The best stunt I can do right now is a LIBERTY! I want to be able to do a scorpion or scale...I already practice everyday but it doesnt seem to work? idk what else to do? Is there anything else or sumthing at home I can practice with?
2007-12-30 15:15:20 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Some very important things when trying to do a scorp or a scale is doing the RIGHT stretches. Not just any stretch. Yoga helps a lot with balance and flexibility.
Good yoga stretches/poses to stretch for a scorpion are downward dog, upward dog and cobra. Try holding these for 30 seconds each. It doesn't sound like a long time, but its the perfect amount for a stretch.
Ground stretches are doing some basic split stretches. If you can all ready do the splits great, just stretch out a bit and go into splits with your right leg in front because thats the leg that you would be standing on! Then bend the back knee, this may pull the muscle in the front of your left thigh. If that happens go up a bit on your knee, then bend your knee slide down and it should be better. If its still tight its okay, its a good stretch!
Stand up beside something sturdy, a pole, a wall or a chair even, flex your left foot and bring it up beside you. Grab your left foot with your left arm kind of backwards so you can bring it around behind you. If this is your first time attempting a scorp you probably won't be able to get it behind you.
Once you get it behind you with at least one hand, no matter how bad it is, go up to a chair or some soft, flat surface and put your leg on it with the front of your thigh on the surface, bend your knee and grab it with the one foot you can, try bringing it around and grabbing it with the other foot. After you can do that, try it on the ground again, as soon as you can grab it with both hands with out it hurting too much try pulling your leg up behind you and try to make your arms straight above your head and almost locked out and your legs in splits.
It takes a lot of practise, I worked for probably 1 month before I could do a bad scorp, and by the time my scorpion (well atleast on the ground) was as good as Hawaii Pacific it was probably 3 months after I got a bad scorp.
Good luck to you and hope I helped :)
2007-12-30 16:49:22 · answer #1 · answered by cheerwhore 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you have a pool nudle, cut it to just over shoe size, then cut it in half down the full length of it. Put the round side on the floor and stand on the flat part while you pull your stunt positions.
If you aren't feeling like you are off-balance enough, then make another nudle the same way but make the cut off-center so that one piece is thicker than the other. Use the thicker piece to stand on.
2008-01-01 05:19:01 · answer #2 · answered by Coach ~Jen 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well if one of your girls could get a one leg, even if it is in a prep they could do a pyrimad where the girl who can do the one leg hitches her leg onto a girl next to her who could be in a prep or a sholder sit. Another thing you could try to do that is fun, have one of your girls try to twist out of a prep, as long as the girl has enough height in her pop and has bases who will catch her this is a really simple trick. Good luck, my dream is to coach cheerleading someday
2016-03-16 21:54:24 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try standing on one foot for like 2 minutes then switch
or..
Stand on a stationery object like a stool and balance with one foot on the stool and the other in the air with the knee close to the face and hold that for like 10 sec. then switch by jumping to next foot and hold the switched position for at least 15 sec. and keep practicing.
=] hoped this helped!!
2007-12-30 15:20:19 · answer #4 · answered by ♥Dance 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
before you can go in the air you have to master the floor. hold your scorpion on the floor for as long as you can and try not to wobble! Same with the scale and heel stretches. i heard you can practice standing on a chair but i don't think that is safe unless you have someone to spot you next to the chair.
2007-12-30 17:04:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
theres things you can buy to stand on
heres some links
http://www.ten-o.com/xq/asp/deptId.326/PAGE.3/ID.1654/qx/product.htm
http://www.ten-o.com/product.asp?deptId=326&PAGE=3&ID=1431
and if you want your scorpian put a belt around your foot to stetch your back out and practice like that until you get to the point you can grab with your hands
and for scales stretch for those
and make sure the rest of your stunt group is ready for those kinds of stunts
2007-12-30 17:15:13 · answer #6 · answered by Ginny S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Also try yoga, you will work very hard on your balance in difficult poses! You can pick up a DVD to use at home anywhere they sell DVDs.
2007-12-30 15:23:38 · answer #7 · answered by my 2 cents 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