Any 6th grade cheeleading try-out tips......PLEASE:(?

Question

CHEERLEADING TRY-OUTS R ON THE 22 AND IM NOT BAD BUT THERE IS ROOM 4 IMPROVEMENT .I TIP THE SCALE ALITTLE BUT I THINK I AM STILL KIND OF GOOD.ANY FORMER OR RECENT CHEERLEADERS WILLING TO HELP?!?!..............PLEASE!!! :(

Answer 1

As a current cheer coach, I can tell you what we expect from our girls.

First and foremost we stress academics. Being a good cheerleader requires a great deal of practice, and this can sometimes hurt your grade point average. We always stress that you can't go on in life to make a living at cheerleading....you have to have an education to do that. Girls must maintain a 2.5 or better grade point average or risk being dropped from the squad for a season. If the grade point average is not raised, she is dropped for the year.

As for the actual requirements:

Knowledge of routines, cheers and chants: Know them backwards and forwards....well enough to begin them anywhere in the middle of the cheer. I have seen many good candidates dropped due to the inability to start a cheer at any point in the routine. We teach one cheer, one chant and a pretty complex 1 minute dance routine. The girls are given 3 days to learn this with tryouts on day 4.

Tumbling/Gymnastics to include cartwheel, roundoff, and back hand spring. Girls who can do a tuck usually get extra points.

Flexibility and Posture: Be able to do splits and heal stretch. In a Liberty or heal stretch position, hold your balance for 20 seconds. Extra points are given for girls who can do arabesques or scorpions.

Judges always look for personality and smiles as well as how well the contender keeps their movements sharp and in proper form! No sloppy arms, wrists etc. You can lose lots of points in this area.

The girls must do 3 jumps: herkie, toe touch, 1 other.

Most of all, the judges are looking for girls who have the ability to work as a team and engage the crowd to cheer on their school! make the judges feel like cheering with you by engaging them every time you get a chance.

For pics, help and cheers that you can learn, go to
cheerleading.about.com

hope that helps and good luck!

Answer 2

I have been a cheerleader for six years and i am in 6th grade to but anyway if you ask me i would watch a movie like "bring it on" (1 or 2)or gotta kick it up. but if you know you are good then mabey all you need is alittle more practice.

Answer 3

Well if it's 6th grade then you probably want to know how to do a roundoff or more like back handsprings because that'll get you extra points. For jumps, you should probably know toe touches, hurkies and maybe pikes. But at try outs don't forget to SMILE =], do facial expressions, be sharp and loud!

Answer 4

jump higher