How to Love Your Stunting Position

Many cheerleaders make it seem as if a flyer is the stunt group. This is completely untrue. Every position in a stunt group is important, a stunt wouldn't go up without every single person's involvement. Here's a few tips on how to love your position even if you're not a flyer.

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Don't get me wrong a flyer is a very important job. You're basically the reason there is a stunt but there can't be a stunt unless there are two bases, a back spot, and sometimes a front spot.

 

 

#1 Except Your Position

 

You've been assigned your stunting position and you know it's not the one you wanted. Just remember that your coach gave you this job for a reason. She knows you'll be good at it. A teacher doesn't give students homework because she knows they're bad at it she gives it because she knows they can be good at it eventually and learn from it.

 

 

#2 Get Comfortable

 

You're brand new at your position and you're learning new skills. Make sure you don't get ahead of yourself and do things that you're not comfortable with. If your stunt group is pushing for their lib but you're not comfortable with it going up let someone know. If you don't have confidence when the stunt is loading it won't go up and can lead to injury.

 

 

#3 Work Hard

 

In order to love your stunting position you should try to be good at it. Work hard in every stunt that you do and really fight for it. If a stunt is about to fall fight to keep it up and if it does fall never let your flyer hit the ground. Practice makes perfect, so work hard and try to click with your stunt group in order to have good stunts.

 

 

 

Hope all of these tips helped. Remember that every person in a stunt group is responsible for it going up. Every stunt position matters!

 

Love,

A Cheerleader