Coaching Cheerleading

If you have mastered the backhandspring it's time to move on to the bigger and better things!

This is an elite level basket toss skill that includes 2 separate body movements: forming an "X" and then performing a full twist. A X-Full basket toss is to be performed by advanced level...

Tumbling has become an advanced for elite squads and that's why it's crucial to be able to perform your best, in any situation. Although we are all athletes, much of what we do is simply a mental...

There are so many various skills involved in a cheerleading routine; it is difficult to perfect every skill in every category. Motions, jumps, stunts, dancing and tumbling are just a few of the...

Cheerleading music adds the excitement to the routine and provides entertainment for your audience; however, it is often difficult to select the right music from the wrong.

As a coach, it’s either very easy or very difficult to tell if your routine is ready for the competition floor. Satisfying judges is no easy task. Competition routines vary enormously as do...

The Three Person is an advanced and very difficult stunt commonly seen in co-ed squads. These directions are meant to incorporate single gendered squads as well. This stunt will earn a very high...

A double down is the most difficult dismount for a half extension to be performed by advanced level squads only. It is best suited for a half because the stunt group is able to give the flyer the...

A kick twist basket toss is to be performed by advanced level cheerleading squads only. If thrown correctly with proper strength and control, the kick twist basket toss is impressive to both...

This is an advanced level trick for flexible flyers who have mastered a steady liberty. The Arabesque 540 is a stunt in which a flyer, held in the air, extends one leg directly behind her,...

The Base 360 stunt sequence is exciting and requires a moderately advanced four-cheerleader stunt group to build. This stunt is unusual because the bases, rather than the flyer, will be doing the...

Developing a sold, creative, yet challenging routine season after season is an arduous task if you are one of the coaches who does her own routine choreography. A routine must have all the...

There are several methods taught for loading into a liberty by the United Cheerleaders Association and the National Cheerleaders Association. The run-in approach may be used as well with the...

Professional cheerleaders are typically associated with football and basketball in America and represent some of this country's most agile and outstanding athletes. If you want to become a...