @KUCheer might be able to give some info

The facility we used was a shared practice space with the schools gymnastics team. The gymnastics coach would come in and help us with instructing correct body positions and technique, it was highly effective for us.

GDaddyLS said:

The facility we used was a shared practice space with the schools gymnastics team. The gymnastics coach would come in and help us with instructing correct body positions and technique, it was highly effective for us.

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NC State?

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kingston said:

NC State?

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Yes

GDaddyLS said:

Yes

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that actually explains a good deal. that and ouida bell (sp)