All Star Cheerleading By sAmantha grosodonia
Have you ever seen those girls who do all those kind of crazy flips and stunts? If you have that is called cheerleading. Not only is there cheerleading, but there is all star cheerleading. All star cheerleading is so fun. They push you to do your best. But they also want you to have fun. All star cheerleading is when you go to competitions and compete your routine for 2 minutes and 30 seconds. There are lots of other things that also have to do with cheer.
Purpose
In cheerleading people always do it for a purpose.one purpose is that we do competitions. The compitions are when there are judges and teams perform against each other. Who ever gets the highest score from the judges win. Some teams travel which makes it more exciting. Some compitions are 2 days which are the best. I think competing is a purpose because it shows people what we are able to do as a team. It also shows people how good we can be. That is one purpose on why people should cheer.
Another purpose that people do all star cheer for is teamwork. You need teamwork because you have to be able to work as a team to do the routine Or to be a good team. So as you approach compitions season we need to keep three things in mind. We need to work together. You need to depend on each other to be there. For example if one person is missing from the pyramid it is not possible. Cheerleading teaches you more than just skills you can do on a mat. It also teaches you several life skills. When a team out grows individual performance and learns team confidence, excellence becomes a reality. Also the attitude and the mind set that comes along with this can help you communicate with the team. Then you will become a better team player.
The last purpose that people do all star cheerleading for is that it is fun. People love it because you have such a good environment and people around you. I also think this is because you have good team mates cheering for you and motivating you. People love it because the coaches always do what's right. The coaches always do what's best for you. Kids love it because you are able to compete and travel. People like it because they like to be in a certain part in a stunt. One of the besT part of cheerleading is being with your friends. This is because your friends are always with you AnD motivating you. I hope you know the purpose of why some kids do all star cheerleading
Equipment
There are other things that have to do with all star cheerleading. So now we are going to talk about equipment we used for all star cheerleading.
The first thing we are going to talk about is a spring floor. Cheer is a very active sport with jumping, tumbling, and stunting. Putting a lot of pressure On your body. One of the ways your child can prevent all these things is by getting an all star gym with a spring floor. One way that it helps me is that I am able to get my tumbling higher. I also fall sometimes so it helps to prevent injures. The spring floor helps you be safe.
Now we are going to talk about a diffrent type of equipment which are uniforms and makup.
Another type of equipment we use is makeup and UNIFORMS. Now the prices are very spreeded out in between gyms. Now the prices can be almost anything. At most gyms the bows are 30-50 dollars. Most of the uniforms cost 550-700 dollars. They are lots of money. But some gyms do fundraising to help raise money. We use uniforms for compitions to look nice and professional. We use makeup to look good but it also is part of the sport. Girls all have to wear makeup to look the same.
The last type of equipment we are going to talk about is mats.
This is one of the mats that they use to help them with tumbling
Finally there are mats. Catastrophic injures in cheer which include skull fractures, brain injures, and spinal cord injures as well as less served injures such as sprain or fractures are often an impact tumbling on the surface that is needed. I think cheer mats help you prgress In your tumbling skill. It also helps you with the technique you use in tumbling.
This is another mat that they use to help them progress In all star cheerleading
Risks
Other things that you have to keep in mind is be safe. So we are going to talk about the risks of all star cheerleading
One thing you have to Do is prevent risk. To prevent risk you need to have control. For cheer you need to have a lot of control. To help you have to squeeze yourself. If you do not stand up or have controll in stunts you will fall. You really want to stay in control because you don't want to get hurt. It is important to have control because if you don't other people might also get hurt.
Another thing to do to prevent from getting hurt is to have technique.
Those are some people in the air that have technique and they are controlling there bodies
Another thing to have beside controll is technique. You need to have good technique to be able to sense what you are doing. The more technique you have the better you are.it will bring up your score. you will also be able to move up higher levels.so if your skill is not good and does not have technique You will not move up.
Another thing that you have to know is that you have to make a lot of commitments to be on an all star cheerleading team.
Commitment
First there is the cost you have to be able to pay to be committed.
The cost is so many diffrent things. The cost for all star cheerleading can be quite high. But can be managed with some planning. In addition the exact cost is really widely from gym to gym. There are two areas of cost for all Star cheerleading. One is money you pay for competitions tuition ,fees ,practice clothing ,uniforms, makeup ,shoes or coach fees.then their cost to travel to competitions this includes food ,gas ,hotels, or souvenirs.different gyms pay different ways.
What happens at practice
Then you have to be committed to come to practice. Since compitions are the main focus throught out the year. That makes practices so important so we can look good for compitions. Practices are one of the most important parts in cheerleading. About 5 hours in one week will be expected. They at least have 2 practices a week. Some gym will do trial practices befor compitions.the chart up there explainS how hard we work at practice and what we do to befome good all star athletes.
Finally there is traviling. For traveLing we would go tO a compition out oF toWn. Or we would aLso go to a compitions close to town. The events Will Cost a lot each timE you will pay for a hotEl, food, Gas, and more. At The least you will trvel for all Stars Cheerleading onCe. there will probraBly be more than 1 time that all star gyms travel, manY of them go to the NATIONAIOLS.
Some people sat that all star cheerleading is too expensive. But now there is a better way to solve this problem. Some all star gyms have a half year team. It is somuch more money that you are saving. You don't travel so that means you won't have to pay for a hotel. You also get diffrent uniforms that are cheaper. So you won't have to pay as much. They will also only compete 2-5 compitions. That is another way or possibility for all star cheerleading.
If you are committed to wanting to be on a cheer team next season talk to the coach and respectfully ask what I need to work on. So then you need to work hard to be considered part of the team. To help you work hard and be better you can go to local gyms for tumbling. You can practice in front of a mirror for motions and video tape yourself and see what you need to improve on. When it comes to tryouts next year you have to make sure that you show up with confidence. Also make sure you are ready to show the coach that you are able to work with them the next season.
By. Jim lord
Those are some interesting facts about all star cheerleading. I chose this topic because it is fun. I also chose it because I wanted people to know more about it. I think that more people would do all star cheer if they knew more about it. I hope that I have written enough for you. Hopefully you will want to learn more about it. Also you might even sign up for next year for cheerleading. Just keep in mind that this is sport is teaching kids life skills. For me this is so important. I hope it will be just as important to you that it is to me.
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