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this! :DI feel the exact same way, except I am a base. Everyone says that since I don't tumble, my full outs should be a cake walk, except for the fact that I am stunting the entire routine.
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this! :DI feel the exact same way, except I am a base. Everyone says that since I don't tumble, my full outs should be a cake walk, except for the fact that I am stunting the entire routine.
Cheer Observer summed it up nicely. I think it's one of the interesting aspects of this sport, where you have to strike a balance between the choreography and the skillsets. It's natural to always associate "level 5" with tumbling requirements, but it still applies to stunting, baskets, pyramids.
Not everybody is an all around cheerleader that can do everything. As long as they are performing some aspect of level 5 cheer, it's legitimate to me. Another example, I've seen many excellent tumblers who do not do the jump sequence. It's not because they have ugly jumps, but simply a way for them to conserve energy for their pass.
You can also reverse the original observation, there are plenty of great tumblers who don't fly. Shouldn't be found unusual.
This is pretty much exactly our gyms philosophy. There are kids on every level five team that don't have "all" the level 5 skills but contribute something that is needed or they wouldn't be there. I heard our coach tell a group of parents last week there are "many ways" a kid can be level 5 and that wasn't directly related to tumbling.
Now you do have to temper that with the scoresheet. You can't have a team of non-tumblers but if you have a kid who's an amazing tumbler and that's their strength and a great base or flyer that doesn't tumble at all, you can have kid 1 throw two passes to make up for kid 2 and you just evened them out.
Center dancer for TG large last year didnt really do a whole lot until the dance and then she worked the poo out of it. People are there to do certain things, if you can jump to back and you can contribute something super significant then you may very well make a level 5 team. Especially flyers.
Drives me crazy! when flyers can't or wont tumble, i think that is mostly because in my experience it was biased...might have the skills to fly and not to tumble(or other way around) but that had nothing to do with anything it was who they were and how they "ranked" in the gym. picking favorites huge pet peeve of mine drove me out of the gym....
Cheer Observer summed it up nicely. I think it's one of the interesting aspects of this sport, where you have to strike a balance between the choreography and the skillsets. It's natural to always associate "level 5" with tumbling requirements, but it still applies to stunting, baskets, pyramids.
Not everybody is an all around cheerleader that can do everything. As long as they are performing some aspect of level 5 cheer, it's legitimate to me. Another example, I've seen many excellent tumblers who do not do the jump sequence. It's not because they have ugly jumps, but simply a way for them to conserve energy for their pass.
You can also reverse the original observation, there are plenty of great tumblers who don't fly. Shouldn't be found unusual.