Why do some of the most basic skills get placed on a shelf sometimes? A question every coach asks and
often is a source of frustration when you have to circle back around to things that should be second nature to most cheerleaders by the time they're in high school,
Regardless, going over the basic skills is still a necessity at any level. Plus, have you ever found yourself in the midst of the season realizing that you wished you had more time to go over the small details that your cheerleaders can work on at home to improve on their own?
If you've been reading about our cheerleading skills clinic or how to get started, you might be realizing that a pre-season clinic can do lots of things from attracting new talent to diving deeper into the skills that make a good all-around cheerleader.
Here are the subjects that we covered in our cheerleading skills clinic. You can use this as a starting point to set up your clinic agenda. Remember to check our site regularly because we will be adding tutorials, exercises, and drills that will help you train your athletes in each of these areas.
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Warm-up
Proper warm-up techniques and why they’re important
Best warm-up exercises for cheerleading
Dynamic Stretching
What is dynamic stretching
Why it’s better than static stretching before an activity
Dynamic stretches for cheerleading
Core Strength
The value of core strength
Why you need to improve it for cheer
How to improve core strength
Jumps
The biomechanics of jumps
How to increase your vertical jump
How to strengthen your foot and ankle to prevent injury
How to properly point your toe
How to hyperextend your jumps
Motions
Posture
Arm strength
Arm placement
Arm, shoulder and back flexibility
Tumbling
Basic tumbling
Tumbling exercises
Cheer Memorization
Voice training
Static Stretching
As I mentioned earlier, this is a very basic agenda. Soon we will be taking on each of these sections individually and providing you with the exercises, drills, tips, and tricks that we used to train our athletes during our skills clinic.
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