Cheerleading Tips By Taylor - Stunts
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Basing Basics
 
       When basing it's not your strength that only plays a part in doing so, it's your ability to control the stunt, and control it well. For every girl in the air there are 4 down below. This makes you the MVP here. Here are some things that every good base must posess to be the best.
  • Lift with your legs and arms, never your back. Your back should be kept as straight as possible.
  • Good Body Placement. Your feet should be should width apart most of the time, and you should be sure to keep your arms in the spot they're supposed to be in as well. Also you should be standing close enough to the other bases so the flyer legs are in the correct position.
  • Don't talk. Only the person who counts the stunt should talk.
  • Guts. When your flyer is falling, and you're the only thing between her and the ground ,your first thought should not be of running, but stopping her from hitting the ground.
  • Keep your eyes up and on the flyer at all times. Not in front of you.
  • Synchronicity. With your bases, and the flyer as well. One person off is potential for a fall.
  • Confidence. Knowing that the flyer, and everyone else can pull their own weight will get a load off your mind. And just like the flyer, you need to know what you're doing and when.  

Exercises for Bases:

Incline push-ups- Do push-ups as you always would, only do them with your feet resting on something higher than your shoulders. Keep your body straight, and don't let your butt or back sag. Look at your hands when doing the push-ups.

  • Try keeping your elbows into your sides of your body.
  • Cross one leg over the other.

Do 5 sets of 10.

Straddle Presses- Sit in a straddle position with both hands, palms down, in between your legs. Push up on your arms straightening your elbows and lifting your butt off the ground. Your back should be rounded, and you should be leaning over your arms slightly. Hold for 10 seconds at a time.

  • Try keeping your legs straight.
  • Lift your feet off the ground as well.
  • Try bringing your feet in closer together from a straddle position.

Try 5 reps of 5.

Pike Press- Sit in a pike position with arms at your side palms down. Push using your palms on the floor and straighten your elbows to lift your butt off the ground. Your back should be rounded, and you should be leaning forward a bit. Hold for 10 seconds at a time.

  • Try lifting your feet off the ground as well.
  • Lift your feet up as far as you can when up.

Do 5 reps of 5.