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I am having trouble adding pictures to this site. Hopefully, I will be able to get some pictures on here soon. Lynee23@gmail.com Before trying any jumps it is ABSOLUTELY necessary to warm up and stretch first. If you pull a muscle before a game or tryouts it can take up to a month or two to heal. BE CAREFUL!! and always stretch.
 
Spread Eagle: Level-Easy
The spread eagle is very easy to execute. This is a jump in which your body forms a X.
Think of a jumping jack in the air. Your arms should be in a high V. Your legs should be spread apart. Knees Point Forward
Toe Touch: Level - Difficult
This is often the most common, most sought after jump. Every cheerleader wants to havve a good toe-touch. And if she/he is very limber probably wants a hyper-extended jump. Despite the name of this jump, you should never actually touch your toes. Don't even reach for your toes. Instead, reach for the inside of your heels. Keep your back straight and upright. Touching your feet will keep your legs from reaching maximum height. Point your toes!
Side Hurdler- Level medium
A jump in which one leg is straight and the other is bent
* Bent leg should be kept flat with the knee pointing forward. The straight leg should be directly to the side with the knee pointing upward.
The arms can also go out into a "T."
Tuck jump: Level - Easy
This is the easiest jump to perform. You basically jump in the air and bring your knees to your chest. You will be in the air with your body tucked into almost a ball.
*Do the basic prep and swing your arms. As you lift into the air pull your knees to your chest and your place your arms in a "T"
 
Herkie: Level- Medium
Similar to a side hurdler.
*You start out with the same approach as a toe-touch but this time one leg will extend to the side and one leg will bend and almost touch your rear. Make sure your knee is pointed down and parallel. A parallel leg would be a side hurdler.
Front Hurdler: Level- Medium
The front hurdler is exactley like the Herkie, except for the position of your extended leg.
*On a front hurdler, the leg is towards the front and the back leg is in the table top position.
Pike: Level- Difficult
Sit on the ground with your legs closed. Stretch your arms out and reach for your toes. You will be in this position in the air.
*Do a normal prep and swing your arms around, Hands should reach out to the side of your feet. Be in the position as described above. This Jump should be performed to the side of the crowd. **Note this is a very difficult jump. please be careful**
TableTop : Level- Level Difficult
This jump is hard to explain. But it is done just like the picture. Your left comes forward and wraps around, and your back leg wraps in the same direction toward the back.
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Get your jumps higher!
* No matter how low your jump is always point your toes. Good form LOOKS better than a high jump with flexed toes.* Always remember that jumps improve with time, so be patient. Exercise a little every day and your jumps will improve.
Calf drills- this exercise will help you build your calves so you can get your jumps higher. Stand with your knees together. Tighten your legs and bounce as fast as you can without bending your knees or letting your heels touch the ground. A good starting number is 100
Straddle lifts- Seated in a straddle position on the floor,place one hand flat in front of you and one behind. Keep both close to the body. Lift legs one at a time off the ground. Hold for 10 sec. Repeat. KEEP YOUR BACK STRAIGHT!! If you do this stretch your toe-touches could improve greatly.
Tic-Tocks: you sit just like you were in the straddle lift. Bring your legs up with your back straight and move your legs opposite of each other. ex. left leg up right leg down.
Crunches
Most cheerleaders don't realize that it is their stomach that keeps their legs elevated in a toetouch. If you do crunches correctly they will help build your stomach muscles.
V-ups - Lay on your back with you feet stretched below you and your arms stretched above your head. Feet and arms can touch the ground. use your stomach muscles to lift your legs and arms off the ground. you should be in a V position in the air. return to the starting position but DO NOT LET YOUR LEGS OR ARMS TOUCH THE GROUND. @ least 10 times
Tucks- Start off in the same position as V-ups. Use stomach muscles to pull knees and arms into your chest. Be careful not to let legs or arms touch the ground. repeat @ least 15 times.
