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Summary: Keep a broken T with your shoulders back, keeping your fists apart. Learn part of an all-star cheerleading routine from a national champion cheerleader in this free video.
Mandy Butler became a competitive cheerleader at age seven and holds several national cheerleading titles. As an instructor for the National Cheerleaders Association, Butler taught...read more
"So I have rolled up five, six, seven is very simple. I am going to take both my left and my right arms; I am going to bend them to a broken T. So both my left and right arms will bend to a broken T. I have rolled with my left arm, grabbed above my head on six, seven I am going to hit a broken T. Now notice that my shoulders are not so relaxed that my arms are almost touching each other. They are nice and tight. If I were to extend them into a T, they would look like this. But I am going to break them, there is a little bit of space between my fists to allow for a good body position that the audience can see. I am not covering myself by crouching over or by using poor posture. I am still very, very elongated with my arms in a T. So I have rolled five, six, broken T on seven. I am right in front of my shoulders, my fists are right in front, but I am not touching."
eHow Article: All-Star Cheerleading Routine: Broken T