fortunate struggle

icrystalclear asked: hey. i found your blog and im a cheerleader in tucson az. i applied to unlv for my fresh year of college and my cheerteam recently just won the state co-ed championships. i really wanna try out for unlv cheer but i have no tumbling im gonna start working with the u of a cheerleaders, do you have any suggestion on how to start learning tumbling?

That’s great! I would recommend taking privates or classes twice a week and then go in on your own twice a week and start practicing what you learnt on your own. The biggest mistake is getting too comfortable with spots and then being to scared to throw it on your own. Just make sure your in the gym no less than 4 times a week and you will see results! also tumbling tracks and tramps are good to learn new tricks without spots safely. But just prepare yourself to never tumble on a spring floor because we only tumble on the turf at football games, hardwood for basketball and hard mat for comp. hope this helps! :]