Coaching Cheer Tumblers
“Cheerleading is about tumbling.”
Wednesday, November 1st, 2006It was funny.
My friend, Jason has a way with words that is humorous. We were talking at the foodcourt in a local mall and we got to talking about coaching gymnastics which led to cheer tumbling.
He said, “Cheerleading is about tumbling. I don’t care what anyone says. Look, let’s say someone walks on the […]
Coaching James Part 1: Round off BackHandspring, Matrix Imagery, Movement Patterns Programming
Monday, August 14th, 2006
From: Mack
Mailed-By: gmail.com
To: magicsooty
Date: Aug 5, 2006 10:17 AM
Subject: Round off …..later
I’ll email you the round off tip tonight if it applies.
Tell me what happens when you do your round off rebound?
when you do Ro BH?
when you do RO BH Tuck?
What do they look like?
What have your coaches told you, what have they done?
Read […]
Program Patterns of Movement for Success: How Doing Round-off Backhandspring Rebound first before doing two backhandsprings in a row can help you succeed and prevent problems.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006There was a time at work when we had an accident with a Cheerleader; she was supposed to do round-off to two backhandsprings. She told the coach, with confidence, “I’m doing two backhandsprings; can you spot the second one?”
The coach, let’s call him David, stepped backward and was looking for the second backhandspring. She […]
Video: Going Long and creating targets for better back-handsprings
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006Going Long on the back tuck
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 25, 2006
Going Long on the back tuck
I experienced one of those moments again. The Magic; the astonished facial expressions that cheerleaders can’t seem to hide.
She had been doing two back handsprings in a row to a back tuck. She asked me to spot the first few because she said that “sometimes, I […]
Spotting Deceptions
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 24, 2006
I was talking to Jason, a coach at a cheerleading gym. We were talking at Wendy’s and we got into the subject of how parents think that just because they see that their kid is being spotted lightly on a back handspring, they start thinking that their kid can do it by […]
Backhandsprings: Go Long!
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 02, 2006
Go Long!.
So many cheerleaders never think about how they do their back handspring and the importance of making their backhandsprings longer.
Why make them long? Because you start to break form if you don’t. It’s also harder on your body. What happens is if you “undercut” you have to compensate, by wasting […]
Asking Questions for Credibility and Rapport Building
Monday, July 10th, 2006April 19, 2006
Asking the Gymnastics and Cheer Tumbling client questions for credibility and rapport building
I have this method of asking questions from the gymnast and cheer tumber to gain credibility and rapport. Rather than being authoritative and dictating what needs to be done and risking being rejected especially when you are not absolutely sure […]
Cheer Parents Just Don’t Understand!
Monday, July 10th, 2006April 03, 2006
Cheer Parents just don’t understand!
I was searching the net for cheer tumbling resources and I came accross a my space site by a cheer tumbling coach. He said he “hates cheer parents because they have no respect for progressions and they think their kid is the most talented” or something along those […]
