List of cheerleading stunts
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Bases - Cheerleaders that stay on the ground during a stunt.
Pop cradle - Dismount from a stunt in which the base/bases toss the flyer straight up from a stationary stunt and then catch her in a cradle position
Cupie - One base holds up a flyer with one hand. The base's arm is fully extended. The flyer's feet are both in the base's one hand. Or two bases hold flyer's feet together at full extension level.
Dismount - A way to return the flyer to the floor after a stunt.
Elevator - Timing stunt in which flyer stands with each foot in the hands of a base at shoulder level.
Full/Extension - "Second level" of an elevator. Flyer stands with each foot in the hands of a base with arms extended
Flyer - Person that is up in a stunt in the air.
Liberty - One or more bases holds up one of the flyer's feet (usually the right). The flyer's other leg is bent with the foot positioned at about the knee level of the flyer.
Scorpion - This is a liberty variation facing the side. One or more bases holds up the right foot of the flyer. The flyers left foot is held by the flyers right hand behind the her head while the left arm is pointed towards the crowd.
Scale - This is a liberty variation facing the side. One or more bases holds up the flyer's right foot. The flyers left leg is held by the flyers left hand to the side and the leg is fully extended.
Show and go - Two bases will each hold a different foot of a flyer and bring it up to a full extension. The flyer only stays up for two counts and returns back into a squish position.
Skater - One or more bases holds up one of the flyer's feet. The other foot is held in a bent position behind the flyers back and held by one their hands. The other hand is extended up to the side. The move is similar to an ice skater.
Split-lift - Two bases hold the flyers legs at the knee area. They then slowly walk apart until the flyer is in a mid-air split.
Squish - Two bases will each hold a different foot of a flyer at their waist level. The flyer is squatted down so the flyer is not taller than the bases.
Tick-Tock- When a flyer switches feet in a stunt.
Heel Stretch - Variation of a liberty. It is a stunt in which the base/bases holds one foot of the flyer while she holds the other foot in an elevated stretch position with her same hand.
Arabesque - Variation of a liberty facing the side. It is a stunt in which the base/bases holds one foot of the flyer while she extends the other leg behind her, making a 90 degree angle with her standing leg.
Basket toss - Toss by a maximum of four bases of a top straight up in the air so the flyer can perform a trick (toe touch, ball-out, stall, pike, gauntlet, etc.) and then land back in a cradle position. **There is a maximum of two tricks (tucks, twists, and layouts are body positions)
Full Twist Cradle - Variation on a pop cradle. It is a dismount from a stunt in which the base/bases toss the flyer straight up from a stationary stunt, the flyer does a 360 degree turn in the air, and then the bases catch her in a cradle position.
Double take - A transition that connects two stunts by taking the flyer back to the load-in position for an elevator to another stunt.
360 Elevator - A variation on the double take in which the flyer does a full turn in the air in between stunts while staying in contact with the bases.
21/2 High Stunts
The various 21/2 high stunts include but are not limited to:
- The A-Frame
- Swedish Fall
- 2-2-1
- 2-1-1
- Table Top
- Wolf Wall
- High Split
- High Chair (also high hands, lib, cupie, etc.)
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