The scorpion is considered one of the most popular air positions in cheerleading, and requires patience and practice. Flyers are encouraged to focus on stretching their shoulders, and working shoulder flexibility to pull a scorpion. If the shoulders fall too far forward or back, the position can not be held.
To pull a scorpion, flyers grab their foot behind them with an open hand, thumb facing away, palm to the sky. Then they pull their foot up towards the head, grab with the other hand, and extend the arms to lock the elbows out.
When a flyer is advanced and can pull a full extended scorpion with ease, they may also work on kicking up the the position. Think of this air position as the fully flexible version of the scorpion. The difference between a scorpion and a needle is the way that the air position is held, and the amount of flexibility needed to pull it. Getting a needle is difficult, but if flyers are determined and put the work in outside of practice it is completely doable.
For a needle, flyers take their hands from their foot, and place it on their shins, bending the back and extending the leg so that the knee becomes completely locked out, unlike the scorpion. The ultimate needle calls for a bendy back so that the back and the leg touch.
Remember not to ruin a pretty needle by always pointing your toe, maintaining your THS line, and locking out your standing leg. All air positions are completely possible. The main difference comes from the work that is put in by the flyers. Like mentioned before, the more air positions a flyer has, the more impressive and experienced they are as flyers.
The best way to work on air positions is to stretch daily, ensure you are always keeping locked knees, and to join topping classes with experienced coaches if they are available. Interested in learning more? Once starting to fall, she does the toe touch jump, quickly pops back into pencil, and then into the cradle.
Kick twist When starting to fall, the flyer will kick one leg up then twist her body into a cradle. The flyer may twist however many times she wishes, the more the more advanced. Dismounts return the flyer to the floor or complete a stunt. Almost like a basket toss except hands are in formation of a prep or extension.
The bases have the flyer in a Prep. They dip the flyer sits, or bends her body in half, and ends up in a straddle position and with one hand catch the flyer's thigh.
With the other hand they catch the flyer's foot. The back uses the same motions she would in a sponge. Squish or Sponge. Two bases will each hold a different foot of a flyer at their waist level. The flyer is squatted down so the flyer is not taller than the bases. This is how the flyer loads in to the stunt, before jumping and pushing off the bases shoulders, and the bases drive their arms upwards and extend the flyer.
Also called a Sponge, load, or Scrunch in some regions. When a stunt is extended in the air, and then goes back down into a load-in position placing both feet in the bases hands, if previously in a one-footed stunt, and being pushed back upwards into another stunt. Two bases will each hold a different foot of a flyer and bring it up to a full extension. The flyer only stays up for two counts and returns back into a squish position.
Also known as 'fake-outs' or 'flashes'. Depending on the stunt, the flyer can throw any number of tricks in a show and go. If loading in with both feet, most times the flyer will "show" a Cupie, and after reloading, come back up to a Cupie in either a prep or extension level. Another variation is the one-legged show and go, where a flyer starts as if in a one-legged stunt, and "shows" one leg kicked up to the heel stretch position without grabbing the ankle or instep.
As this variation is brought back down, the flyer brings in her leg from the flash and reloads in either a two or one legged sponge, "going" back up to prep or extension level. When a flyer switches the foot being stood on in mid air after being popped by bases. College cheerleaders doing as flipping transition. Full Down Twist Cradle. Full Down is a variation on a pop cradle. Double down Double Twist Cradle. Double down is a variation on a pop cradle. The same as a full twist cradle, but two degree turns are completed before cradling.
There are also increasing numbers of twist downs possible, often as many as five, witnessed especially when four males are basing a basket toss. This is usually a transition where the bases "hop" top person over the back spots head and catch her in either a crouch position or cradle. A Reload is a transition that connects two stunts when a flyer cradles out of the first stunt, and the bases dip and pop the flyer back into a load position. A similar stunt is a barrel role. A Reload can sometimes called a 'cradle pop'.
Seated in a pike position, as if she had just cradled out, the bases toss the flyer, she lays flat and does a degree spin in the air. A variation on the double take in which the flyer does a full turn in the air to the right in between stunts while staying in contact with the bases.
Also called a Full up in some regions. Rewind is a dismount where the flyer does a full turn to the left in a standing position while having her right foot in contact with the bases. When the flyer falls backwards or forwards out of a stunt where 3 or 4 people catch the flyer and could possibly push the flyer back up to the bases hands.
Center bases face each other, legs shoulder width apart, arms straight and hands on each other's shoulders, a flyer stands behind each base, facing the bases' backs.
Flyers place hands on bases' shoulders, each flyer has a second base. These bases squat in between the other base and the flyer. They hold the flyers' waist, third base holds the flyers upstage leg--one hand on her thigh and the other on her ankle. On 1, 2, down, up, the flyer bends her knees and jumps. The second and third bases lift the flyer up, fully extending their arms. The flyer's arms are also fully extended.
