High School 11 Person Pyramid

[cheer coach k]

so, my girls had everything set for the season, and in the last week, 3 of my girls have been injured (not during practice, btw) and are out for 6-8 weeks. i now have 11 girls, and we are stuck on a cool pyramid that will work with such a strange number. open for suggestions! thanks!

 

[SmileyRyleigh]

two 3 people preps on the side, (two bases, no back) and one full stunt group in the middle... you could have the two preps go up, load the middle group into a squish, and do a backflip, reload the middle group up to a ballup ticktock? we do that for football games..

 

[tntdynomite]

two 3 people preps on the side, (two bases, no back) and one full stunt group in the middle... you could have the two preps go up, load the middle group into a squish, and do a backflip, reload the middle group up to a ballup ticktock? we do that for football games..

If you are following AACCA rules or NFHS rules you can't do the backflip part.

 

[cheerforeverever]

two 3 people preps on the side, (two bases, no back) and one full stunt group in the middle... you could have the two preps go up, load the middle group into a squish, and do a backflip, reload the middle group up to a ballup ticktock? we do that for football games..

backflip releases aren't allowed for the high school level......can't have anything where the hips go past the head unless its a suspended forward roll to the ground

 

[SmileyRyleigh]

backflip releases aren't allowed for the high school level......can't have anything where the hips go past the head unless its a suspended forward roll to the ground

didnt know that. oops. even if the two side girls are holding on..?

 

[cheerforeverever]

didnt know that. oops. even if the two side girls are holding on..?

yep

 

[cheerforeverever]

For small teams, you have to get creative if you want to have a pyramid other than say a prep leaning forward with a hitch on its back. Shoulder sits, shoulder stands,backless preps and 2 maning are key.....11 isn't a bad number really as you have almost 3 full groups not including front spots.
Here's an example of a prep, 2man, prep pyramid : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wPLbKBhl5c
You could also do almost anything that incorporates 3 normal groups but just have either backless preps as opposed to normal preps or switch them to shoulder sits/stands.

 

[xxDefyingGravity1]

so, my girls had everything set for the season, and in the last week, 3 of my girls have been injured (not during practice, btw) and are out for 6-8 weeks. i now have 11 girls, and we are stuck on a cool pyramid that will work with such a strange number. open for suggestions! thanks!

our jv team last year competed with only 8 girls on the mat! many of there team members were out for various reasons injurys etc. but they were able to figure something out & im sure you will too! i suggest shoulder stands if the problem is that you dont have enough people they can really work if you have a team with a small number of girls

 

[INeverStopCheering]

Break out the shoulder sits