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Cheerleading Swot Analysis Essay

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Coursework- strengths and weaknesses analysis: Strength 1- strength Strength is crucial to me in cheerleading because I’m a base and need to keep the flyer in the air. Especially when I’m basing in my stunt para-cheer team, as my flyer has Cerebral Palsy. Me and my other bases have to use more of our strength to keep her in the air as her core strength is week so it’s our job to make sure she stays straight and she doesn’t fall out/off the stunt. If we weren’t all working together to keep her in the air there is a possibility that’s she would fall; this would be extremely dangerous as she has Cerebral Palsy. Strength 2- liftering and throwing technique I am good at lifting and throwing; these are the throwing techniques that I am able to do, cradle and prone. With lifting I can do a gut level lift, I can do prep level lift and extension. Lifting and throwing technique: 1. Make sure you and partner base are sillier heights ( if bases are not similar heights then the taller one will have to compensate) 2. Set for load, which is a low squat with fore arms level to belly button. 3. Then dip with your legs and move your hands to rest on your chest, that’s a prep level lift / stunt. 4. When going ton extension you dip (with your legs again) fully extend your arms above your head and keep your knees slightly bent to make the …show more content…

I only tend to fly in 1 or 2 sections out of 8 due to me being taller that most of the flyers. Therefore I don’t practice them as often as I probably should do. This can negatively affect my performance as when I’m flying along with other flyers my stretches will not look as pretty or at stable as the other flyers stretches. Also there are multiple stretches that I can’t do so that affects the whole routine as the routine won’t have as many difficult flyer stretches as there possibly could

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