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Tips For Flyers: How To Do A Heel Stretch For Cheerleading

Tips For Flyers: How To Do A Heel Stretch For Cheerleading

The Heel Stretch is a combination of basic cheerleading motions and advanced techniques. The Heel Stretch is performed by a flyer, and is most often part of a routine with a stunt group. This guide is [...]

Tips For Flyers: How To Do a Liberty For Cheerleading

Tips For Flyers: How To Do a Liberty For Cheerleading

The liberty (or lib) is a basic cheerleading stunt that is used by flyers in several base positions including the prep, a full and a double thigh stand. This is a general overview of the basic [...]

The Weekly Fitness Post: Stretches For Tumblers

The Weekly Fitness Post: Stretches For Tumblers

There is a gymnastics element in cheerleading that most people overlook. This one feature has pushed cheerleading far into the sports category and has even helped get it looked at by the Olympics. If you have [...]

The Weekly Fitness Post: Stretches for Flyers

The Weekly Fitness Post: Stretches for Flyers

This week we'll be covering the required stretching needed to perform death defying stunts such as the "scorpion," the "bow-and-arrow," and the "heal stretch." [...]

Cheerleaders Break Their Backs to Improve Safety Guidelines

Cheerleaders Break Their Backs to Improve Safety Guidelines

A Shrevport, Louisiana News Agency, cheerleading accounts for 65 percent of catastrophic injuries among female high school athletes. Although cheerleading injuries are generally minor, there still exists a huge potential for these catastrophic injuries, making cheer [...]