Toe Touch
What motion are your arms in during a toe touch?
"Low T" or "Low V" if you got the answer wrong, do 10 toe touch timer jumps.
What motion are your arms in during a pike jump?
Candle sticks!
*10 pike timer jumps with correct motion
What motion are your arms in during a right or left front?
touch down
*20 timer jumps with arms in correct motion
What are drivers?
*10 push ups
What jumps did Stardust do this year?
Pike
Double Toe
*10 straddle ups
Do we land our jump standing tall? Or do we land bent?
Standing TALL!
If incorrect, do 15 squat clicks.
Are your feet flexed or pointed in a pike?
Pointed! Flexed feet don't compete!
*15 calf raises
DRILLS
Pick a right or left front drill that could benefit your jumps. Everyone has to do it.
No! Level 3
*do 10 grasshoppers in place
UH OHHH Coach Adam saw you mark your jumps during a full out. RESI JUMPS!
15 squat jumps in place
If you clap on "1" for your jump, what count will you hit your toe touch on?
4!
If incorrect, do 25 tight arm tuck jumps with your chest up and body tight!
CONDITIONING
Choose a type of conditioning for everyone to do that could help perfect your pike!
You really want your front leg to kick higher during your right or left front hurdler. What is a good basic stretch to help your leg kick higher?
SPLITS!
Show me your best split!
Your choreographer tells your level 1 team that they will be doing toe touch back tucks in their jump section... what should you do?
Fire him/her! BYE FELICIA. Call the cheer police because that's illegal!!
Does every athlete on the floor have to jump?
Nope! It depends on how many people are on the floor, but we always check the rules to see what number counts as "most" of the team jumping.
*do 10 perfect pushups
Name 3 ways you can lose drivers when jumping.
Ugly arm placement, landing with feet apart, synchronization off, below level
IF incorrect, do 30 toe touch circles on each leg.
How should your pike jump be landed?
Tall and clean. No bend or steps.
*20 hollow body rocks
Your back leg in your hurdlers isn't bending as much as it should. What drill do we like to do to help our back leg in our left or right front?
Bent leg kicks to the back!
Show me 10! Try to kick your head
Suzie is the only one on the team to land her jumps with her feet apart and also has awful motions. Will the judges take away drivers?
Not usually! In order to lose drivers a mistake needs to be made by more than one athlete.
DIY DRILL
Use something in the room you're zooming from to make a quick and easy jump drill that could help cheerleaders improve their jumps.
What does the correction "open your hips in your toe touch" mean?
Knees should face the sky or behind you in your toe touch. Open hips help our toe touches become hyperextended!
If incorrect, do 10 "cross cross snaps" laying on your back.
Demonstrate a pike jump with a "perfect" landing.
IF you step backwards do 20 V ups
If we are clapping to the front on "1"... what count should we turn to hit our cone before our front hurdlers?
2!
Show me your best side front hurdler starting to the front and turning on the appropriate count.
FAME goes to Worlds and competes a toe touch double back handspring in their jump section. Will FAME win worlds?!
NO WAY! Fame would never do this because it is a level 3 skill and they should be doing more difficult skills.
Do 15 v-ups!
Who was Fame's point jumper this season?
Julia Citro