Fabulous ladies,
Here is the video that we watched during practice this week. Remember all of the things that we talked about that we need to focus on in the routine. Less than 4 points kept us away from staying in the leader lounge the whole time. That is a bummer but also shows just how great you guys are! The potential is there every time we just have to focus on the details... right?
Number one detail I want you to focus on for Kalahari is your legs. Focus on your legs during tumbling. Are they straight? Are you toes pointed? Focus on your legs during jumps. Are they straight? Are they high? Are your toes pointed? Focus on them during stunts. If you are the flyer are they bent when you are in scrunch? Are they strait during the skills in the air? Is your scorpion rounded out? If you are the base are you using your legs to help you do your stunts? Remember that stunts are so much easier when you use your legs and not try to muscle it up.
Can't wait to see you this weekend at Kalahari! Great job ladies!
Cheers,
Coach Heather
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
1-20-10 practice videos
Here are some videos from practice. I know it was at the end and you guys were a little tired. Watch the videos and think about the details and things you can correct within your group. DO NOT correct anyone else.... leave the coaching to the coaches. This is a tool for you to use to watch yourself/your group and see how to make it better. If we can clean up the routine you guys are gonna be stars of Jam LIVE! Look at the details ladies!
LIBS:
**Nicole do you see how your arms are swimming? Control those arms so you are able to concentrate on the skills.
**Hayley do you see how you are putting weight on your heels? Remember to distribute the weight in your entire foot. Madison and Katelyn stay together and no moving your feet.
**Kendell remember booty in on the extension. You were getting better and better at it through out the night. Push off the shoulders to help get yourself to extension.
BASKETS:
I love this change! I sure hope we can clean it up in the next week so we can compete it. Remember the trophies are hands on hips and standing tall. I want to be able to read your shirt. The baskets need to be high so make sure your arms hit a touchdown motion on the ride with booties tucked in! Log rolls happen on 78 and not before or after! Great job on these ladies!
MOUNT:
No changes here so this should be perfect! It is still looking a little shaky so lets work on cleaning this up.
ROUTINE:
Sorry I can't climb right now to get a better view of the routine. Look at the routine and see if you can find yourself. Are you walking in clean? DO you know the correct motions? Are your motions sharp? Do your feet leave the ground during jumps? When you are tired you have to work extra hard at your skills and pay attention to the details of the routine. I will try to video tape routines every week and post so you can help look for improvement too!
LIBS:
**Nicole do you see how your arms are swimming? Control those arms so you are able to concentrate on the skills.
**Hayley do you see how you are putting weight on your heels? Remember to distribute the weight in your entire foot. Madison and Katelyn stay together and no moving your feet.
**Kendell remember booty in on the extension. You were getting better and better at it through out the night. Push off the shoulders to help get yourself to extension.
BASKETS:
I love this change! I sure hope we can clean it up in the next week so we can compete it. Remember the trophies are hands on hips and standing tall. I want to be able to read your shirt. The baskets need to be high so make sure your arms hit a touchdown motion on the ride with booties tucked in! Log rolls happen on 78 and not before or after! Great job on these ladies!
MOUNT:
No changes here so this should be perfect! It is still looking a little shaky so lets work on cleaning this up.
ROUTINE:
Sorry I can't climb right now to get a better view of the routine. Look at the routine and see if you can find yourself. Are you walking in clean? DO you know the correct motions? Are your motions sharp? Do your feet leave the ground during jumps? When you are tired you have to work extra hard at your skills and pay attention to the details of the routine. I will try to video tape routines every week and post so you can help look for improvement too!
Thursday, December 10, 2009
COA Scoresheets
Below is the scoresheet comments from COA. Be thinking about thier comments over the next month to make sure that we are improving in each category. I love all the new stuff we are working. I think you will be so happy when you know the routine can hit flawlessly.
Tumbling: “Squeeze your legs” Yep I agree! If you are working on a full you should have a perfect round off BHS before you do that full or layout. Technique ladies! This was our lowest score!
