- Nov 18, 2012
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This year I was on JV and for 10th grade I want to move up to Varsity. What skills would you recommend I work on/practice? Stunting, motions, etc. Anything you can think and examples are appreciated. Thank you
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Oh my goodness! Our HS requires a roundoff....Work on tumbling, stunting, jumps, and spiriting! Make sure you are super right in everything you do and stay peppy, keeping a smile on your face! All schools are different but our varsity requires a standing tuck and running layout!
My school requires a standing tuck if you're an underclassman, if you are an upperclassman it's a backhandspring. Just smile a lot and be really loud and show them you're responsible enough to be on varsity even though youre younger. Work on flexibility and tumbling
Am I the only one who feels like that's kind of unfair? I feel like everyone should have the same chance - if someone is good, put them on Varsity, it shouldn't matter how old they are.... IDK I just don't like when seniors and juniors get special priveleges, i mean they didn't do anything other than being born first. It bothers me when tryouts aren't based solely on skill. I think teams are better if it's based on skill anyways, not grade...What would happen if a ton of underclassmen came in with standing tucks and canceled out the upperclassmen? Would that be allowed? I never heard of anything like that where it's different requirements based on grade.
What would happen if a ton of underclassmen came in with standing tucks and canceled out the upperclassmen? Would that be allowed? I never heard of anything like that where it's different requirements based on grade.
oh got it thanks for explaining, I was confused! We used to have a seniority rules kind of thing, where varsity was only juniors/seniors, but now anyone can make it but the underclassmen have to be pretty good. We do have a only freshman/sopmhores on JV rule though.. well I think we do.. I graduated last year so im not sureWell, my school is pretty big. We have full teams of about 25 girls on freshman, 25 girls on jv, and about 30 on varsity. My school is not allowed to compete in competitions from an accident that happened like 20 years ago with a girl doing a basket toss, she landed on her head or something, so now the whole district is not allowed to compete or do basket tosses. Anyways, in my experience, very few underclassmen have standing tucks. There was one freshman who tried out with one and made jv, because as a freshman she can't make varsity. But, if she tries out next year she will make varsity. The only sophomores this year, who made varsity were 4 girls and they all had a layout and standing tuck. The rest were placed on jv and had backhandsprings/etc. My freshman team has only 5 girls with tumbling, and we all only have bhs series. The upperclassman on varsity really only have that advantage because they can't be placed on a lower team because of theyre age, and if we didnt keep them on the team just because they don't have a standing tuck we wouldn't have a team. It's mainly just so they can still participate and be involved but not be kicked off by girls younger than them. I'm not 100% sure why it is that way, but i would trace it back to the fact my school does not compete in competitions. We only cheer at games. **Sorry for the long post.
oh got it thanks for explaining, I was confused! We used to have a seniority rules kind of thing, where varsity was only juniors/seniors, but now anyone can make it but the underclassmen have to be pretty good. We do have a only freshman/sopmhores on JV rule though.. well I think we do.. I graduated last year so im not sure
HI Jess Actually the girl you are talking about has some other going issues going on in her 11th grade cheerleading year that caused her to quit the team, i had the pleasure of being captain with her while she was still on the team. Just so you know that is a NJ state law that seniors may not be on a jv team, and she does have the skill level to be on varsity she just couldn't tumble. i would be happy to discuss with you some tips on what our coaches are looking for, feel free to private message me or ask me ! btw its CHFor my school, anyone can make varsity. Even if you're a freshman. The one thing that bothers me though is that ANY SENIORS MAKE THE TEAM. Regardless if they even try or not. There is this one girl who quit in 11th grade because she didn't make varsity, and then tried out again in 12th and made varsity. I swear girls who quit are using this! If you don't have the skills for varsity, you shouldn't be on varsity.
Anyways, keep the advice coming guys. Love you. xo
HI Jess Actually the girl you are talking about has some other going issues going on in her 11th grade cheerleading year that caused her to quit the team, i had the pleasure of being captain with her while she was still on the team. Just so you know that is a NJ state law that seniors may not be on a jv team, and she does have the skill level to be on varsity she just couldn't tumble. i would be happy to discuss with you some tips on what our coaches are looking for, feel free to private message me or ask me ! btw its CH