All-Star I Know Alot Of You Like Brooke High ..

[Michael McGahan]

Rule went into effect last year - can't
Toss on the hard floor either

West Virginia

 

[Alliecatzy]

Yep, you can't toss on hard floor, twist cradle out of stunts or full.

 

[kem1129]

it blows my mind that they can do all of this on hard floor. at my hs (and i'm sure many other high schools) we werent allowed to do anything but cheers/dances and jumps on hard floor during practice and at bball games we couldnt toss or cradle any stunts even if it was a straight ride. we broke some of these rules anyway (360's down from stunts, some tosses) but they were put in place for good reason and it prevented a lot of injuries

 

[Michael McGahan]

it doesn't bother us here.. I mean yes we would absolutely love to have mats but , it's not something we get the privilege of using. We are just trained for things to be that way. I mean things have changed. In 2008 was our last year for double downs still having fills in the routine etc. 2009-2010 we were only allowed to single down and we could still full. now we are only allowed to twist if the base has contact with the foot and we cant do fulls (obviously) or else all of this HS's passes would have been fulls including their 10 alternates (if I'm not mistaken) and we can do fly away tosses just not baskets. we can only do baskets, fulls, and double downs if we're on a football field, track, or mat.

 

[mariahnicole1216]

Oh my gosh. I get bruises on my hands doing a few ROBHS' for basketball games. Can't imagine any other tumbling or an entire routine.

 

[cheeromgbre]

it doesn't bother us here.. I mean yes we would absolutely love to have mats but , it's not something we get the privilege of using. We are just trained for things to be that way. I mean things have changed. In 2008 was our last year for double downs still having fills in the routine etc. 2009-2010 we were only allowed to single down and we could still full. now we are only allowed to twist if the base has contact with the foot and we cant do fulls (obviously) or else all of this HS's passes would have been fulls including their 10 alternates (if I'm not mistaken) and we can do fly away tosses just not baskets. we can only do baskets, fulls, and double downs if we're on a football field, track, or mat.

I wish you all could have mats and could showcase all the talent WV has!

I also wish girls could compete HS and allstar at the same time in WV, but i guess that is truly wishful thinking.

 

[Michael McGahan]

I wish you all could have mats and could showcase all the talent WV has!

I also wish girls could compete HS and allstar at the same time in WV, but i guess that is truly wishful thinking.

Oh trust me , we wish the same exact thing. people always down us as west virgians just bc of stereotypes but ,the truth is , we truly have amazing cheerleading programs.

 

[rockymountainthigh]

The title of this thread... the Alot strikes again
http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

 

[flyer4life]

I can't even imagine tumbling on a gym floor. Props to those girls! They're all amazing!

 

[Jay<3Rays]

why are there no mats?

 

[rockymountainthigh]

it doesn't bother us here.. I mean yes we would absolutely love to have mats but , it's not something we get the privilege of using. We are just trained for things to be that way. I mean things have changed. In 2008 was our last year for double downs still having fills in the routine etc. 2009-2010 we were only allowed to single down and we could still full. now we are only allowed to twist if the base has contact with the foot and we cant do fulls (obviously) or else all of this HS's passes would have been fulls including their 10 alternates (if I'm not mistaken) and we can do fly away tosses just not baskets. we can only do baskets, fulls, and double downs if we're on a football field, track, or mat.

10 alternates? It seems to me like a lot of really good teams keep a lot of alternates. Here in Indiana, Carmel high school, one of the best in the state, at one point (i think) had more alternates sitting out than girls performing on the floor (7). Any insight into why this is so effective?

 

[Michael McGahan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlI6MzLm5-M&feature=youtube_gdata_player

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyILRX-23w0&feature=youtube_gdata_player

here is only 7 other videos of their 12 state titlesss

 

[Michael McGahan]

here's a better view of 2008

 

[cheerKT]

I don't understand the thought process of whoever makes these decisions. Why limit the skills that can be thrown.....when you could just put down mats?

Use mats at let these girls show their full potential with fulls, full downs, and baskets!

 

[laughAlittle]

L - O - V - E

definition of athleticism.