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I really can't stress how much I wish these kind of posts would stop... be yourself. Stop trying so hard. Those girls who are super 'fierce' on the mat are those who are confident and enjoying the routine. Don't focus on it. If you're having a great time and have 'it' (whatever it is...) then it'll shine through and people will be drawn to you. Then again, you can try hard and people will still be drawn to you... for the wrong reasons.
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That's not what I'm asking. I'm just asking how to be cute. When a girl asks that, you tell them to do facials right? Yes. That's what I'm asking. I not asking how to be fierce or anything. My coach requires us to perform because it is part of scoring, I'm just asking how to perform tithe 'right' way. What I should and shouldn't do.
yes! Okay this helped a lot! Everyone is saying be yourself but I'm a really shy and awkward person and before my coach made us, being myself would be me like :| the whole time, and I'm still not completly comfortable with doing them unless I'm competing.Actually, I think it's a very valid question.
I think the "being confident" advice is probably the best, at least for me. "Just be yourself" might work but what if you're really shy and feel awkward? I get, what it's supposed to mean and to someone that has already mastered the performance aspects to some extent, it's probably great to just let go and be themselves.
However, for me, I know that I have to make room for performance during my routine, and I have to start doing it during practice and in every full out later on. Just as I need to know my breathing points, I need to know the moments, when I can interact with the crowd. And it's usually not right before the stunt, I'm most anxious about, for example. ;)
Of course, that doesn't solve the problem of "what in the world am I supposed to do? wave? smile? sing voice overs?".
I usually decide to do one of the above (well not the waving) and stick with it.
When I started cheer, I would always forget my performance moments during competitions as I was way too nervous (over here you sometimes perform your routine only once or twice at comps so there is not so much getting used to it). So, I started to make sure, I practiced smiling as well as stunting. ;)
Well I already do, we have frog jumps if my coach calls us out and sees that we're not performing.
Also, make sure you open your eyes wide while you're performing. Sometimes it can make you look crazy, but it helps to up the energy of the routine for the judges/spectators.
Last year we got comments at regionals saying we looked mad so during practice our coaches would yell "EYEBROWS! SMILE" at us when we ran the routineMore effectively, without looking like the whole routine was a big surprise, is just lift your eyebrows and smile. Then you're still expressing interest but you don't look like a frog.