Stunts: “don’t travel, Cute transition but clean it up” Full ups looked great. I love them very much but if they don't look good then that can really affect the ovrerall scoresheet. Be thinking to hit the full up, go to extension and double down!
Mount: “need to double up or down” We will find more to add to the mount.
Jumps: “work technique” UM yea! Everyone person should have a level to hyper extended jumps. Work on these! There is no reason not to be hyperextended.
Tosses: “kick straight out. Don’t punch it out” Don't know what this judge was looking at... hmmm)
Motions/Dance: “average: look tired” UGH! We can't be average! Don't worry we are going to change the dance, again. WE will stand for Average!
Other: “walk off excited no matter what Hold body position in heel stretch”
Overall you looked great! We just needs on working a few things more solid and ready to go for Inddy. WE re going to look fabulous in Wednesay!
Tumbling: “Squeeze your legs” Yep I agree! If you are working on a full you should have a perfect round off BHS before you do that full or layout. Technique ladies! This was our lowest score!
Stunts: “don’t travel, Cute transition but clean it up” Full ups looked great. I love them very much but if they don't look good then that can really affect the ovrerall scoresheet. Be thinking to hit the full up, go to extension and double down!
Mount: “need to double up or down” We will find more to add to the mount.
Jumps: “work technique” UM yea! Everyone person should have a level to hyper extended jumps. Work on these! There is no reason not to be hyperextended.
Tosses: “kick straight out. Don’t punch it out” Don't know what this judge was looking at... hmmm)
Motions/Dance: “average: look tired” UGH! We can't be average! Don't worry we are going to change the dance, again. WE will stand for Average!
Other: “walk off excited no matter what Hold body position in heel stretch”
Overall you looked great! We just needs on working a few things more solid and ready to go for Inddy. WE re going to look fabulous in Wednesay!
COA Scoresheets
Below are your scoresheets from COA. Read thier comments and lets really focus on getting this routine cleaned up. YOu seemed very distracted this weekend and the routine looked like a practice run through. We need to fight to keep our stunts up and move like robots throughout the whole routine. Sharp and Sassy!
Tumbling: Lowest score is technique. “Sqeeze your legs” We need to work on straight legs on all tumbling passes. No bend legs or sticking the booty out. We need as many frontwalkovers into round off BHS or round off BHS step out into round off BHS BHS as we can. Make sure you are remembering to work these skills too. YEA!
Stunts: "clean them up" Well yea they were not together and crazy looking. We will work on these a lot in the next month to make sure we hit them solid next time!
Pyramid: “good load in” We got a little ding on shaky legs on the mount, but overall good.
Jumps: “lots of jumps :)work on the technique” We need everyone to get level!
Tosses: “tosses need cleaned up” I agree ladies! Remember fliers keep your feet under you in the toss. No booties sticking out! Our log rolls we need fliers to be super duper tight and bases travel with your flier so you catch her and do not end up on the floor.
Motions/Dance: “ cute dance! Work on your timing” I want to see sharper motions from everyone and no watching each other! You know the routine and your part. Smile to the audience instead of looking around.
Penalties: NONE! Hip hip hooray!
Overall ladies great job! Let's do some cleaning up by Jan so we can be placing and running with these big dawgs! GO Panthers!
Coach Heather
Tumbling: Lowest score is technique. “Sqeeze your legs” We need to work on straight legs on all tumbling passes. No bend legs or sticking the booty out. We need as many frontwalkovers into round off BHS or round off BHS step out into round off BHS BHS as we can. Make sure you are remembering to work these skills too. YEA!
Stunts: "clean them up" Well yea they were not together and crazy looking. We will work on these a lot in the next month to make sure we hit them solid next time!
Pyramid: “good load in” We got a little ding on shaky legs on the mount, but overall good.
Jumps: “lots of jumps :)work on the technique” We need everyone to get level!
Tosses: “tosses need cleaned up” I agree ladies! Remember fliers keep your feet under you in the toss. No booties sticking out! Our log rolls we need fliers to be super duper tight and bases travel with your flier so you catch her and do not end up on the floor.
