All-Star The People Under The Flyer

[cheerlove]

any one else noticed that the only people with awesome videos on youtube are flyers? where is the credit for the bases? for example maddie gardner is a GREAT flyer no doubt, but ive never heard of her bases. they must be working really hard under her...thoughts?

 

[sarrahmac]

i agree! i mean i base and fly so i can see both sides. but a video of someone basing wouldn't look that impressive. when i am basing i don't look graceful and i'm not smiling but if i fly i always smile. bases do deserve to be recognized in some way though.

 

[brittthetumbler<3]

i agree! the bases do so much to the stunt, without them doing their job the stunt cant be done/hit. sometimes me coaches do that, if we hit the stunt they'll say good job flyers! but nothing bout the bases or backspots. its a shame they do so much but no recignition.

 

[powerXbaby]

haha yes! I can tell you that our coaches said to our flyer many times, "if you had any other group under you, you would be flat on the ground, but they would rather die than drop you" because she kept giving us her heel in her tick tock and we would run backwards like a whole panel to get underneath her. Same when she stuck her hip out.

 

[yougottabelieve]

i remember our friends mom saying "they need to stop taking pictures of the bases, its all about the flyer!" well we're the ones holding your flyers butt up in the air...

 

[Rudags]

I just showed this to a couple of my kids that base our our highlight stunt... They will be thrilled to see this!

 

[glittergirl]

The flyer may be the main event, but the bases deserve a ton of credit! Without them, there would be no stunt!

 

[MadstarRocksAmerica]

You know what I hate?! When the bases have higher flexibility than the flyer. x

 

[ZxcutiecheerleaderZx]

i remember our friends mom saying "they need to stop taking pictures of the bases, its all about the flyer!" well we're the ones holding your flyers butt up in the air...

Omg i agree! Without the bases theres no flyer!
btw i love your signature.

 

[cheeeeer93]

I totally agree but have you ever noticed that in the rest of the routine, it really isn't the flyers that get highlighted.
On FCA Diamonds, the point jumper isn't their most flexible flyer.. it's a base.
Top Gun Coed usually highlights their boys in everything except stunting.
Whitney Love from Kentucky Allstars is one of the most well known people in cheer and she doesn't fly!

 

[gigipizzagirly]

I absolutely LOVE my bases! I owe my life to them <3

 

[cheerislove8]

Flyers really do get all the credit even when the bases are the ones that deserve it! I'm trying to think of the "well known" Senior Elite girls... I'd say they are: Maddie Gardner, Molly Gibbons, Erica Englebert, Juliet McCreary, and Ashley Hobbs? (Missing anyone MAJOR?). Everyone except Ashley flies in all their stunts, and then Ashley flies in the pyramid. Jessica Fritts was point jumper last year, and she was Maddie's base. She was beast! Their best tumblers aren't always fliers though.

 

[AbstractSpaniard]

I'm glad someone started a thread about this since. It has been a bone of contention with me since I began cheerleading. The group under the flyer is just as equally responsible for the success of a stunt as is the flyer. Not taking any credit away from the flyer because she's the one who plays it up and makes it look effortless. The triple tic-toc and the ball up 360 on Senior Elite wouldn't have happened last year if it wasn't for the group of girls underneath. Ricchara, Erin, and Jordan are an incredible group of girls who definitely worked hard to make those stunts near perfect. Knowing all of them personally, I can say they're human-machines who have stunting down to a science! Even though they've all graduated from CEA I'm sure they would be ecstatic to know that they are being given credit for their hard work.

 

[BubbleToes]

Ahhhhhhhhh, love for the bases! They definitely don't get the credit they deserve. Its the stunt group that hits that stunt, not just the flyer. But, while some say the flyers get all the glory...........when it goes down, who's the first in the line of fire. It cuts both ways for the fly.

 

[MadstarRocksAmerica]

I'm glad someone started a thread about this since. It has been a bone of contention with me since I began cheerleading. The group under the flyer is just as equally responsible for the success of a stunt as is the flyer. Not taking any credit away from the flyer because she's the one who plays it up and makes it look effortless. The triple tic-toc and the ball up 360 on Senior Elite wouldn't have happened last year if it wasn't for the group of girls underneath. Ricchara, Erin, and Jordan are an incredible group of girls who definitely worked hard to make those stunts near perfect. Knowing all of them personally, I can say they're human-machines who have stunting down to a science! Even though they've all graduated from CEA I'm sure they would be ecstatic to know that they are being given credit for their hard work.

That reminds me! Have you guys ever used science in cheer stunting?! I have, on so many occasions!