[Fuzzy5118]

I definitely agree. I also think that to be competitive you should have round-off tucks also. Standing tucks are more difficult and that should be an optional pass at tryouts. More and more squads are requiring standing tucks at tryouts and I think that is great as long as they have the cheer fundamentals to match.

I am so glad you said this....... I didn't want to throw that thought out there since I've been so outspoken tonight!:AngelPray In order to be competitive a cheer squad must have gymnastics, good fundamentals, great jumps, and thrilling yet safe stunt work, not to mention fabulous choreography and thrilling/well-mixed music! These same skills all work together in a different way for a game situation but the choreography is in how the game is set up... i.e.pre-game cheers, dances, chants, and how your squad relates to its crowd. Knowing when to cheer the long chants and when to key on one words chants for the crowds benefit. It's important for all to know what cheer to do on your first full time-out or quarter change and what can be done during a 30 second timeout on the sideline. Just going out there without a plan won't cut it. Cheer leaders are there to lead the cheers/crowd, if they don't have a plan then time, talent, and crowd support of that ball team is wasted and then what have you got? The crowd should always enter the gym believing they & their cheer leaders are the 6th man !:champ: