Why You Do Not Wear Jewelry for Cheerleading

Series Summary

Cheerleading was invented by a man in 1898, who first directed a crowd in cheering on the University of Minnesota. Since then, cheerleading has become a popular culture phenomenon and a sport. Cheerleaders began as male, but slowly females, who had few offerings for collegiate-level athletics, dominated the hobby. In the early 1970s, the Dallas Cowgirls changed professional cheerleading into simply dance, removing most of the stunts and tumbling in favor of revealing outfits and choreography. In the early 1980s, cheerleading as a competitive sport became popular, and stunts and gymnastics gained in popularity for high school teams. Now there are many official styles of cheering, both amateur and pro, and local spins.

In this free video series on cheerleading tips for tumbling and jumping, expert cheerleader and instructor Lucy Spain shows you it all! You will learn stretches, exercises, and tips for having the best jumps and gymnastics in your routine. Lucy explains pike, herkies, tucks, toe touches, and more. You will learn about difficulty levels in cheerleading, how to implement cartwheels, back handsprings, round offs, and more into combos. Lucy also covers spotting. Cheer on, brave soldiers!

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Lucy Spain on behalf of Expert Village here to talk about cheerleading jumps and tumbling. First and foremost, jumping and tumbling are some of the most fun things you can do in cheerleading. We have to remember the most basic rule, which is no jewelry. Definitely, we want to make sure we don't have any necklaces on. The reason we don't want to have any necklaces on is these can easily prove as a choking hazard. They can get caught on a shoe, on an arm. We don't want to have that at all. Also, the same rule applies. We have bracelets. We have these around our wrists. They can get caught on someone else. They can get caught in your hair. It can end up ripping big chunks of hair or even seriously injuring yourself. Not good at all. We also need to make sure we have all earrings out. Whether they're dangly like the one right here, or even if they're little studs. If you hit them the wrong way, they're going to puncture you. I've seen earrings get ripped out of people's ear before. It's a bad situation, so just make sure you take care of that. It's also important if you have any body jewelry, bellybutton rings. Even if it's something that's not visible. Girls, if you just went out and got your bellybutton pierced, you need to let it heal for 3 months. Just don't do it during cheerleading season. Even if you try to hide it and put a bunch of tape over it, it's really seriously an injury. We need to make sure we take all of those out. Even tongue rings are important. You can chip your teeth that way. It's also important to make sure your hair is secured with only rubber bands and bobby pins. We don't want clips like this. If you fall, this gets mashed into your head. It's not going to feel good. Just make sure first and foremost, you're stripped down to yourself and your clothing. No jewelry and no harsh hair clips."