Ok I was just catching up on Cheerleaders, because I was WAY behind, and Eddy has a great method of punishing his cheerleaders if they drop a stunt or it bobbles at a comp: do that stunt Perfect 20 times. Why had I not thought of this? My squad was ALWAYS dropping stunts (that's what happens when you don't practice) and I was always trying to think up a good way to punish my girls and work on the stunt. This is like a super simple solution. I am absolutely in LOVE.
My coach always said that if we could do a stunt 3 times in a row perfect that it was game-ready. I don't think that this is enough times to know for sure that you aren't going to drop it. I definitely think that more times are needed. 20 may be a little excessive, but I think that the repetition will get it into their minds that dropping a stunt is not tolerable
I also feel that repeating a stunt 20 times perfect (that's at least 20 times, not counting the times that the stunt isn't perfect) may cause injury. I know from the base and backstop's point of view that repetitive stunting is hard on your body. Your wrists, back, legs, and arms hurt. I was never a flyer, so I don't know how their body feels after stunting for long periods of time, but I can imagine that their body feels just as bad if not worse that the bases and backspot. When you're excessively tired is when mistakes are made and in cheerleading an innocent mistake can cause serious injuries.
Cheerleaders need to learn that mistakes are not acceptable, but safety needs to be first and foremost. I think that maybe the number of times a stunt should be repeated perfectly will also depend on the squad and the stunt group. For one stunt group, repeating a stunt 10 times may be miserable, to another stunt group it may take 20 repetitions to feel the same pain.
My coach always said that if we could do a stunt 3 times in a row perfect that it was game-ready. I don't think that this is enough times to know for sure that you aren't going to drop it. I definitely think that more times are needed. 20 may be a little excessive, but I think that the repetition will get it into their minds that dropping a stunt is not tolerable
I also feel that repeating a stunt 20 times perfect (that's at least 20 times, not counting the times that the stunt isn't perfect) may cause injury. I know from the base and backstop's point of view that repetitive stunting is hard on your body. Your wrists, back, legs, and arms hurt. I was never a flyer, so I don't know how their body feels after stunting for long periods of time, but I can imagine that their body feels just as bad if not worse that the bases and backspot. When you're excessively tired is when mistakes are made and in cheerleading an innocent mistake can cause serious injuries.
Cheerleaders need to learn that mistakes are not acceptable, but safety needs to be first and foremost. I think that maybe the number of times a stunt should be repeated perfectly will also depend on the squad and the stunt group. For one stunt group, repeating a stunt 10 times may be miserable, to another stunt group it may take 20 repetitions to feel the same pain.
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