All-Star Warmup Standards

[CrownedtheGR8est]

My biggest issue is tumbling strips... Warm up tumbling strips are usually THE WORST. Whether they be full of holes, not pushed together, too short, or SLIPPERY.

 

[BlueCat]

why would you want your ceiling height the same height as your highest toss?

I encourage anyone that thinks that basket tosses go over 20' to get a measuring tape out, mark it out, find the best college group they can, and see how close they get.

 

[yojaehs]

minimum 25 feet for a national standard, if I were building my own gym I would go 30 feet.

I was talking about an entire warm-up set up.

 

[gymcatmomx2]

and allowing 4 to 5 minutes before going on to perform after warmups.

I think 5 minutes should be the minimum time between them. Our Senior 4 team went straight from warmups to the comp floor because the EP was behind schedule. They had no time to regroup, have a pep talk, or group prayer. Needless to say, this routine was a complete train wreck. And they had placed first their previous 2 comps.

 

[King]

I encourage anyone that thinks that basket tosses go over 20' to get a measuring tape out, mark it out, find the best college group they can, and see how close they get.

SFA 2004 left opening toe touch basket. I would place a small wager that is over 20' easily.

 

[King]

I can't find 2004. But this opening basket when this flyer is at her apex she is about 3 1/2 times the base that is closest to the camera.

If he was exactly 6 feet tall then she's around 21 feet in the air to her toe. As well I would count that baskets that tall would like some extra room for clearance and comfortability. at least 4 feet?

 

[CGAcheer]

I can't find 2004. But this opening basket when this flyer is at her apex she is about 3 1/2 times the base that is closest to the camera.

If he was exactly 6 feet tall then she's around 21 feet in the air to her toe. As well I would count that baskets that tall would like some extra room for clearance and comfortability. at least 4 feet?

So should we knock out a substantial number of venues because sfa can do a 21 ft basket? What's the height on stingrays ceilings?

 

[King]

So should we knock out a substantial number of venues because sfa can do a 21 ft basket? What's the height on stingrays ceilings?

That wasn't the question. The question was is there anyone that can throw a basket that high.

I will add non-flipping baskets go a few feet higher because all of the energy imparted to the flyer by the group is only used to propel the flyer upwards and not flip.

I am not sure of what our ceilings are but we do have to creatively arrange our baskets around lights (we do remember that ceilings have lights that hang down... yes?).

 

[cheerKT]

Raise your hand if you've warmed up in a tent in a parking lot.
<-------This girl.

 

[King]

Creatively arrange around our open teams, not our normal teams. I forgot that part.

 

[GreatWhite92]

Raise your hand if you've warmed up in a tent in a parking lot.
<-------This girl.

uca? in hollywood studios? although atleast this warm-up is not completely unsafe as "warming up in a tent in a parking lot" sounds..

 

[King]

uca? in hollywood studios? although atleast this warm-up is not completely unsafe as "warming up in a tent in a parking lot" sounds..

I can't say 'a tent' is really that bad. Full spring floor, decent amount of time, and good ceiling height and you could use a tent.

 

[GreatWhite92]

I can't say 'a tent' is really that bad. Full spring floor, decent amount of time, and good ceiling height and you could use a tent.

exactly. I was worried about the heat, but they somehow kept it pretty cool in there so I never had anything to complain about that warm-up.

I seem to remember when I was younger, maybe 2002 or 2003, it was not as efficient however. They would actually have 1 or 2 single panel mats outside of the tent that could be used...and people were tumbling and stunting on them...

 

[christina3655]

i hate when the comp floor is on a stage and the front of the mat ends where the stage ends -___-.... sometimes u step out of bounds and i would not be to happy if i fell off a stage because there wasnt a lil buffer room there

 

[CGAcheer]

That wasn't the question. The question was is there anyone that can throw a basket that high.

I will add non-flipping baskets go a few feet higher because all of the energy imparted to the flyer by the group is only used to propel the flyer upwards and not flip.

I am not sure of what our ceilings are but we do have to creatively arrange our baskets around lights (we do remember that ceilings have lights that hang down... yes?).

I know, but cheersafety was suggesting a minimum of 25ft and you were giving the example of one of the baskets that would need all 25ft to do it safely.

I think that its overkill to require a minimum of 2.5 basketball goals or nearly 2.5 stories of ceiling height when 17 ft more than adequately accommodates over 90% of the cheer population. Maybe worlds bids events need 25ft.

As to how I would set up an efficient warm up-

2 18x54 stunt mats 8 mins
2 18x70 spring tumbling strips 8 mins
1 54x42 non spring floor 4 mins
wait 8 mins then perform

the stunt and tumbling mats timing would be staggered by 4 minutes-
Team 1 gets on Stunt mat A at 2:00 moves to Tumbling mat A at 2:08 to the full floor at 2:16 moves to holding at 2:20 and performs at 2:28
Team 2 gets on Stunt mat B at 2:04 moves to Tumbling mat B at 2:12 to the full floor at 2:20 moves to holding at 2:24and performs at 2:32