Entries Tagged 'Cheer' ↓

Aaron Cook is the 2012 American Jr Champion in Power Tumbling.

He trains at AGT Flipcity. Head Coach Pete Roberts.

Click PLAY or watch him on YouTube.

Thanks Valentin.

Cheer Perfection is an American reality documentary television series that debuted on December 19, 2012 on TLC.

TLC announced on February 6, 2013, that it has ordered eight additional episodes.

… The series follows a group of young cheerleaders at Cheer Time Revolution, located in Sherwood, Arkansas, as they endure the world of competitive cheerleading …

If you are looking for a reason to hate on competitive Cheer, click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. But be warned.

I couldn’t watch this coaching criminality for long.

Kids age 6-13.

Talk about giving Cheer a bad name.

Absurdly difficult tumbling. Quad twist in shoes, for example.

Yeesh.

Brandon “Lil B” McCuien (born April 4, 1990) is a Street Tumbler from Little Rock, Arkansas. He started cheering when he was 7 and is now currently a cheerleader in Garland, Texas. …

Click PLAY or watch him on Facebook.

He’s got a YouTube channel with a number of tutorials.

Awaiting Achilles injury?

Thank Dave Adlard for the link.

Don’t try this at home.

Click PLAY or watch Part 1 on YouTube.

There are more compilations in that series on the KamilB1873year YouTube channel.

#UngroundUFCheer

Florida officials told cheerleaders Nov. 16 they could no longer perform acrobatic stunts and tumble during games. The decision came days after an Orlando Magic cheerleader was injured during a performance at a basketball game.

University officials said they took a proactive stance “to protect the cheerleaders” instead of waiting for a tragedy to occur.

Cheerleaders disappointed that they couldn’t tumble at their last home game of the season took their protest to social media, tweeting under the hashtag #Unground UFCheer.

Athletic association spokesman Steve McClain said the danger associated with acrobatic stunts is “simply not worth the risk to the cheerleaders or to the University of Florida.”

WPBF

Injured stunt team performer Jamie Woode will meet with local media on Friday to give an update on her recovery. She had three vertebrae fractures and a broken rib.

In related news, Steve McClain proclaims that birds at U Florida are no longer allowed to fly. They must walk while crossing campus.

They might fly into his thick skull.

I assume McClain will next be cancelling Football. Too dangerous.

#gymnamstyle

The three Olympians are not at all the highlight of this incredible Cheer inspired Gangnam spoof.

Worth watching.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

It starts with a visit to the Levine Cancer Institute in North Carolina.

(via Eff Yeah! Gabby Douglas!)

Super sick tumbling at Stealth All Stars with special thanks to Team OC, Brandon “Lil B” McCuien, Matt McGrath and Robert “The Beast” Herrera from California All Stars

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via @TripleTwistBlog

… George Bush finished high school at Phillips Academy, a boarding school (then all-male) in Andover, Massachusetts, where he played baseball and during his senior year was the head cheerleader.

Bush attended Yale University from 1964 to 1968, graduating with an A.B. in history. During this time, he was a cheerleader …

Wikipedia

A high school cheerleader flipped her way into the Guinness Book of World Records Friday night. …

Miranda Ferguson, a 16-year-old junior … during halftime for the St. Mark’s School of Texas game against the Oakridge School. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (updated video)

Yeesh. I know plenty of Cheer tumblers who’d have a chance to better than number first try.

My old coach Shiro Tanaka must have done 35 on a football field back in the 1970s. For fun.

(via BBC)

I’m a fan.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Inside Cheerleading – TRIPLE BOUNCE BACK PASS)

GymRep is one of the best and most important Summer Camps in North America.

“GymRep” is Artistic Gymnastics for girls and boys. (The number of weeks for Men will be expanded next year.)

“Cheer-Rep” are weeks dedicated to competitive Cheer. About 30hrs of work-out during a week are scheduled.

This Camp experience is finely tuned. Tightly scripted. Every minute planned.

The facility is gorgeous, equipped with new Gymnova equipment.

I brought with me some Tumbl Trak “demonstration equipment”. The new Fitness Wheel made a nice addition.

David Altmeyer, originally from France, now Head Coach at Viagym in Montreal, was Head Coach 2012 for GymRep Camp.

Frank Legras, from Marseilles France, was, the week I was there,”Top Gun” ~ visiting guest coach working with all coaches.

