- Mar 23, 2010
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One of the things that Stingrays stress is becoming a well-rounded cheerleader. They like to see kids excel at ALL areas of the scoresheet, and often times encourage kids to spend much more time and effort on bringing up the bottom end of their personal scoresheet. For instance, if a child has a nice full but not-so-great jumps yet, the coaches will ask them to spend time working their jumps before they allow them to move on to a specialty pass, or a standing to full. With try-outs just a few months away, think about how you personally (or your child) score in each category of the scoresheet. Do you spend more time on the lower-scoring areas to become more well-rounded, or do you spend more time on the things you enjoy? An athlete is very valuable to a coach when they can score in the top ranges on all categories!!
Take the following categories, and rank them for yourself (or your child) from highest score to lowest score. I've ranked my cp for you. What are you doing about the low end categories to get better?
Standing tumbling
Running tumbling
Stunts (includes pyramid)
Jumps
Baskets
Motion technique
Showmanship
Dance ability
To increase her lowest scores, she has committed to performing at practice at all times (and it has helped a ton). For motions she has practiced "snapping" her motions from one to the next at all times (doesn't always happen). For baskets she worked with her stunt coaches to get a new basket (toe touch double down). For dance, I'm lost....either you have it or you blend in lol.
What does your ranking look like? What are you doing about?
Take the following categories, and rank them for yourself (or your child) from highest score to lowest score. I've ranked my cp for you. What are you doing about the low end categories to get better?
Standing tumbling
Running tumbling
Stunts (includes pyramid)
Jumps
Baskets
Motion technique
Showmanship
Dance ability
To increase her lowest scores, she has committed to performing at practice at all times (and it has helped a ton). For motions she has practiced "snapping" her motions from one to the next at all times (doesn't always happen). For baskets she worked with her stunt coaches to get a new basket (toe touch double down). For dance, I'm lost....either you have it or you blend in lol.
What does your ranking look like? What are you doing about?