How to Land a Jump in Cheerleading

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Lucy Spain on behalf of Expert Village here to talk about cheerleading jumps and tumbling. Now that we've learned the preparation for a jump, it's important to know the proper landing. First and foremost, it's really important that we don't make a lot of noise. It may sound like a minor detail, but it can cost you points in competition and just overall be really sloppy. When you land, the best way to stay quiet is to cushion yourself. If you land with your feet straight, you're going to make a ton of noise. If you can cushion yourself, that's really important. Just note the difference by yourself of when you land flatfooted and also when you cushion yourself with the balls of your feet and take most of the pressure off on your knees. One of the second things that's really important when you're landing is to make sure our feet snap fully back together so they're touching. We don't want to do a jump and land with our feet out one in front of the other. It just looks really sloppy. Make sure if you can't get that jump that high, it's really important to first and foremost, make sure those feet are snapped back together. We also want to make sure we don't land on the side of our feet. We don't want to roll our ankles. It's really, really dangerous. Make sure you always land flatfooted cushioned with the ball of your feet. Bending the knees is most important thing. You definitely want to cushion a lot of that with your knees, or you're going to end up with an injury."