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Just wanted to congratulate Helen Cox Cheer for Small Varsity - the turnaround they made in just ONE year was amazing. And of course, watching Live Oak do those high stretch full arounds made my brain explode - incredible! And so controlled, definitely deserved the win. :D

My heart really hurts for you right now. :( I'm assistant coaching for my little sister's high school varsity squad and since I'm only a few years older (in college), the girls kinda talk to me more and it also hasn't been that long since I was IN high school so I honestly feel your pain...

I found this somewhere else on this board: The Most Difficult College To Try Out For Cheerleading | Fierce Board - The Voice Of Cheer Kentucky, for one. Louisville, Alabama, UCF, NC State, and LSU are not far behind. I don't know height/weight suggestions for the other schools but LSU states...

About 1200 I think and Varsity only takes 16. JV runs between 8-12. There was a girl trying out this year who has amazing tumbling skills AND has cheer experience, but her 'tude & grades are kinda meh. Well, actually they kinda suck. Still, I totally expected her to make the squad and she got...

Well, I explained further into the post ^ that "hurt" could be super sore muscles or bruises from stunting. I guess you could change it to "you will feel like you've been hit by a bus" but it's not as short for memorization purposes! hahaha Since camp is usually before summer conditioning, many...

I was a dancer for years and that's what I told the flyer who was crying - that it's common knowledge among dancers & theater people that a bad dress rehearsal = great performance! I don't know why but it always seems to work out that way... :p Thanks for that line about leaving on an...

( Since it's my first year coaching, I tend to ask a lot of questions like this :p ) Ok, so we had 2 dropped stunts and a major bobble (3 different flyers!) at our Showcase this weekend. The squad was really down and one of the flyers was crying. I want to hug them & tell them everything's ok...

Little Sis had been to UCA camp several times but the rest of her squad hadn't (we moved to new school system) & they were all surprised that it wasn't fun fun fun kinda camp ... it's more like BOOT CAMP. :confused: Little's "Three Things You Need to Know About Cheer Camp" are: 1. You will get...

I've always noticed Kentucky is a strong cheer state. ;) We are one of the few public schools from Louisiana going. Sooo many large Catholic schools with awesome squads are on the list - the competition is fierce. And I didn't know Archbishop Shaw had a co-ed team now! I can't wait to see them...

Thanks for taking the time to post all this info! :cheering:

I agree with everything you said! Unfortunately, as assistant coach, I don't get much say. Also, since JV is only sophomore girls, there are only 8 of them (2 stunt groups) so if we pull her theres not much stuntin goin on. :confused: But the biggest reason is coz this girl is really good. She's...

Ash, everything you said makes perfect sense to me! And we told her to put her weight on the right, which she did and it worked, but then back spot would let go of her ankle and things would get unsteady. And THANK YOU for saying flyer is trying to do too much! It's a GROUP stunt, she shouldnt...

Ok, if I read your post correctly the flyer is stationary when they begin to load? I think that would help a lot but the head coach wants the flyer to "run-in" from behind the bases (coz she thinks it "looks more impressive" ... don't get me started, ugh). So the flyer runs up & steps in with...

Thanks y'all :-) I was doin good for awhile coz I totally trust Little's stunt group but then the head coach introduced a stunt & put Little sis in a different stunt group for it & it's making me tear my hair out. I posted about it in Skills forum if anyone cares to read it & give me some advice!

The squad I'm assistant coaching for is doing great on every stunt we practice except for one. It's a walk-in-hands press up to extension (semi-single-base) stunt. Side base supports main base's right wrist and back spot steadies flyer's ankles while main base presses her up to extension. It's...

I love the idea of having cheer-type uniforms & using the poms. We had a typical dance team with the sparkly spandex outfits (that I was kinda self-conscious in - and I was 100lbs so I can only imagine how some of the bigger girls felt) and kicklines. Sometimes we could do a little hip hop for...

Do you feel a lot of pressure when maybe a certain coach is around or something? That can cause that kinda block. My lil sister had the same thing going on this summer - couldn't throw it at the gym but could do it fine IN THE YARD at home. We finally figured out she was ridiculously tensed up...

:jawdrop: I've never seen anything like that! That was AMAZING!!!!! I'm a dancer & choreographer, assistant coaching my little sister's JV cheer squad this year (so I'm still learning a lot about cheer!) :confused: Man, if they'd had something like "pompon" at my school, I would SO have done...

Thanks everyone so much!!! Sorry it took me awhile to reply but my fall semester started and I've been helping squad prepare for their athletic kickoff night - hadn't had a spare minute & I'm kinda sleep deprived. ;) Maybe I can get caught up with the holiday!

Her bases haven't complained but jmho they would hit more often if they didn't look like they were constantly trying to find center. Everything will look perfect going up and sis is super tight, then you'll see "the lean" start. They do everything they can to fight the lean but eventually she is...