How To Do Single Leg Variations In Cheerleading Video

Changing your leg position can create a beautiful variation to an already existing cheer. Learn some cheerleading leg variations in this video.

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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: This next segment is going to be single-leg variations that you can do in the air, different types of things that you do with your extra leg while your other leg is up in the air. So here, we have Joanne. She's going to show us a liberty first. She's got a high V, nice pretty high V, reaching towards the ceiling. Her toe is pointed towards her knee and her other knee is straight in front of her. Okay. The next one is going to be a scorpion. Joanne, if you could turn, whichever way you need to pull your scorpion. There you go. Grabs her toe, grabs her toe with both hands, and reaches and stretches out. You see this pretty little circle she's got going right here, that's what you're looking for. Looking straight forward, down. The next one is going to be a scale. She's going to grab by her knee, stretch her leg up and lock it out. Beautiful, down. And the next one is going to be a scorpion that she's going to pop to a scale, so scorpion first and pop to a scale. Beautiful, down. Now, I'm going to demonstrate the next one and that's going to be a heel stretch and it looks like this. Grab your heel, stretch up and hold. Okay? Those are a few of the different types of variations. There are also a couple of other ones. There's an arabesque. The leg goes back up in an arabesque, just like in gymnastics. Chest up, arms out. You can point forward sometimes with this at your audience. Point forward and look forward. It adds a nice little flash to your routines. Pointed toe, leg up nice and straight. You do not want to lean over. Because if you lean over, you're going to fall forward like this. Okay? Nice pretty arch in your back. And that is pretty much all we have for single-leg stunt variations. There's a lot more out there that are a lot more advanced. You can check them out with college cheerleaders and all sorts of stuff. Thank you very much.

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