Tuesday, September 21, 2010

The Lowest Level

Level one is the lowest level you could cheer on. This level is offered mainly for the young peewee age. There are no flips allowed. Level one requires the tumbler to have full contact with the performing floor so that means no dive rolls or handsprings. What you can do are forward and backward rolls and walkovers, handstands cartwheels and round offs. The stunts for level one cannot go above shoulder height. If the team performs a stunt above shoulders then it is considered illegal. There are no release moves in a level one stunt only dismounts.
Honestly, level one is not an entertaining level if you want to be wowed obviously. I wouldn’t let my parents pay to be on this level. As you can probably tell, you aren’t allowed to do much at all! They have a lot of limits and the only reasons these teams are entertaining is if the little girls or boys forget what they are doing or they do something cute. Their choreography is cute like shaking their hips. Usually they have funny music too and they look like a hot mess. I found a video of a level one team with probably the weirdest music so enjoy!

2 comments:

  1. This does seem like a pretty boring level to watch, but then again it's interesting to see where these little kids started out. I'm sure they're a lot better now if they're older. Everyone has to start somewhere. I think its cute how they have to kneel on the floor when they're doing the stunts. Do you have any videos of you when you were little? I've seen you do flips before and you're really good so I'd love to see how well you cheered when you first began.

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  2. I might! Haha I just have to go looking for the videos! I will try finding them :)

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