Comments for Cheerleading Safety From AACCA. Solutions to address the risks involved in cheerleading. http://www.cheersafety.org Mon, 29 Oct 2012 20:48:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by AACCA Executive Director http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-598 AACCA Executive Director Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:09:06 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-598 We’re going to close this post to further comments as it has become a rules question thread. We’ve created a post dedicated to rules questions at http://www.cheersafety.org/2011/01/got-a-rules-question.html

See you there!

]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by AACCA Executive Director http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-581 AACCA Executive Director Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:47:57 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-581 Derek, a suspended forward roll is what you are describing. It is legal BUT the top person has to have hand to hand contact with two bases or two posts – she can’t do the suspended roll over one person.

]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by AACCA Executive Director http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-580 AACCA Executive Director Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:46:31 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-580 No, a tic toc is not a toss. A toss begins from below shoulder level and uses a throwing motion to increase the height of the top person. A tic toc is a transitional stunt and is legal with a bracer.

]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by Amanda Natale http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-392 Amanda Natale Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:12:41 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-392 Is a tic toc considered a multi-based toss, making it illegal at the middle school level, even with braces on both sides?

]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by Derek Johnson http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-195 Derek Johnson Tue, 21 Dec 2010 08:52:23 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-195 Yes, for middle school…is it illegal for a stunt group of two bases, back spot,front spot to do a front flip…let me explain. The front spot is turned towards the front with her hands locked out over her head with the the flyers arms locked out and holding the front spotters hands. The bases and back spot are holding the flyer in an elevator and toss the flyer over the front spot while there is still contact with the front spot the whole time, who will actually become the back spot. The original bases catch the flyer in a cradle. Hope this makes sense…its difficult to explain!

]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by AACCA Executive Director http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-95 AACCA Executive Director Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:30:14 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-95 I understand the frustration from teams that perform skills well, but that argument alone isn’t a reason to allow something. By that logic, we would not have any rules at all since there are teams that would be able to “safely” perform three high pyramids. It used to be done all the time. The rules were changed for those skills because more teams were performing them that weren’t doing them safely. While it would be a perfect world to simply not have those teams do the skills they were doing unsafely that isn’t the world we live in.

I also think the idea that “most school squads can do it better than all-star squads” simply isn’t a given. There are good all star teams and good school teams just as there are bad both.

We believe that to allow a skill which we were consistently warning about but not seeing improvement on would be irresponsible. Thank you for your comment.

]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by AACCA Executive Director http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-94 AACCA Executive Director Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:25:08 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-94 The difficulty in doing that is that 1 coach can properly manage 20-22 girls and that’s probably fairly standard. The coach doesn’t have to actively spot/supervise every stunt – only the ones where there presents a heightened risk of a fall. If they are working on something new, then the teaching methods would need to change so that they are working on it one at a time depending on what they are working on, the age level, etc. Could they do it faster with two qualified coaches? Certainly, but it’s sometimes hard to find one good coach for a team much less two. The “safer” is in how they are working with the team, not how many coaches are present. So your argument might be that with only one coach, they will have to slow their progress in order to safely coach and that with another coach they could progress more quickly. Hope that helps explain why there’s not a specific ratio.

]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by AACCA Executive Director http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-93 AACCA Executive Director Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:45:55 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-93 Not at the high school level. That would violate the inversion rule. The only time the top person can be inverted is 1) in a legal suspended forward roll where they have hand to hand contact with two bases or two posts on the ground and 2) coming off the ground inverted to a non-inverted position like a handstand load up to an elevator load in.

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]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by highschool cheerleader http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-92 highschool cheerleader Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:25:11 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-92 is it okay to do a full back flip in a 3 group stunt? the middle starts a smoosh and we toss her up with the two outside builds holding her as she flips. and lands in a smoosh again..?

]]> Comment on AACCA Releases Cheerleading Rules for High School and Younger by Dawn B. http://www.cheersafety.org/2010/05/aacca-releases-cheerleading-rules-for-high-school-and-younger.html/comment-page-1#comment-91 Dawn B. Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:51:13 +0000 http://www.cheersafety.org/?p=85#comment-91 Will AACCA institute safety rules in regards to the ratio of coach(es) to the number of cheerleaders. Our school system currently has 1 coach for 20-22 girls which is overwhelming in terms of coaching and presents a safety hazard when multiple stunt groups are practicing. We found it much safer when there were 2 coaches working with a group this large but we’re limited because there is nothing in writing from AACCA.

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