Cheerleading

This picture was taken over a year ago at UCA College camp in Scranton, Pa (yes the home of the Office). Here they are competing their cheer. This was the last east coast college I have attended, and quite possibly the last camp I will attend, so this picture is special for me. In terms of composition, all the kids are facing the crowd, and the hands are all up in the air. The background isn’t really, but this was the best I could do. This brings up the difference between shooting composed shots and event photography. Sometimes you have no choice about your angle and you have to take what you can get, that is what happened here. ...

I will be posting more posts about it, but Woodside High School Cheerleading Team will now be the proud owners of a FULL set of cheerleading mats. Seven panels, 2 inch thick, combined 42.5 x 42.5 foot cheerleading floor. Hopefully we will be able to do more tumbling and stunting, in a safer, better environment. A large part of the funds came directly from the school including student, administration, and parent booster organizations. Thank you to all who helped! ...

For everyone who doesn’t know, I’m coaching a high school cheerleading team. That team happens to be Woodside High School. On September 21st, they are doing the annual Tour For Woodside. A road bike race starting and finishing at the school. The profits are donated to a foundation that provides for various improvements around the community and in the high school. Please, if you are available consider riding in the race. I unfortunately, will probably not be able to make it due to the fact that I have practice that morning. ...

Today I got slammed back into doing shoulder stands at CheerGym’s practice. This is a relatively simple stunt where you take a girl throw her up in the air and catch her on your shoulders. I got to do this with my good friend Chaz, and while it didn’t really hurt, I do have some marks on my shoulders from all of her foot prints. ...

Yesterday I attended a cheerleading competition in San Jose put on by an organization known as GSSA 1Spirit. It was the first time I’ve actually been spectating at an All Star competition in quite a while. I watched about seven hours of cheerleading and was quite impressed by some of the west coast teams, especially some of the tumbling which is not as strong back in CT. I have one global comment that I need to make. We need to push cheerleading competition etiquette. Seriously people, we are all there to watch the sport, but I feel that people get so concerned with seeing their team compete, that they forget that there are tons of other parents, coaches and cheerleaders looking to watch the competition. Here are my general suggestions: ...