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Top Cheerleading Jumps Mistakes and Solutions to Improve Your Jumps TODAY!

Do you want to improve your cheerleading jumps?  We've got you!  Check out these top 9 common jump mistakes and solutions to help you improve your jump TODAY! 

1.  Practicing with bad habits: Remember, if you want perfect jumps, practice is not enough.  When you practice you MUST use proper skill and technique to create awesome jumps!

 

2.  Starting with your feet apart: When you start with your feet together, you will get the most power and lift off the floor;  also having your feet together looks clean when you perform jumps as a team.

 

3.  Using a double prep: Tendencies to “double-bounce” or add an extra bend of the knees before taking the big dip is a big disadvantage to your success.  When you do this, you are cutting off momentum, wasting energy, and your timing will be off with the rest of your team.

 

4.  Flexing your feet: For ALL of your jumps, please keep your toes pointed!  Whether your are doing jumps at tryouts, a game or during a competition, jumping with pointed toes ALWAYS looks better and will get you higher marks!

 

5.  Dropping your chest: Dropping your chest lowers your jumps, it’s that simple.  Keep your chest up in all of your jumps and show off your gorgeous smile and good form to the crowd.

 

6.  Reaching down to your toes: When you reach down toward your toes, you automatically bring your chest down and lower your jumps.  ALWAYS bring your legs UP to your hands.

 

7.  Creating a bend in your legs on the way down: To have great and safe landings, you will need to snap your legs and feet together after your jump.  Bending your legs on the way down looks bad and will through off your jump.  Remember, snap your legs up and then snap them down to keep it clean!

 

8.  Landing stiff and feet apart:  Always land with your feet together and with your knees bent to absorb your landings. Do this EVERY time to save your joints from pain and injury.

 

9.  Having sloppy arm motions: Last but not least, don’t forget about good motion technique while performing your jumps. Be sure your arm motions are just as sharp and snappy as your cheerleading jumps!

If you would love some more help with your cheerleading jumps, check out our Jump Instruction HERE!

Cheerleading Tryout Tips for Coaches: Top Tips to Maximize Your Cheerleading Tryout Forms

To run a successful cheerleading tryout, you essentially need 3 sets of forms:  your Tryout Forms, the Parent Packet and your Judging Forms.  In this article, we are going to review your Tryout Forms and give you some top tips to think about when putting together your forms:

For your Tryout Forms, you will need the following:

1. Cheerleader Tryout Application
2. Cheerleader Tryout Teacher Reference Form
3. Tryout Tips for Cheerleaders
4. Tryout Check In Attendance Master Roster
5. Tryout Clinic Agenda

Purpose of these forms:

This set of forms will help you get your tryouts organized as well as compile all of the pertinent information about your athletes.

Top 5 Tips for your Tryout Forms:

1. In your Cheerleader Tryout Application, make sure to have a section for your athlete to disclose ALL of the social media accounts they are active on. Also be sure to  CHECK THEM!  If they become a member of your team, they will now be ambassadors for your organization and you will want to confirm that their social media presence represents your team's brand and message.

2. If your team is for a school, make sure to get at least 3 Teacher Reference Forms and have them delivered to YOU and not back to your athlete. These forms should give you an insight to their character, leadership and responsibility.

3. Make sure to have a "Tryout Tips for Cheerleaders" form available to new cheerleaders that would like to join your team. You should encourage EVERYONE to tryout and enjoy the experience.  This Tryout Tips sheet should give them tips to excel during the tryout process including how to get ready for the experience, what to do on the day of tryouts and tips to excel during their tryout.

4. Having a Master Tryout Check In Attendance Roster is a MUST as it will track the attendance of each athlete at every event. Most coaches require their athletes to attend all of their events and this form will have you easily track attendance of each participant.

5. Your Tryout Clinic Agenda should be a detailed outline of what you will be teaching at your clinic events as well as the time allotted for each skill. Most teams hold a 2 or 3 day clinic to make the material accessible to everyone and to be sure they have enough time to learn your curriculum.  Also, your clinics give you a great insight to your cheerleaders' attitude, teamwork and other skills so be sure to walk around and notice the athletes as they practice and go through your clinic.

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