What is All Star Cheerleading?
All star cheerleading is a competitive team sport incorporating skills from several other disciplines such as gymnastics, dance, stunting and, of course, cheer. All star cheerleading squads do not cheer for other sports teams. They are the team! This is no longer our mother’s cheerleading.
All-Star cheerleading teams differ from other teams by training year-round for competitions. They also differ from most other sports in that every team member is vital to the team and the performance. There are no benchwarmers. Everybody has an integral part! Each member of the squad is trained in all aspects of the sport in order to develop their skills to reach their maximum potential.
All star teams typically consist of between 15 and 35 athletes. Squads can be either co-ed or all female. Teams are carefully constructed to include all the elements needed to perform the complex routines. Every team needs a combination of bases, flyers, tumblers, and dancers. Most of these well rounded athletes are capable of performing all of these skills.
Competition routines are typically 2 1⁄2 minutes in length. They are packed with stunts, dances, cheers, chants, and tumbling. Each element is perfectly choreographed to music. Most teams have their music custom made for their routines. At competitions, the teams are divided by age and ability level. The routines are judged based on difficulty, execution, creativity, and showmanship. Each team only has one opportunity to get it perfect. At most competitions, anything less than perfect will not result in a win.
All star cheerleading has taken the sport to a new level. Adding the element of competition has allowed the world to see inside the sport in a way never before possible. With competitions being covered on ESPN, no one can any longer deny that cheerleading is indeed, a sport!
August 20th, 2010 at
Cheerleading is indeed a sport and is finally starting to get some recognition for all of the hard work, athleticism and injuries that our ATHLETES endure while training for competition. If only the other athletes would recognize our efforts.
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May 31st, 2011 at
I am going to be a senior ( in high school and allstar ) and I am just thinking about how this is it… My last year of allstar cheer. I mean I do high school but they kinda stink ad there’s only 11 team mates. I’m the only tumbler… So yes allstar has been a big influence on my life. This will be my fifth year an I am level five!! I will be off to college and haveing a blast there… While still doing cheerleading at the collegate level. But it is nowhere near re same! I was looking at all my pics and trophies and stuff from these past 5 yes and it dawned on me that I am done after this. My team is my family! I coach as well as be an athlete. ALlstar cheer defines me. It has transformed me from a small, fragile, weak child into an athletic, confident and happy young woman. I was wondering if anybody has any advice on how you have dealed with this situation? I will greatly miss my team and the competitive nature of this highly rewarding sport! :’(
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