- Apr 11, 2011
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Being small & petite gives you an advantage in flying for cheerleading just like being tall gives you an advantage in basketball.
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Not True there was a 10 year old on Ace I think it was Open 5 @ NCA. My friends daughter asked her how old she was and the girl said she was 10. She was wearing a jacket too, so her team won @ NCA. They took a pic 2gether! She was a cutie! Im no fan of "fetus flyers" but that little one stole my heart:)
I want to say it's kind of offensive saying "normal" size flyers look better in the air. I am a tiny flyer. 5'1 and 95 pounds as a sophmore in high school and have been flying almost all of my cheer career. I work hard for my spot as a flyer and even though I'm tiny, I really do try to pull myself up and take as much weight off of my bases as I can. I do not match the height of my stunt group and you can't see me until I'm up in the air, but are you saying that looks weird? Are you saying I don't look just as good in the air as someone who matches the height of their bases and is taller then me?
i never said it was "weird"
in fact, sadly, its the norm today to see tiny flyers with stunt groups that are twice the size as they are.
and im sorry you take offense to my opinion, but yes to me, it does LOOK more impressive to have a flyer that is the same size as her bases than one that is 30 pounds with bases that are 120 pounds.
and my discussion has nothing to do with small high schoolers, my discussion is about the senior 2 teams with the 8 year old flyers and 18 year old bases. Totally different story.
oh no i wasn't talking about you! i just liked the way you used that term. i was saying how everyone else kind of morphed the thread into tiny flyers in general.
I think sometimes as individuals we forget this is a team sport...it's hard to look at the overall picture. Tall Susie might be a better flyer than short Sally, but there is no better place on the team as a whole for Susie and Sally to be. Susie is probably a 10x better base/backspot and there is probably no where else to put tiny Sally...she has no height match to be a base, and maybe not the strength either, she's too short to be a backspot and no one else can fill that position. Hence for the team as a whole there is no other choice.
i never said it was "weird"
in fact, sadly, its the norm today to see tiny flyers with stunt groups that are twice the size as they are.
and im sorry you take offense to my opinion, but yes to me, it does LOOK more impressive to have a flyer that is the same size as her bases than one that is 30 pounds with bases that are 120 pounds.
and my discussion has nothing to do with small high schoolers, my discussion is about the senior 2 teams with the 8 year old flyers and 18 year old bases. Totally different story.
If the girl deserves to be on that team then I don't think she should be counted out because she is younger. She still deserves it because of her tumbling, jumps, dance, and technique most likely. If a smaller gym doesn't have a junior level 4 team, but there is a younger girl who is tumbling and stunting level four then she shouldn't be on it? Also, smaller flyers usually get the smaller bases. And then would it be an "unfair advantage" to have tall back bases if it is an "unfair advantage" to have small flyers ?
I'm not denying that young flyers are typically easier, but that's not always the case. Little girls often have no body control and bend their legs, have no form... etc. I would rather have a flyer that is my size and is tight than a little girl who is a noodle up there any day!
also a thing to remember is some girls are senior aged but young and small. a flyer who was on my team looked WAY younger than she was. she literally looked 8 and she was 17.
OK, with that all said, I do believe that tall flyers look better in the air.