All-Star Best Scorpion

[emhoss]

erica on Pittsburgh Superstars Large Senior :) shes soooo tall, shes absolutely GORGEOUS in the air.

& I love scorpions that aren't completely straight, like hers!

 

[Raymond G McKee]

Correct me if I'm wrong... but if their leg is straight it's a spike, and if it's bent then it's a scorpion. Yes? No?

 

[Aw.Work.]

its a scorp no matter what...
i have a straight leg and i pull it when the rest of my team pulls scorps, im doing the same body position. its just a flexibility difference.
so if its bent its a scorp, if its straight its a spike/pencil/straight leg but still a scorp.

 

[canz]

Here is Em's a couple of days before xmas.

CUTE!

 

[canz]

Fierce All Stars (Sr.5)

WOW

 

[canz]

While all these pics are very impressive and these kids are obviously very flexible, does anyone stop and think about the damage they could possibly be doing to their spines, joints and ligaments as they grow and get older? I would love to hear from PT's and older cheerleaders that used to be this flexible and are now either still this flexible or have developed damage from stretching so much over the years.

I don't mean any disrespect or to take away any of the impressiveness of these kids. I just would hate for them to have back issues or hip pain when they are older because of all this stretching when they were younger.

I guess rythmic gymnasts do a lot of stretching that is similar and I have heard of them damaging themselves however I think with proper conditioning to ensure the muscles are strong enough to cope with taking the stretch to that level the risk of damage would be minimised.

 

[F!ERCE]

I have a question. What do you guys thinks looks better, when in a straight leg scorp if the flyer holds her ankle/shin or if she holds her foot. My arms and legs are the length where I can pull one holding my foot. But what do you guys think looks better in the air? I'm trying to perfect my "scorp needle"

Foot. Most of the time when the flyer holds the ankle, their toe kinda...veers off and doesn't keep the pretty line a scorp should have.

 

[kaylaprodigy! :)]

I think it really makes a difference how you pull your scorp. The prettiest thing I know is kick scorpion. One of my kids can do it on both legs.... So jealous.

my team last year UA Dynasty (j5) all did kick scorps! it looked sickkk on the floor!

 

[Cody Z.]

Kick Scorps are the deal!!!! Brandon has always done them, UA Dynasty last year was SICKKK! And Supercells this year do it. WORKK!

 

[krissycole44]

one of my flyers on our youth team at kc cheer.hopefully next comp. i can get picture of it in the air!

 

[cheerbear]

one of my flyers on our youth team at kc cheer.hopefully next comp. i can get picture of it in the air!

so pretty! she's even grabbing her foot, and has her knee in the correct position too!

 

[Lisa]

Here is one of the flyers on my daughters Y2 team. She is only 6.

 

[Batch]

ahhh i love this one!! what a cutie!

 

[Batch]

this is no where near the flexibility that these girls have but it is a beautiful picture so I wanted to share...
(first time posting a pic... I hope it works!!!)

 

[krissycole44]

sorry double post! delete ignore..whatever :)