The basket toss is a basic cheerleading catch and grab technique to help send you flying through the air. Learn the basket toss and inspire your friends in this video.
Set up feet together
Watch your hands
Keep arms tight next to ears
Lauren has been cheerleading since she was thirteen years old and coaching since she was eighteen. She is now the director of cheerleading at Orlando Gymnastics and Cheerleading. She founded the Orlando Storm All Star Cheerleading Organization with which she has won a national championship. She is also a member of the USASF and is safety certified by the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors.
LAUREN MUTTY: Basket Tosses. This is when we're going to take little Victoria and throw her up in the air and of course catch her when she comes back down. It's called a basket because you create what looks like a weaved basket with your hands when you're one of the two bases. So Mandy and I are each going to take our right arm and grab our left wrists, and then I'm going to take my left hand and grab Mandy's right wrist. It's kind of tricky but we'll show you what it looks like up close in a minute. So this is a basket. Okay? Next, we're going to have Victoria and Kristen come over and show what she's going to look like in the air, and she is going to be in our chicken-squished position again with her back arched, sticking her bottom in Kristen's face. And Kristen after she loads her in is actually going to switch her hands down here so that she can push her all the way up in the air. Okay? So that's what they're going to look like. They're going to face this way. Now, when Victoria is in our basket, she's going to remember a few things. One, she needs to be on her toes. Two, she needs to be looking up; and three, she needs to arch her back. So let's show what she's going to look like when she's actually in our basket, not in the air yet. One, two. So she is on her toes. She's looking up and she's arching her back. Come and bring her down. Okay? And Mandy and I are both going to be in the same squat. We're going to be looking at each other and Victoria at the same time. We are going to dip our legs and as we go to toss Victoria we're going to throw our arms all the way up over our heads, and we're going to use our arms and our legs to toss her up in the air. Once our arms reach here, we're going to flick our wrists and keep our hands up above our heads so that when she comes back down, our hands are already up in the air. Okay? Kristen is going to be pushing her bottom up and as she comes back down she's going to catch her underneath her arms right under here, nice and snug. Mandy and I are going to catch her each right here and right here. So that as she comes down, she's going to bear hug us and hold on to us so that we don't drop her and she doesn't fall through our arms.
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