Leg explosions- To get alot of height, try these exercises. Start with your feet together. Take a slow dip so that your knees are no further than a 90-degree angle. Explode into the air without using your arms. As you land, absorb the landing and return to the 90-degree angle and explode again. Do three sets of 5.
Sitting Toe Touches- Start by sitting on the floor in a tuck position. You should be balanced so that your feet are slightly off the floor and your arms are in 'daggers.'Next, quickly lift your legs and arms to the toe touch position and return to the seated tuck position as quickly as possible. It will take several of these to learn the proper balance. Focus on good technique, keeping your toes pointed, your legs straight and your back upright. 3 sets of 5
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Basic MOTIONS: Cheerleading motions should be sharp!! Remember cheerleaders, practice makes perfect!
 HANDS ON HIPS - You place your fists on your hips.
 DAGGERS (TABLE TOP) - arms bent, fists in front of arms. (Like you are holding a knife), should be in front of you, not to the sides, keep fists in straight line with forearm
 HIGH V - fists, the side with your thumb and pointer finger faces the crowd, Arms form a V
 LOW V - a downward V
LEFT DIAGONAL - left arm looks like a High V, right arm looks like a Low V
 RIGHT DIAGONAL - right arm looks like a High V, left arm looks like a Low V
LEFT L - arms form an L shape toward the left, right arm has the "pinky" side of fist faces the crowd, left arm has thumb and pointer finger side of fist faces the crowd
 RIGHT L - arms form an L shape to the right, left arm has the "pinky" side of fist faces the crowd, right arm has thumb and pointer finger side of fist faces the crowd
 "GO" MOTION (named because it's usually hit on the word GO) - right arm straight up, next to your ear, left arm on hip
TOUCHDOWN - both arms straight up next to ears, the "pinky" side of fist faces the crowd
 LOW TOUCHDOWN - Downward touchdown, arms slightly in front of the body, thumb and pointer finger side of fist faces the crowd
T MOTION - arms look like a T, thumb and pointer finger side of fists faces the crowd
broken T -Arms are bent it to the chest with fists resting right in front of arm pit, the "pinky" side of fist is forward
LEFT K - you put your left arm up like a high v and your right arm across in front of your body
 RIGHT K - the opposite of the left k, you put your right arm up like a high v and your left arm across your body
I would like to thank Brianne Peterson for the images. She also created the jump photos. Visit her website, the link is on the first page
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There are a lot of stunts that cheerleaders can do. Elelevators, basket tosses, liberties, scoripians, hitches, and much more complex stunts. 
Shoulder Stands: Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart. Wait to lock your knees until the flyer’s weight is about to hit you. Once your partner is on your shoulders, hold her calves and push them together, this will keep her from sliding off your shoulders forward, and if she starts to fall back, you can pull her back up. And one more essential tip: keep your back perpendicular to the ground to avoid injury, don’t lean back or hunch forward if you can help it.
Double-Bases: Hopefully, your feet can be shoulder-width apart here too, but you may have to adjust to match your other base so that your shoulders are the same height. Get used to your other base’s timing, and make sure you guys can synchronize or else your flyer will be in trouble. If you’re holding double-base at shoulders, make sure you keep your flyer’s foot right in front of your chest, as this is where most of your strength is. If you extend the double-base, make sure you shrug your shoulders at the top, it helps immensely to stabilize your arms, and consequently, your flyer.
Details about a basic elevator.
1.To begin, the bases should stand as if they where holding the elevator at shoulder level. Their feet should be shoulder's width apart, and they should be close enough to each other so that the top person's feet are also shoulder's width apart.
2.From this "ending" position, the bases should squat down without moving their feet and their backs should remain upright. This is an uncomfortable position at first, but it will come to feel more natural.The hands should be together and close to the body. Putting the elbows beside the body with make this easier. This puts the base in a stronger position to use their biceps.
3.Next, have the flyer push down on the hands of the bases. The bases should practice dipping together without letting their hands drop. If the arms straighten, the bases will have to use extra energy to get the flyer back to this position. This is wasting energy.