The center bases have the flyers' weight on their shoulders. They support each other to maintain balance. Both flyers lift their downstage leg the base is only holding the upstage leg. The second and third bases lower the flyer on the dismount. This can also be executed with only one base lifting, rather than two.
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Stunting Definitions. Bases Bases stay on the ground providing the primary support for the flyer during a stunt. Main Base The main base applies when doing a one-legged stunt. Side Base The side base applies when doing a one-legged stunt. Back Spot This is the person standing behind the stunt.
Front Spot The front spot stands in front of the flyer in the stunt group. Learn your muscles' names. Do you know where your Gluteus Maximus is? What about your Iliopsoas or your Semitendinosus? These muscles are important to your needle! Learning the muscles' names and how they work within your body will make stretching for this position easier. Tighter muscles are typical around the back and torso. These areas will need extra stretching. Identify problem muscles.
Muscles have a long memory. If you have injured a muscle, it might be tighter than the rest. Give it extra love and attention, and extra stretching to prevent future harm. Muscle tears can occur. If they do, they can reduce your motor skills, as well as create scar tissue. Be careful! Warm up your muscles before stretching. Do jumping jacks, brisk walking or jogging to warm up your muscles. Don't stretch with cold muscles.
Working on a needle with cold muscles can hurt your posture and form, which may result in injury. Develop a routine for stretching. A routine is important for preparing your body for exertion and contortions involved in doing a needle.
Also, stretching triggers your muscle memory and believe it or not, can remember what to do! Start with major muscle groups.
Shoulders, torso, glutes, thighs, and back. Breathe consciously and regularly. Breathing is key to the optimal performance of your mind and body. Keep breathing! Perfect the splits for both legs. It can take time to perfect the splits while on the floor. It can take even longer to do it with both legs! But, it's important to the needle posture, so don't rush this step.
Most people have one leg that is more flexible than the other. But, stretch both legs equally. Your more flexible leg might end up being your supporting leg. If so, this is another reason to stretch both legs equally.
Alternately point and flex your front leg's foot while in the splits. Keep your back leg's knee rolled towards the ground, not twisted to the side. Lay back with hands overhead while in the splits. Once you are in the splits on the floor, you need to stretch your chest, shoulders and back muscles. To do this, reach backwards and hold your back leg with both hands. Breathe calmly and regularly during this process. Hyperextend splits for both legs.
Once you're comfortable with the splits on the floor, you need to move onto to gently hyper-extending your splits. Place your front leg ankle and heel on a few inches of gymnastic mat, rolled up yoga mat, yoga block, or even a rolled up towel, and descend into the split position. Gradually increase the height of the mat, block or rolled towel until you have flexibility and no discomfort while hyperextended. Lay back with hands overhead while in hyperextended splits.
This motion results in the posture that you'll have in the needle while standing up, except here you are supported by the ground. Check in with your body and see if how it feels to move into this position slowly, and don't forget to be patient if you encounter tightness in your muscles. Continue leaning backwards until you can do so without discomfort. Remember that this is the posture you must acquire to do a needle.
Stand in splits against doorframe. This is the same posture you were in on the floor, but this time you are balancing while standing upright. Use the doorframe as a buttress for your upper leg and body.
Depending on where you place your standing leg, you can increase or decrease the stretch and hyperextension. Lean back against your upper leg and the doorframe. Do this with your hands overhead while in the splits. Again, take it slowly here, since you are using different muscles when you're standing versus sitting on the floor.
Hyperextend splits while standing against doorframe. Sink into the splits, or the hyperextended splits, while holding onto your upper leg with both hands behind you. This is the posture that most closely approximates the free-standing needle, so take your time in perfecting your balance and comfort. Take your time and be patient! Part 2.
Stand perfectly straight, with shoulders and hips aligned, facing forward. This is the correct posture for kicking into the needle and will minimize injury. Do not transform a scorpion into a needle as the way to get into the needle position. Though it may be easier for stretching, moving from a scorpion into a needle will twist and tweak your posture and balance, making injury more likely. Going from a scorpion into a needle also takes longer and shifts your balance.
This is not good when you're up in the air! Balance your weight on your supporting leg, and engage your core muscles. Aligning your shoulders and hips is essential for elegant, energized posture in the needle. Kick off the ground with other leg, foot and toe pointed as soon as it leaves the ground. Kicking off of the ground with a strong punch sweeps your leg all the way towards the back of your head. If it is, try holding your leg out in front of you at a forty-five degree angle and let gravity help you to get enough momentum to kick the leg higher and higher.
Catch straightened leg with both hands. Once you've caught your leg, re-point foot and toe, and smile! Luckily you have two hands to catch this wild leg, so at first touch, grab on tight, expand your chest and drop your shoulders, and show them your smile!
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