Are your ready start stunting with your team or do you want to take your stunting skills to the next level? This is a great place to start! Enjoy 🙂
Stunting Resources:
- Safety Tips – CLICK HERE
- Common Mistakes and Solutions! – CLICK HERE
- How to do a Double Thigh Stand – Beginning Stunt – CLICK HERE
- How to do a Pony Stunt – Beginning Stunt – CLICK HERE
- Beginning Stunt Progression – CLICK HERE
- Stunting 101 – Where to Begin!
- Stunting Progression
Stunting Tips:
As stunting is the most serious part of cheerleading ( and tons of fun ), here are some tips to remember to make sure your stunting experience is awesome!
- NEVER STUNT WITHOUT A SPOTTER!
- NEVER try an stunt that you are not ready for – Perfection before Progression!!!
- Always pay attention to your group when you are stunting. Never start the stunt when someone is not ready.
- Remember, technique is EVERYTHING!!!
- When you are starting, make sure you select your stunt positions based on body size. For example, if you have really tall athlete, they would be a really good spotter. If you have a really small athlete, they would should be your first flyer. At the beginning, your athletes don’t know proper technique yet so for safety reasons it is important to choose your positions by body size. Once your team progresses and are ALL aware of proper technique, you can move athletes around based on skill.
- There should be no laughing or fooling around during stunt time. Generally, if someone is playing around during your stunt practice and not paying attention, they should sit out and not participate. SAFETY FIRST!
- No extra talking during stunt class. Talking should be kept to giving cues to your stunting partners.
As you start stunting, it is time to start putting your athletes in the 3 main positions in stunting: Base, Flyer and Spotters. Here is an example of the positions:
Stunt Progression:
Here is a stunt progression list to follow to maximize your team’s stunting skills:
Beginning Stunts:
Double Thigh Stand Variations:
Beginning Stunt Formations / Pyramids
Intermediate Stunts:
Flyer Tips:
Base Tips:
Spotter Tips:
Top Stunting Tips for Spotters
Safety Tips:
- Perfection before progressions!!! Make sure ALL of your stunt group members are READY to try a new stunt before you attempt it.
- Use HANDS ON SPOTTING for all stunts to help minimize falls and injuries.
- Look at the area where you are stunting and make sure you have plenty of room and proper safety mats. Also, if you are outside, check to see if there are any rocks, sticks or uneven ground that my through your group off.
- Only stunt when every member of your team has the proper attire on! That means everyone must have athletic shoes and proper clothing with no jewelry, and hair pulled back. Please note, do not wear shorts with pockets as they can catch your flyer’s feet on the way down and make them fall.
Stunting Mistakes:
Common Stunting Mistakes and How to Fix Them
