How to Do the Best at Cheerleading Tryouts

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Do you want to be a cheerleader? If so, you have to go through something that every past, present, and future cheerleader has to do. Make it through tryouts. If you want to do your best at cheerleading tryouts, fire up the crowds and jump and cheer with your friends, you'll find some helpful hints in this article.

Steps

Preparing yourself for tryouts

Find out when the tryouts are, then you need to find out the requirements!

Practice. Once you know the requirements then you can start practicing. Warm up first––you always need to start with stretching. Practice your skills in front of your family until you're sure everything is perfect.Do the Best at Cheerleading Tryouts Step 4.jpg Try recording yourself doing the cheers/dances. Play the video back and fix all possible flaws. This helps a lot.

Perfect any special techniques. If you have a back handspring or anything like that make sure you have it to the best you can do. This makes for a better tryouts!

Go to the clinics to do trial tryouts. Make sure to listen and pay attention, because the coach will be watching at all times.

Start a healthy diet. Drink plenty of water in place of sugary drinks, eat lots of fruits and vegetables, and exercise regularly.

Go to bed early and get lots of sleep the night before. When you wake up, eat a healthy breakfast then go to the tryouts!

Doing tryouts as best as you can

Have a positive attitude and smile all the time during tryouts. Don't be nervous, there's nothing to worry about and the coaches aren't going to make you do anything high level, especially for your first tryout. The judges will think you are not having fun at all if you don't smile. They don't want a gloomy face on the squad––they want to see that although you're taking it seriously, you also know how to make light of it and have some fun. Display lots of spirit!

Be sharp with your movements. It's great if you can place them, but it doesn't have to be perfect. The point is that no one wants to see them sloppy and all over the place. Hit your motions and be tight; squeeze every muscle, but not so hard that you are trembling.

Be loud with chanting. Don't draw your words out. Don't say, Goooo Caaats! Say, Go! Cats! Don't count out loud. If you do, they think you haven't learned it very well, and it does get annoying.