does anybody have any good cheerleading tips to make the squad? im not trying out for football season ( i really want to bu t long story a/b that ) but how do i learn a good roundoff because it's sooo sloppy. and how do i get a good toe touch and stuff? what else should i know?
2007-07-03 01:56:49 · 2 answers · asked by mizz blondieeee 2 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Work on the things from Cheerleading 101 and try to take a tumbling class.
Most people assume that a round-off is just a cartwheel with the feet together, but that's not quite right.
1) Make sure you have a good hurdle run into the pass. Momentum helps get it over.
2) The hands are different. In the round-off the first hand goes down just like in a cartwheel, but the second hand goes down almost perpendicular to the first. If you look at them, the forefingers and thumbs of the two hands together should make a triangle-shaped space between them.
3) You know to snap your legs together as they just pass the midway (handstand) point of the round-off. But most people make the mistake of piking or tucking their legs and letting their feet touch the ground even as their hands are still on it. Push off with your hands, keeping your body 'straight' (more like banana shaped or "hollowed out",) before your feet hit the ground.
4) Make sure you land with some give in your knees and your hands overhead with your arms by your ears. Take a big rebound jump after you finish the round-off. This is to train you for the day you add a back handspring or back tuck to the round-off.
2007-07-03 03:58:20 · answer #1 · answered by Coach ~Jen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to dance classes pick up sum moves thn make a round off lol
2007-07-03 02:00:25 · answer #2 · answered by ali 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