All-Star What Do I Do If My Bow Or Shoes Flies Off At Competition????

[armycheermom]

We do! We practice "recovery" with different kinds of typical disaster scenarios.

Either clone yourself or teach classes. Recovery practice would have saved my cp from a lot of tears and confusion.

 

[cupieqt]

Thanks guys! Over the years all of these things have happened so about 5 years ago I started doing this. It really helps!

 

[dawn]

Criss cross 2 bobby pins through the elastic of the bow..it wont move :)

 

[12stepCheermom]

I know I shouldn't laugh but the thought of them flinging the shoe off the stage and it almost actually hitting the judges is hysterical.

We like to be efficient on our CPs teams, she was on a mini 2 with a different gym and in one of the transitions a girl did a front walkover to her spot at the front of the mat....well, in her front walkover I guess she had a good heel drive because her shoe came off mid-walkover and flew through the air....right at the judges table. The coach jumped off the ground to try and make a "home run spoiler" save at the wall and caught it.

The crowd reaction from shoe flying off, to jumping save catch was probably the best part of that routine.

 

[CheerBank]

Thanks guys! Over the years all of these things have happened so about 5 years ago I started doing this. It really helps!

Every gym needs to do this. I remember at my older cp's very first comp ever (she was 8) half the pyramid did not go up and one of the more experienced girls on the team had them wait until they got back on count to continue rather than trying to get it back up. They finished 4th out of 7 and I will never forget that.

 

[cupieqt]

Every gym needs to do this. I remember at my older cp's very first comp ever (she was 8) half the pyramid did not go up and one of the more experienced girls on the team had them wait until they got back on count to continue rather than trying to get it back up. They finished 4th out of 7 and I will never forget that.

Three years ago I had a new sr flyer fall out of the beginning of her elite. The bases immediately reset for the next part but she just shook her head no and didn't get back in it. She knew better so she got a reaming from me and her teammates. She never fell onstage again but I guarantee if she had it would've been right back up! In her defense it was only the second competition of the season and her second comp ever--- but still, we always work on getting back in at practices so she had no excuse. She said she just freaked out..... : /
Other than that I see the disaster training being very very effective for us pretty often.

 

[WHOAitsjesss]

at one competition, a girl lost a bow right before we started our tumbling passes, and another girl did a cartwheel to her next spot and happened to pick up the bow. judges never even notice!

 

[CAjessica45]

We do! We practice "recovery" with different kinds of typical disaster scenarios.
What if you fall in this part of the stunt? (What is the next part where you can get back into it)
What if the music stops or skips? (we will turn off the music randomly on occasion just to make sure they keep going)
What if there's a shoe or bow on the floor? (ignore it until you're close enough to get it out of the way)
What if someone gets injured? (keep going until we stop the performance if it's serious)
What if you get lost/forget where you're going? (move to the side and take a look at your teammates or look to the coaches)
What if you forget the dance? (go nugget behind everyone else)
What if YOU get injured? (we treat this like a car crash--if you can, pull over and get to the side and wait for help. If you're truly disabled stay where you are and we will get to you quickly).

Sometimes we have a total disaster practice and just do nothing but crazy stuff all night (secretly have someone be "injured", etc). The girls love disaster training. I love it because it arms them with knowledge for even the worst mistakes and they are prepared for pretty much anything and everything.

This sounds like something that should be practiced at all gyms!!! At my old gym, people were always frazzled when something like that would happen, whether at practice or at competition, and at practices they would just not continue on in the stunt and I'm standing there like we could have still finished that stunt!! If I remember, I will bring this up at my gym, thanks!!

 

[cupieqt]

This sounds like something that should be practiced at all gyms!!! At my old gym, people were always frazzled when something like that would happen, whether at practice or at competition, and at practices they would just not continue on in the stunt and I'm standing there like we could have still finished that stunt!! If I remember, I will bring this up at my gym, thanks!!

Welcome! I highly highly recommend it. It definitely helps. One staple that we do at all practices is teaching to re-set stunts. Even when we are teaching a new stunt, we always teach the re-set points. This way they know how to get back in just as well as they know the full stunt sequence and all the counts.

 

[Tealxblack25]

basically .. it a nutshell all you need to know

 

[cheer coach k]

I coached a girl in her first year of all star and in her very first time on the mat, her bow came out. Not knowing what to do, she picked it up, ran off the mat to where I and the other coach were and said " my bow came off, what do I do?" we just screamed for her to get back on the floor and patiently waited for the domino effect that would follow....looking back, it's funny, but at the moment, not so much.

 

[SmileyRyleigh]

you do this.

 

[notreallyhere]

basically .. it a nutshell all you need to know

This is the greatest thing I've get seen!

 

[mommadonna]

You can always do what Kiara did at one comp, her bow flew off during a tumbling pass and she caught it, while tumbling, and kept going.

I have an idea for a thread! (not to hijack this one...)
Chuck Norris quotes, but with Kiara instead of Chuck! :D

 

[cupieqt]

I have an idea for a thread! (not to hijack this one...)
Chuck Norris quotes, but with Kiara instead of Chuck! :D

When Kiara Nowlin is performing, she scores the judges.

Every floor is a spring floor when Kiara Nowlin is on it.