- Keep your arms stiff and your muscles tight.
- Your transitions should be smooth, snappy and quick.
- You should punch your motions out with a lot of strength.
- Your wrists should never be bent, cocked or out of alignment with your arms.
- If you're in an extended motion, your elbows should be locked.
- Your arms should always be slightly in front of you and level. Don't let your arms bounce or jiggle.
- Know in what direction your fist should be facing. Keep your thumbs outside your fist.
- Take the shortest distance to the next motion and wait until the last second to make it. Move quickly and precisely.
- Your motions should correspond with the syllables of the words in your cheer/chant or the count of your dance routines and stunts.
- Practice so much that the correct postition and movement to it becomes a habit.
Doing Cheerleading Motions Correctly
Improve Your Cheerleading Motions
By Valerie Ninemire, About.com
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