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I asked a similar question on here and got AMAZING advice:

Always use the facials! :) Whether it's a smile, head bobbing, or a playful tongue out, always use them! You can go to websites like about.com or Google "Facial Expressions for Cheerleading". :) Stretch everyday starting today for at least 30 minutes. You can do it while you're watching TV or listening to music! To get good, one of the exercises you can do, flexible legs, stand straight, lock your legs/make them tight and bend down and try to put your palms down on the floor for 30 seconds.

Find out what jumps you have to do. If you don't know, just practice all of them. There are many jumps, but in 7th Grade, the jumps you'll probably do are:

*Herkie

*Toe Touch

*Star

*Double Nine

*Tuck

*Pike

*Hurdler

To get good Toe Touches, sit down on the floor in a straddle, put your hands behind your back so it doesn't hunch, and raise your legs, one at a time, about 2-4 inches off the floor for 10 seconds each leg. Repeat 5 times a day. :)

You'll want a good voice too! Have you ever heard "Get the voice from your stomach/diaphragm?"

But you want to warm up your voice, too! Just as your limbs require stretching before you begin a routine, your voice needs some prep time as well. You'll get more projection power and last longer if you warm up your voice. Make simple low volume siren swoops while humming, trilling the lips (brrrrrrr), rolling the tongue (trrrrrrr), buzzing the tongue (zzzzzzz) and singing EE. The same routine is good for soothing the voice after cheering, too.

You've all heard the advice "use your voice from your diaphragm". Well, this exercise will help you utilize your diaphragm in an efficient way and help to strengthen this muscle. Here's how to do it:

Lie flat on your back and bend your knees.

Place one hand on your abdomen and one hand on your chest.

Now, inhale through your nose, but while doing so, move your stomach out and keep your chest still.

As you exhale, purse your lips and make your stomach go in. Again your chest should remain still.

Do this exercise for about 5-10 minutes. When you feel like you've accomplished this correctly you can add some weight to your abdomen (like laying a phone book on it) or practice the exercise in an upright sitting position or standing.

Do NOT abuse your voice! Or misuse it! Things to not do or avoid:

Never cheer when your voice is hoarse.

Do not cheer if you have a cold, allergies or an infection and stay away from people that have them.

Do not tighten your neck muscles when cheering.

Avoid using a fake, tense smile while cheering.

Never eat chocolate or drink milk before you cheer. They will coat your throat and your voice won't sound as clear.

Try not to cough or clear your throat. Instead try swallowing or taking a drink of water.

If you think you're losing your voice, don't whisper, just talk softly.

Avoid using unusual pitches. Don't go too high or too low with your voice.

Avoid alcohol and drugs.

Avoid yelling while you're running, during strenuous activity and if you're out of breath.

If you can, lift some weights to get strength. Mostly your abs and legs. Arm strength is very important too!

Eat very healthy, as healthy as you can for the month before tryouts! =]

This Y!A person gave me this advice:

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Hope it helps!!!

keep your arm throughout your chest. If you cant support however positioned it down believe how a lot you desire this! STRETCHES! The commonplace hot-up will have to start with joint-rotations, beginning both out of your feet and dealing your manner up, or out of your palms and dealing your manner down. This enables joint movement via lubricating the whole joint with synovial fluid. Such lubrication allows for your joints to position extra conveniently whilst referred to as upon to perform your athletic undertaking. You will have to participate in sluggish round routine, each clockwise and counter-clockwise, till the joint turns out to transport easily. You will have to rotate the next (within the order given, or within the opposite order): palms and knuckles wrists elbows shoulders neck waist hips legs knees ankles feet. GREAT TIPS! A well cheerleader demands to be smiling even if your crew is wasting forty five-7 in your greatest rival. No topic how tough a stunt or a cheer is, you may have gotta maintain the grin intact. During take a look at-outs that is particularly most important cuz the instruct will detect. Try working towards cheers and workouts in a whole period reflect so you'll be able to maintain an eye fixed to your facial expressions. There is not anything worse than seeing a cheerleader doing a basket-toss with a seem on her face like she has to visit the toilet.

Lots of running and weightlifting always worked for me :)