4.Next, the top person should load into the bases' hands, keeping her weight in her arms. She should be able to hold this position without the bases' support.Her feet should be together, and she should not let her hips go below her knees.The flyer stays tight while the bases dip together. As they stand, she will push through her arms and lift with her shoulders, keeping her feet close together.
** The momentum created by the climber lifting through the shoulders and the bases lifting with their shoulders should allow the bases to easily lift the climber above the head. This allows the bases to rotate their hands so they are supporting the entire foot from toe to heel.
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1. Spotters - never run or fail to catch a falling flyer. That's part of your job; to help the flyer if they fall. If you're a beginner spotter, you might try to move to keep from getting hit by the flyer, etc. You should not do this.
2. Most of the time, you need to keep your back straight. If it's relaxed at certain times, it can make for a bad stunt and ruin the whole stunt.
3. Flyers need to keep their legs and knees locked during the stunt.
4. Flyers & bases shouldn't relax too much during a stunt. Even if the stunt calls for them to relax, don't relax too much. And if the stunt doesn't have anything to do with relaxing, don't do it!!! It will ruin the stunt.
5. Bases, after tossing the flyer you usually need to shrug upwards. Don't forget to!! Also, don't forget to keep your arms locked.
6. The flyers feet should be kept apart during stunting, but not shouldn't be too far apart during the stunt. No more than shoulder width apart.
7. Side bases should be close together. Usually no more than the flyer's shoulder width apart.
If you have any tips for more advanced stunts, please e-mail me and give me the steps.
Common problems
She's too fat, I'm to big: No one is too heavy to be lifted. It all depends on how well you can hold your own weight. Also If the whole squad does strength traning exercises then stunting wil be easier.
That flyer has her legs to wide, my bases spread my legs apart: If you are in the right position from the beginning, you won't have to readjust the flyer is in the air. First, the bases should stand close together. Bases are often too far apart to begin the elevator. If they stand up with the flyer and pull her feet too far apart the stunt will look bad. But sometimes it is the flyers fault. As a flyer it is your responsibility to hold your legs together. Flyers often blame their bases. not realizing that it is their problem.
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It's very hard to describe a dance with out being able to show you. So if you have trouble understanding the moves, please improvise... make up your own moves.
Dance 1
*hold 5, 6, 7, 8 with your back to the crowd
*-Turn around with your arms bent on top of each other straight infront of your chest.
*-Punch towards the crowd with fists.
*-Turn your arms in a circle, brushing your thighs. When done, yourarms should be in the same position as
* This is beats 3 and 4.
*-Put your left fist on your chest and your right arm straight out in at-formation.
*-Bring your right fist to your chest.
*-With your arms still bent at the elbows, bring your fists up besideyour head. At the same time, bring your head up too.
*-Bring your arms down in the same bent fashion and your head.
*Toe touch This takes four beats.
*This is the hard part. On beat 5-Your left arm is held in a low V.Your right fist punches at your left hand. On the and of five, bring yourright fist back to make a low V. On beat six, punch to your left fistagain. On seven, bring it back. On eight, snap your arms to your side.(whew!)
*-Kick with your right foot in a circle. (two beats)
*-Kneel to the right, snapping your right fingers.
*-Clap
*-Step foward and punch your left hand and keep your right fist atyour chest.
*-Turn to the right with your left fist at your chest and your right fist in a T.
*-Bring your hands back to your sides.'
*-Snap behind you with your right hand and bring your hand in front ofyour face, palm out.(fingers together, two beats)
*-Snap behind you with your left hand, and bring it in front of yourright hand, palm out. (two beats, fingers together)
*-Staying in the same position, slide your body to the left, turningyour head to the left. Your right hand should twist to your toe.
*- This is beats seven and eight. Bring your hands up to your headand slide them in front of your chest to the pockets of your hips.
Repeat if there is time.
Do you have a dance that you would like to share? E-mail me and I will add your dance!
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I got these stunt pictures from about.com and The Cheer Starts Here
 
 
  Twist down from an exstension
 If you want your picture added... email me! 
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