Prone landings from airborne positions prohibited for high school and college teams
The Executive Committee of the AACCA has updated the 2009 – 2010 high school and college cheerleading safety rules to prohibit prone landings from airborne positions. The specific wording of the rules (high school rule D-10 and college rule G-5) is as follows:
Airborne drops to a prone position on the performing surface are illegal. (Examples: A back flip or a jump landing in a push-up position is illegal. A handspring to a push-up position is legal as it is not airborne prior to the prone landing.)
The rule is in effect until it is taken up by the full rules committees for the 2010-2011 school year. Please pass this information on to any high school or college cheerleading coach. Note that this rule does not affect all-star teams.
Posted: October 20th, 2009 under rules, safety.