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  • I made high school cheerleading, but I'm not good at tumbling! I could hardly do a cartwheel at tryouts. What should i do?

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Madeline Giunta
Madeline Giunta
Cheerleading

I made high school cheerleading, but I'm not good at tumbling! I could hardly do a cartwheel at tryouts. What should i do?

I can hardly do a cartwheel or round-off to save my life. haha

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  • Kyle Eldridge
    Kyle Eldridge
    Answered March 19, 2010
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    what should u do? Practice!....get some people to give u tips on things and get to it!

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  • Angela Hood
    Angela Hood
    Answered March 23, 2010
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    First of all - Congratulations! Cheerleading requires teamwork so find what you are good at and become your squads "go to" person for that. Then you can also get the good tumblers to help you but be careful. It takes an experienced spotter and the right equipment to be sure you dont get hurt when learning to tumble.

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  • Vanessa Strode Johnson
    Vanessa Strode Johnson
    Answered March 31, 2010
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    You could also take some tumbling classes. Look for a gymnastics gym or an all star gym in your area that offer tumbling classes. My girls both learned back handsprings in less than a year taking tumbling classes. You also need to be ready to work hard. I've noticed that the cheerleaders who want the tumbling more tend to get it faster.

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  • Jennifer Henderson
    Jennifer Henderson
    Answered April 03, 2010
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    I second the idea of taking classes at a gymnastics center or all-star gym. It's the only safe way to learn tumbling. You can work on non-flipping drills at home though, like bridge rocks and handstands, and you can do conditioning like push ups, ab crunch variations, and squat jumps. The more you work on those at home, the faster you will get your skills at your classes.

    Google beginner cheerleading tumbling to get some more ideas.

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  • Nicolle Swaney
    Nicolle Swaney
    Answered July 13, 2010
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    you should practice A LOT. one of my friends made the high school squad and she couldnt do a cartwheel either. if you arent the greatest at tumbling, you just have to be a lot btter than everyone else at the cheering ang and be loud. you can also take classes at a local gym. thats what i did and now my toe touches go really high. also i got my round off perfected and i can do a front handspring. all it takes is practice!! :)

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