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Twisters Cheer Camp 2010

July 25th, 2010 | cheer, floor (men), safety

A good edit.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (8:44)

These girls are great. While watching, I had an epiphany:

If Cheer didn’t tumble, Artistic gymnastics coaches would enjoy the sport. Enjoy it as much as Acrobatic Gymnastics.

The turn off for Artistic is dangerous tumbling.

Am I right?

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#1 Liz R on 07.25.10 at 7:26 am

i think it depends on where you live. At my gym I coach at, our cheer tumbling coach is a former guy’s coach who made the switch after the program was cut. Our artistic team girls seek him out for private lessons. Cheer is also a great place for a lot of our gymnasts to go after they have maxed out in gymnastics. I agree that there is an epidemic of scary tumbling going on in cheer but I think a lot of gyms are doing the best they can to educate kids so that theyre not running off and teaching themselves things.

#2 Hannah on 07.26.10 at 2:25 am

I can’t believe their feet positions upon landing their round-offs! Some of them are almost in the splits – their ankles are a mile apart… how could any coach have ever let them get away with that poor, poor technique. No wonder by the time they’ve finished a couple of horrid backflips that the double twists they are trying desperately to throw are a complete mess. But you’re right Rick, I could get into this sport if they could tumble with class. I don’t need to see difficulty, I need to see form!

#3 Geoffrey Taucer on 07.27.10 at 6:38 pm

The turnoff is indeed dangerous tumbling — but more important is why it’s dangerous. The problem is the lack of technical understanding behind most cheer training. None of the tricks that cheerleaders do are inherently unsafe — what’s unsafe is the mindset of the coaches.

It is my hope that someday, somehow, cheer coaches will all wake up and realize that yes, basics are important. Yes, progressions are important. Yes, patience is important.

No, you cannot “just chuck it.”

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