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CHEER & TUMBLING CLASSES
Our classes are taught by USASF Certified instructors who have all gone through a background check prior to employment with SJS. Our professional staff will instruct athletes through the proper progressions to gain new skills, master those skills, and safely move on to the next level. Athletes will achieve an overall increase in flexibility, strength, and body control awareness to assist them in achieving their goals.
This class is for athletes who have mastered the basics and are ready to progress to more dynamic skills like walkovers and round offs.
🤸♀️What You'll Learn: Kick overs, front and back walkovers (FWO & BWO), and round offs (RO).
🚨Prerequisites: To enroll, athletes must have mastered forward and backward rolls, a handstand, cartwheel variations, and a backbend.
Athletes in this class will be introduced to the power and technique of handsprings, connecting them from other fundamental skills.
🤸♀️What You'll Learn: Back and front handsprings (BHS, FHS), front bounders, back walkover-back handspring connections, and round off-back handspring connections.
🚨Prerequisites: A front walkover-cartwheel-back walkover connection and a power hurdle round off are required.
This class is for tumblers looking to perfect their handsprings and begin adding more advanced skills like aerials to their passes.
🤸♀️What You'll Learn: All skills involving front and back handsprings, including Level 2 running skills, Level 3 standing skills, and aerials.
🚨Prerequisites: Athletes must have a back handspring, back walkover-back handspring, and a round off-back handspring.
Focused on flips, this class will help athletes develop the power and body control needed to perform front and back tucks safely and consistently.
🤸♀️What You'll Learn: All skills involving front and back tuck shapes, including Level 3 running skills and Level 4 standing skills.
🚨Prerequisites: Athletes are required to have three consecutive back handsprings as well as a round off with three back handsprings.
For our most advanced tumblers, this class focuses on the elite skills required for Levels 4 through 6, including layouts and twisting flips.
🤸♀️What You'll Learn: Layouts, fulls, doubles, and other Level 4-6 specialty skills and variations.
🚨Prerequisites: A round off-back handspring-tuck, a back handspring-tuck, and a standing tuck are required.