8:00 AM: Taylor McD gets the team fired up with a pep talk about enthusiasm, energy, effort, etc. She even made everyone practice their fake smiles. Taylor M. wants to win the special "banana" prize. Only one "banana" is given out at the end of each day. The only way to earn it is to keep your enthusiasm, spirit, energy & excitement high throughout the entire day. In other words: GO BANANAS...All.....Day.....long!
The girls had an opportunity to start building an entire routine today that they will be able to perform on Thursday and bring back to LeRoy to use during games. The next few pictures are some action shots from their routine. The routine starts with full team extended stunts, cradles, and a backwalkover dismount and moves into their new dance routine!
A new rule change no longer allows double twisting baskets at the high school level of cheerleading. Someone...somewhere...conducted research on the amount of injuries (primarily head, neck, and shoulders) that occur as a result of double twisting dismounts. This research prompted officials to now call double twisting dismounts "illegal" at the high school level. This is a new rule change for the 2012-2013 season that has fueled a great amount of controversy. As they always say, "numbers don't lie," and the research shows that the stunt simply is not safe. While double twisting dismounts are visually appealing, the most important thing is the safety of our student athletes across the country. As a result of the new rule change, the officials are now allowing inverted stunts to be performed at the high school level. In years past, top girls were not allowed to be in an inverted position while stunting. SO- we were able to try some awesome new pyramids that are visual and crowd pleasing!
The next few pictures are evidence of our first attempt at a flipping pyramid. Taylor G performed the inverted rotation while Megan and Tayrn assisted. We can't wait to show you these at games!!
The next few pictures are evidence of our first attempt at a flipping pyramid. Taylor G performed the inverted rotation while Megan and Tayrn assisted. We can't wait to show you these at games!!