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CLASS DESCRIPTIONS

BASIC TUMBLING – This class will focus on building strong basic tumbling skills. Students will work on cartwheels, roundoffs, handstands, and front and back walkovers Students will advance to BHS Class once they have mastered a back walkover.

BACKHANDSPRING CLASS - This class is for students who have mastered basic tumbling and can successfully do a Back Walkover on their own. The focus of this class will be learning backhandsprings. Students will continue to work basic skills and will learn to do backhandsprings on all equipment including trampoline, tumble trak, wedges, and eventually floor. Students will advance to Advanced Beginner Class when they have mastered a BHS on the floor alone.

ADVANCED BEGINNER TUMBLING – This class is for students who have a backhandspring and are working to perfect it. Focus will be on backhandsprings, roundoff backhandsprings, and backhandspring series in both running and standing tumbling passes. Students will advance to Tuck Class when they can successfully demonstrate a strong ROBH series.

TUCK CLASS - This class is for students who have a strong ROBH series and are working on tucks. Skills taught will include roundoff tucks, ROBH tucks, and standing passes to a tuck. Students will advance to Layout Class when they can successfully demonstrate a ROBH tuck alone on the floor.

LAYOUT CLASS - This class is for students who have a strong ROBH tuck and are working layouts. Students will advance to Intro To Fulls Class when they can successfully demonstrate a ROBH layout alone on the floor.

INTRO TO FULLS – This class will focus on teaching students a full twist. Students attending Intro to Fulls should currently have a layout. This class is designed for the student who is learning to twist as opposed to those who already have mastered a twisting skill. Students will advance to Fulls & Doubles Class when they can successfully demonstrate a full twisting layout alone on the floor.

FULLS AND DOUBLES – This class is for students who currently have a full and are working specialty passes through to a full and double fulls.

STANDING TUCK CLASS – This class will focus on developing and perfecting a standing tuck. Jump to tuck combos will also be worked. Students taking this class should have a running roundoff backhandspring tuck.

INTERMEDIATE STANDING TUMBLING - This class is for students who have a ROBH tuck or layout and are working on standing handsprings to flipping skills such as 2 to tuck and 2 to layout. In order to participate in this class, students MUST have a minimum of a solid ROBH tuck.

ADVANCED STANDING TUMBLING - This class is for students who are working or already have standing passes to a full. YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF A RUNNING FULL TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS CLASS. More advanced students will work on standing passes to a double full and specialty standing passes.

STANDING FULLS CLASS - This class is for students working standing fulls. YOU MUST HAVE A MINIMUM OF A RUNNING FULL TO ATTEND THIS CLASS.

TECHNIQUE CLASS FOR ADVANCED TUMBLERS - You must have a minimum of a strong ROBH layout to attend this class. This class will NOT focus on developing new skills, but will instead focus on perfecting current and basic skills. Areas of focus will be more detailed - for example, legs straight and together, toes pointed in passes. There will be a strong emphasis on roundoffs, Backhandsprings and basic technique. This class is for advanced tumblers who want to take their technique to the next level.

STRETCH & FLEX – The purpose of this class is to increase flexibility. This class is strongly recommended to all flyers but is open to anyone.

JUMP CLASS - This class will work to improve jumps and flexibility. Conditioning to increase jump height will be taught as well as proper jumping technique.

STUNT LEVEL 2 & 3 - This class will focus on learning proper technique for both basing and flying skills. We strongly encourage our athletes to come to this class with a stunt group formed. Your coaches can help you to put groups together if you are unable to do so. This class is especially important for those looking to advance to a more difficult level prior to tryouts. This class is only offered to current ECE students or new students planning to attend ECE tryouts in May. All Level 2 and Level 3 skills will be covered. We encourage our bases to enroll in these classes (not just flyers). Remember that you are more likely to advance to a more difficult level at tryouts if you have strong basing skills and technique.

STUNT LEVEL 4 - This class will focus on learning proper technique for both basing and flying skills. We strongly encourage our athletes to come to this class with a stunt group formed. Your coaches can help you to put groups together if you are unable to do so. This class is especially important for those looking to advance to a more difficult level prior to tryouts. This class is only offered to current ECE students or new students planning to attend ECE tryouts in May. All Level 4 skills will be covered. We encourage our bases to enroll in these classes (not just flyers). Remember that you are more likely to advance to a more difficult level at tryouts if you have strong basing skills and technique.

STUNT LEVEL 5 - This class will focus on learning proper technique for both basing and flying skills. We strongly encourage our athletes to come to this class with a stunt group formed. Your coaches can help you to put groups together if you are unable to do so. This class is especially important for those looking to advance to a more difficult level prior to tryouts. This class is only offered to current ECE students or new students planning to attend ECE tryouts in May. All Level 5 skills will be covered. We encourage our bases to enroll in these classes (not just flyers). Remember that you are more likely to advance to a more difficult level at tryouts if you have strong basing skills and technique.

FLYER TECHNIQUE CLASS - This class is open ONLY to athletes from ECE teams who flew this past season in a partner stunt section of their routine. This class will focus on flexibility, conditioning and proper flying technique. If you are interested in taking this class and were not a member of ECE last year, you must see Cassie for approval or email Cassie at [email protected].

ADAM'S INSANITY CLASS - This class is devoted exclusively to CARDIO, CONDITIONING AND STRENGTH TRAINING. This is an hour-long, intense class to keep you in shape and to strengthen your body so that the most difficult of skills are attainable for you! Must be age 10 or older to attend this class!

ANNMARIE'S TUMBLING CONDITIONING CLASS - This class is an hour long tumbling work out. It is non-stop & should only be taken by those who wish to increase stamina. You must have a minimum of a backhandspring to enroll in this class. The goal of the class is to keep students moving for a full hour, alternating between tumbling passes, standing passes and drills/conditioning. THIS IS A DIFFICULT CLASS & should only be taken by those wishing to have an extreme workout. New skills will not be taught.

NOTE TO ALL CURRENT ALLSTAR TEAM MEMBERS – If you are unsure about which class to attend, please discuss with your coaches and they will direct you to classes that will be most beneficial to you. As a staff, we have spent much time discussing our program’s strengths and weaknesses. We strongly believe that our program, and most specifically our flyers, need to build upon their flexibility. With this in mind, in addition to a tumbling class, we strongly recommend that all flyers enroll in a Stretch & Flex class or Flyer Technique Class. We also strongly recommend that all athletes consider our Stunt Class. This class is equally important for our bases! In many instances, advancing to a new level in cheerleading requires STRONG bases and strong basing technique. Please remember that tumbling is not the only aspect of cheerleading and that both basing and flying are more heavily weighted on the current scoring system at most competition events.