How to Stay Up in a Stunt With a Cheerleading Stunt Stand

Getting up in a stunt is not an easy task and requires a lot of core strength, balance and confidence. Our handcrafted cheerleading stunt stand allows the flyer to practice the isometric exercises that are needed to help them build that strength and learn how to stay up in a stunt without moving their legs and feet. Once your flyer has mastered these skills they will be able to move onto more difficult stunts and progressions.

Stunts are the foundation of all cheerleading routines and there is a wide variety of stunts to choose from. There are several different types of stunts but the most common ones are two-man stunts, pyramids, basket tosses, running tumbling and team jumps. Depending on the level of your team, there may be other elements and transitions that are added into your routines like back tucks, whips or one-and-a-halfs.

Tick-Tock: A skill in which the flyer pulls a body position with one leg then swtiches to stand on the other foot. The base typically holds the middle of the foot, which can be caught at prep (chin) or full-extended.

Smoosh or Squish: A stunt transition in which the flyer is taken from a Cradle into a Smoosh and then reloaded into a Prep or an Extension. The flyer’s feet should never touch the floor when going from a Cradle to a Smoosh and then back into an extension.

Toe Touches, Pike Jumps and Hurdles are all examples of group jumps in which the whole team synchronizes their movements to hit one jump at a time. Higher school and all-star teams will usually perform multiple jumps at the same time, which is called a “tournament”.