I’d heard the stories of GymRep, but had to see it with my own eyes to believe it.

It’s in a gorgeous lakeside location, but still conveniently close to Montreal.

On arrival, you’d swear you are looking at a Circus Camp. They had 10 bungie spotting belts on Trampoline devices (6 Tramps, 4 snap down Mini-tramps) and 12 bungie spotting belts on Beam. (one for dismounts, one for mounts)

Every girl, every skill, is spotted by either belt or TWO coaches. It’s amazingly safe.

And FUN. A DJ blasts loud music and directs traffic with a PA. One of the coaches on the gym floor also has a wireless mic, directing traffic.

Anglophones like me are unsure of whether to go to GymRep for fear of not understanding French. In fact, they had one week this summer with near 50% Anglophones.

One new innovation is a BIG SCREEN showing translation into English.

A Gibbon slackline set-up was the best I’ve ever seen. Very safe.

More of my photos …

More GymRep facility photos on Facebook

More GymRep photos and videos

Check out GymRep.com (English)

So NEW it’s not on Wikipedia yet.

Woodward Tahoe opened a few weeks ago. This company is expanding.

Woodward Copper opened 2008.

Woodward Beijing opened 2010.

Click PLAY or watch Tahoe’s Opening Day video on YouTube.

Jon Slaughter, Marketing Director, is justifiable proud of progress made. They broke ground on the impressive 34,000 square foot facility only about 11 months prior to opening. It’s at Boreal Mountain Resort close to Lake Tahoe, California.

Click PLAY or watch … Nate Wessel explain the design on YouTube. Including the Trampoline Park with a “Supertramp”.

That Supertramp is not one of those built by Dave Ross / Rebound. It’s a new design. I got to bounce on it myself — BIG AIR … SLOW … and SOFT.

The highlight for many of the kids visiting is that pit jump. HUGE AIR on a bike.

Lauren Gearhart moved from Copper to get the Cheer program up-and-running at Tahoe. She explained that Artistic Gymnastics will not be offered at this camp due to space limitations. Action sports share tumbling, trampoline and pits with Cheer. It’s a natural fit.

Rod Floor, tumbling trampoline and full Cheer Floor are in place.

They’ll be no Artistic Gymnastics at this Woodward. A bit of a trend for the company, I’m thinking. Action Sports are the priority.

Woodward Tahoe looks like a winner to me. It will run winter and summer. It’s atop the Donner Pass on Highway 80, West of Truckee, California.

Training Action Sports gets a little bit safer.

homepage Woodward tahoe

LIKE Woodward Tahoe on Facebook.

I still feel deprived that I’d never got to one of the big American Camps like Woodward West as a gymnast. I was in my 40s before I first saw the gym in Stallion Springs, California.

It’s MAGIC.

Superb facilities in an idyllic location & climate.

LOVE their two channel pits

Back in my first weeks as a coach at Woodward West, Director “Hollywood” Mike asked staff to try to provide the BEST WEEK ever in the sporting life of kids.

If the only thing that matters is gymnastics, take your kids to the closest gym more elite than your own. But if you want your kids to have a unique life experience, send them to Woodward.

It’s inspiring to be coached by 2000 Olympic Floor Champ Igor Vihrovs and Bars legend Elise Ray.

Girls at camp are mostly registered in Artistic & Cheer. Boys mostly Action Sports: BMX, skateboard, etc.

The two cultures couldn’t be more opposite. (Action kids are those who think training in tight jeans in a hot climate is a good idea. Fashion more important than function.)

Here’s one of the Action Sports pits. They flip boards and bikes into this one.

Tony Eusini was in charge of Artistic Gymnastics when I visited week #5. Loud and in charge.

Tony and Elise Ray

Kids can sign out Go Pro helmet cams FREE. And later edit their POV video.

I like the visual feedback available for kids getting their “distance” tumbling into the pit.

New skills bell.

Cheer is BIG in 2012. Here’s the full size Cheer Floor with tumbling into the pit.

more photos

Click PLAY or get a glimpse of week #5 on YouTube.

The biggest downside to Woodward is the cost. It’s around $800 for a week. But you can cut back that cost with a parent volunteering as Camp Councillor, as Andrew Stess has done the past 3 years. If you’re driving your child to camp anyway, why not stay the week?

And chaperone 14 kids in a cabin?

My re-visit was sponsored by Tumbl Trak.

woodwardwest.com

Thanks Linnea! Long live Woodward West.