Motions/Dance: “ cute dance! Work on your timing” I want to see sharper motions from everyone and no watching each other! You know the routine and your part. Smile to the audience instead of looking around.
Penalties: NONE! Hip hip hooray!
Overall ladies great job! Let's do some cleaning up by Jan so we can be placing and running with these big dawgs! GO Panthers!
Coach Heather
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Scoresheets
Youth team,
Great job this weekend! Your hard work is really paying off! The scoresheets say there is still room for improvement but we sure are proud! You beat teams that were older and bigger than you! Woo Hoo! Your scoresheets improved a lot since last week and I hope to see them improve more and more.
The scoresheets are also a little different this year. There is a quantity score that has been incorporated as well. Therefore each person that does not have that level skills actually hurts the team. For example you want a whole team that can do front walkover round off multiple BHS in order to max out in the tumbling category. This is true for all categories: stunts, baskets, jumps etc. This is helping make smaller teams be on the same playing field as larger teams. This is the companies way of saying you can have more kids on the floor but they all better be able to do the skills of that level. We do struggle with the area of making a large mount but as the new rules states it shouldn't be held against us. If we have a team of 15 and 13 of them can do a skill we will get a higher quantity score than a team of 20 and 15 of them can do the skill.It would be awesome if we can get the whole team moving into level 2 in every category but this is hard to do. So if you are almost there but one category is not quite there yet its ok. Just keep working hard to get there!
As long as we can get a high number on the team to be level 2 in all categories we will do well... Well without those darn penalties too! Here are the judges comments:
Stunts:
"Be sure to complete extension before cradle. Flyers really lock and lift"
Technique score is the lowest. Flyer skills need to be cleaner and more flexible while the bases provide a more stable looking stunt.
Pyramid:
"Very visual section! Lock out legs flyers"
Technique is the lowest score . Difficulty is maxed.
Standing tumbling:
"clean up BHS technique- legs are bent and apart."
Technique is the lowest score with legs bent and arms bent. Really think about this when you are doing your tumbling. No good in doing it if you are not doing it well!
Running Tumbling:
"Put more power into it!"
We need more combo passes and multiple BHS passes.
Jumps:
"Lots of great jump combos. Point your toes. Watch leg and arm placement and work on body control."
Technique score needs some improvement. Remember to max out this score everyone needs to be almost level with pointed toes.
Dance:
"Watch levels of arm motions. Watch placement on motions."
Technique score is decent but I would like it to go up at least one more point for the next competition.
Overall:
"Cute routine! Clean to perfect!"
"polish routine"
Penalties:
0 this time! YEA!!!! This makes me so happy!
Great job this weekend! Your hard work is really paying off! The scoresheets say there is still room for improvement but we sure are proud! You beat teams that were older and bigger than you! Woo Hoo! Your scoresheets improved a lot since last week and I hope to see them improve more and more.
The scoresheets are also a little different this year. There is a quantity score that has been incorporated as well. Therefore each person that does not have that level skills actually hurts the team. For example you want a whole team that can do front walkover round off multiple BHS in order to max out in the tumbling category. This is true for all categories: stunts, baskets, jumps etc. This is helping make smaller teams be on the same playing field as larger teams. This is the companies way of saying you can have more kids on the floor but they all better be able to do the skills of that level. We do struggle with the area of making a large mount but as the new rules states it shouldn't be held against us. If we have a team of 15 and 13 of them can do a skill we will get a higher quantity score than a team of 20 and 15 of them can do the skill.It would be awesome if we can get the whole team moving into level 2 in every category but this is hard to do. So if you are almost there but one category is not quite there yet its ok. Just keep working hard to get there!
As long as we can get a high number on the team to be level 2 in all categories we will do well... Well without those darn penalties too! Here are the judges comments:
Stunts:
"Be sure to complete extension before cradle. Flyers really lock and lift"
Technique score is the lowest. Flyer skills need to be cleaner and more flexible while the bases provide a more stable looking stunt.
