SOLO'S AT GSSA

Date: Sat Nov 25 10:53 PM, 2006

RE: SOLO'S AT GSSA

Date: Sat Nov 25 10:56 PM, 2006

no doubt...they always bring great skills to the table. No one is questioning that. CF has great teams and solos.

Date: Sun Nov 26 9:50 AM, 2006

Do you think the Power Tumbling classes they have at CF is one of the reasons they are producing such awesome tumblers? Seems like it would also draw more kids to their gym, giving more indepth training in tumbling.

Date: Sun Nov 26 10:12 AM, 2006

I didn't see any new girls doing solos this year. I think all of the kids they have this year in solos did them last year, so they aren't new. The power tumbling probally helps a lot in that, but in power tumbling you really dont work on flipping a lot. I take power tumbling on the side at a local gymnastics gym. I work on whips most the time and double backs into a pit, but I rarely work on like fulls and so forth. My coach said I would once I need to learn full whips. But I'm sure that extra practice on handsprings and whips are helping them in the power they need to get that higher flipping skill.

Date: Sun Nov 26 3:02 PM, 2006

I think power tumbling at a gym would make a big difference because it polishes a persons overall tumbling ability. Big difference between a cheer tumbler and a gymnist tumbler. It seems the power tumblers have overall better looking passes than a cheer tumbler.

Date: Sun Nov 26 3:39 PM, 2006

At least in Power Tumbling comps and gymnastic comps your technique counts. In cheer as long as you throw the skill you get "credit" for it and only deductions if you touchdown. I would love to see better tumbling in cheer. I'm really sick of the sloppy tumbling in general. Wouldn't it be nice to see more emphasis on scores based on "technique" of a tumbling skill, with specifics listed on the score sheet like in power tumbling or gymanstics.

I just think if a sport is going to concentrate so much on one aspect within a routine they should reward those that do it with great technique.