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I have been told that cheerleaders and gymnasts are great pole vaulters, because vaulting is a combination of flexibility and technique.
and high jumpers :)
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I have been told that cheerleaders and gymnasts are great pole vaulters, because vaulting is a combination of flexibility and technique.
and long jump and triple jump too!!and high jumpers :)
mmmm thats not what i heard or have experienced. the only thing i had an issue with was the approach to the end of the board. I always want to run! :DI agree. I say cheer and one other she really likes. For me I cheer and do Theatre and Showchoir at my school because those are important to me too. On a side note, don't put her in diving. I was a diver for a few years and it messes with your tumbling really bad. Also, typically gymnasts and cheerleaders make really bad divers. Diving is a very slow and graceful activity and you have plenty of air time to pull your skill and land cleanly in the water, unlike floor where you have 5 seconds to pull and land. So divers who have pasts as tumblers wind up whipping their skills around instinctively and smacking a lot of the time (ouch.). Or cheerleaders training as divers start pulling slower and eating mat. Not saying it will specifically be so in her case, but it happens to some.
It was just something my dive coach told me after I over rotated and smacked about 10 times. (You pull really hard, wait are you a cheerleader?) I'm the same way with tuck off a springboard, I stand half way off and I rise up on my toes :Dmmmm thats not what i heard or have experienced. the only thing i had an issue with was the approach to the end of the board. I always want to run! :D
but anyways, it differs from person to person. some people know how to differentiate.
although i have a bad habit of wanting to keep my feet 1/2 way off the mat when im working on standing tucks xD
i alllllways smack on (im not good with the numbers things for skills yet) back pike dive things (lol) and forward doubles because i dont pull fast enough.It was just something my dive coach told me after I over rotated and smacked about 10 times. (You pull really hard, wait are you a cheerleader?) I'm the same way with tuck off a springboard, I stand half way off and I rise up on my toes :D