Pyramid:
"Very visual section! Lock out legs flyers"
Technique is the lowest score . Difficulty is maxed.
Standing tumbling:
"clean up BHS technique- legs are bent and apart."
Technique is the lowest score with legs bent and arms bent. Really think about this when you are doing your tumbling. No good in doing it if you are not doing it well!
Running Tumbling:
"Put more power into it!"
We need more combo passes and multiple BHS passes.
Jumps:
"Lots of great jump combos. Point your toes. Watch leg and arm placement and work on body control."
Technique score needs some improvement. Remember to max out this score everyone needs to be almost level with pointed toes.
Dance:
"Watch levels of arm motions. Watch placement on motions."
Technique score is decent but I would like it to go up at least one more point for the next competition.
Overall:
"Cute routine! Clean to perfect!"
"polish routine"
Penalties:
0 this time! YEA!!!! This makes me so happy!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Just checking in...
I'm just checking in....are you working on being tighter and cleaner? You guys know your routine and are looking better and better each practice. Hooray! Now we need to really focus on being tight robots during the routine. Squeeze, be tight and be ready to be the diva!
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Time to clean it up!
Well finally I am able to do a little bit of typing and getting back into the swing of things. Of course I am still not able to walk about but I am getting closer each day. My hand still has a little longer but I am learning to type with my splint. New skill learned!
OK practice is going pretty well... just need to be a whole lot cleaner! Fabulous ladies you know the routine and your counts. Now we just need to clean it up! Let's have a serious talk like we did last night at practice. A few things need to be worked on to be a good level 2 team. Just because you can attempt a level 2 skill does not mean you will credit for it unless you do it well. The judges won't know how far you have come but will only judge you on how well you do the skills. So here are the following things I want everyone to really think about when you are doing your skills:
OK practice is going pretty well... just need to be a whole lot cleaner! Fabulous ladies you know the routine and your counts. Now we just need to clean it up! Let's have a serious talk like we did last night at practice. A few things need to be worked on to be a good level 2 team. Just because you can attempt a level 2 skill does not mean you will credit for it unless you do it well. The judges won't know how far you have come but will only judge you on how well you do the skills. So here are the following things I want everyone to really think about when you are doing your skills:
- Backhandsprings (running and standing): All BHS need to have legs and arms together. We understand that when you learn at first it is hard to control those arms and legs. Some of you are newbies to the BHS but lets really focus on squeezing and being tight while you tumble. Hello arms and legs! Yep that's right most of you have them all over the place! Squeeze! Remember if you are gonna do it let's do it the right way, not just flip. :) Can you imagine what my BHS would look like right now? Yikes! I bet I would have to squeeze too!
- Stunts ( libs, baskets, mount): We seem to be a little inconsistent with our stunts lately. You don't need the fronts! I know you can do it! If they can hit some of the time then they can hit all the time! Fliers squeeze and be tight. Bases be belly to belly and use your legs! Backs be careful not to push forward and control your stunt...we don't call you the queen for nothing! Everyone do your job every time so your stunts hit every time.
- Motions (cheer and dance): OK everyone knows the motions in the routine... however all motions have to be done at the right level and tightly. Remember when I count like a drill Sargent and your motions get sharper? When the music is on you have to count like that in your head. Everyone think about being sharp with each movement. Be just like a robot with each move. I look pretty funny waving my arms around with that pink splint but I am trying to get you to be tighter.
- Walking in clean: Hello! This one is easy. Practice at home walking around your house in clean. Let's not loose any points by not moving in clean. Hanging your hands at your side is not being clean. You must squeeze your arms at your side for it to count. I will practice hopping in clean since I can't walk in clean. :) How funny will that be!
Good news is that I have seen a lot of you improve on all that is listed above. Most of you just have to be reminded over and over to do them. Well it is time for it to become a habit. Before long we won't have to remind you because you will just automatically do it. Everyone practice at home. Remember it is only worth doing if you are doing it correctly.
Great job ladies! Don't forget I am looking for sharp cheerleaders at every practice for the whole practice, not just the beginning.
Coach Heather
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