All-Star The Most Important Thing In All-star Cheerleading

[12mowerd]

I would say stunting. If someone has a hands down on a full its not a HUGE deal. But if someone drops a stunt then everyone knows it. To an outsider looking in stunting is the most well known for cheerleading.

 

[rvnblue]

No single part is more important. Every part makes cheerleading, cheerleading. If you make tumbling weighted more, there will be a huge push for harder skills sooner and more injuries that what is already happening, especially in level 5. At UCA this weekend it was scary to watch restricted 5 divisions because of the incomplete fulls with lack of technique.

 

[mattiemill]

i think its a tie between stunting/tumbling- to me they require the most work/dedication

 

[whatsarisalee]

Conditioning. You can have the hardest pass/stunts/baskets, but it doesn't mean anything if you're not conditioned enough to be doing those things and hitting them.

I also really hate watching the routines where everyone is huffing and puffing after their first stunt. Not hitting stunts simply because they don't have the strength to be doing it in the first place. Or saving all your energy for tumbling and doing everything else half way just to conserve energy.

 

[NJ Coach]

Personally, building skills are more important to me, but that's my strength as a coach. I enjoy tumbling, but I love stunts.

 

[0riginal]

I like the conditioning! That's a really good point.

But I'd have to say stunts too. When I think cheerleading, I think baskets, pyramids, beast girl bases, and getting to see what people can create. It's unique to our sport - we get to fly through the air without anything like a parachute or a helmet.

 

[WorkToWin]

Just throwing some numbers out there...

15% - running tumbling
15% - standing tumbling
20% - stunts
10% - baskets
10% - jumps
10% - pyramid
5% - dance and motions
5% - overall performance (transitions, etc)

 

[BuegeSmalls]

I think one of the really important parts of cheer is the ability to "sell" the routine. You might have a great routine with lots of skills and everything but if you don't go out there and sell it, and it's missing that spark, then it doesn't look as good as a routine with easier skills but the athletes really perform it. If that makes any sense...

 

[yojaehs]

Just throwing some numbers out there...

15% - running tumbling
15% - standing tumbling
20% - stunts
10% - baskets
10% - jumps
10% - pyramid
5% - dance and motions
5% - overall performance (transitions, etc)

In my "perfect" world I would have:
10 pts Tumbling (Standing/Running)
10 pts Stunt
10 pts Basket
10 pts Pyramid
10 pts Jumps
10 pts Dance
10 pts Overall
Plus 1 in each category for technique.
I 100% agree that everything is equally important.

 

[alexamarysouza]

So there has been so much discussion of "Score sheets" lately it got thinking about WHAT is MOST important in a routine. There are so many parts of a routine and I read the thread BlueCat posted about gyms "strengths" and thought "What if a Universal score sheet was different, would they change?" With that being said I am interested to here everyone's thoughts on WHAT SINGLE ELEMENT is MOST important in all-star cheerleading.

Stunts
Baskets
Pyramid
Jumps
Tumbling (Standing/Running)
Dance
Motions
If I missed something please feel free to add your own!

My opinion is tumbling. I say this because this is my strength and where I feel I am most comfortable and also see tumbling as MOST gyms highest source of income.

I honestly think its the execution that is most important.

 

[WorkToWin]

I honestly think its the execution that is most important.

Execution of what? tumbling, stunts, jumps, etc. are all equal, and the execution of those categories is worth more than difficulty?

 

[cheererinIL]

Money??

..and I'm a sucker for good jumps.

 

[Born2Tumble]

I 100% agree that they are all equally important, however it seems many gyms put most emphasis on tumbling. I think tumbling is a big eye catcher in routines, however stunts take a lot of coordination and effort. I love the spirit though like facials because to me its the biggest difference of me watching a team or turning my head away. :cool:

 

[cheercoachlove]

building stunts Is definitely the most important. Not that I don't believe tumbling isn't a very essential asset to a routine, but stunts require teamwork and that's why I believe it is the most important.

 

[cheercoachlove]

I guess that's the neat thing about cheerleading though...you could take each element, separate it out, and you could find it performed in another sport...

Tumbling = gymnastics/power tumbling
Stunting = acro
Dance = dance

The ONLY element in cheer (that I can think of) that was created specifically for cheer is jumps. Right? Or am I wrong on this?

Anyhow, while I think tumbling and stunting should be given equal weight as far as scoresheets go, I think what makes our sport unique is all of the elements combined into one sport. :)

Gymnasts and dancers actually do jump as well. Pom dancers do the same jumps as cheerleaders. And gymnasts do a lot of the same jumps they just use different terminology. You see them a lot on beam and floor routines.