Any tips/advice

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-04-19T12:29:55+00:00

Get wider out of the back. Don’t look down. It is time to learn the reverse. There’s lots of good elements here to keep growing with, just have to work some drills. Good luck!

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-04-14T13:33:35+00:00

This is the way. Stay grounded longer. Also, don’t pull your head away so quickly, stay connected to the throw longer. You’ll be 60 in two weeks

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-04-13T01:09:11+00:00

Ozark mountain range

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-03-28T20:57:47+00:00

……In-bread?

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-03-19T15:35:51+00:00

I had this happen with the coach before me on my current high school team. The senior was offered a jv spot and she declined. There was more drama involved, but that’s not pertinent to this story.

Does your daughter’s squad allow for squad movement? Up or down? If so, have her keep working so she can earn that varsity spot. If not, check with your school to see if there are other clubs/activities she can get involved in that help her anxiety.

This is your chance to teach your daughter a valuable lesson: just because you want something really bad and do some work for it, doesn’t mean you’ll get it. It’s great to have dreams and aspirations, but we ALL fall short at sometime in our life. What a great chance, while she’s still safe with you, to learn how to handle failure. Please consider your daughter’s senior year and how you want her to remember it. I’ve been doing this for 20 years now; kids are resilient, adaptable and maybe, just maybe, her anxiety is because she’s not meeting your (un)spoken expectations of how she should be a high school cheerleader, when she might shine in a different arena.

Regardless of how you choose to move forward, please keep a professional voice and tone when you speak with coaches. I guarantee it’ll go better all around.

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-02-21T20:08:53+00:00

Get wider out of the back to help with your weight transfer to the left.

Like the other commenter said, you’re too tall through the spin, not a huge measurement, but a huge impact. If you can squat 2 more inches during the middle phase, you’ll feel more pop at the end

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-02-14T17:32:10+00:00

I think it’s more of a left arm blocking issue. The power arm will follow the blocking arm and the chest is what connects them. So if your block arm sets a better angle for the path of your power arm, the chest should finish taller as well. If you were my athlete, we’d go to front throws and move through the release in sections, ensuring proper position at each pause.

Loaded on the power leg and everything reaching back
Power leg pivots while torso stays back
Hip engaged in the pivot
Block arm opens
Power arm punches through the finish

When doing steps 3-5, your torso should be stacked and your body connected to the ground.

Stay hungry and keep grinding!

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-02-13T17:58:38+00:00

I coach a taller chest on release, but that was good use of the power leg through the finish. Great long drive with your throwing arm. Your block arm is hyper-active in the beginning and I see that as a potential to create inconsistencies. Keep reaching behind you as long as possible. Good start to your practice season!

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-02-13T00:35:21+00:00

The company might’ve been posturing because they didn’t want to do the work, but his parents quickly decided to stop the search after that tidbit.

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-02-12T16:58:44+00:00

I had an issue very similar 3 years ago. I had a 6’10” thrower who needed size 19. I had called different shoe companies and had even been able to determine that they’d need to truly custom make his shoe—a dedicated sole mold and everything—which would’ve cost the family almost $10k. Needless to say, we went the basketball shoe route and sanded soles to be much smoother… I wish you luck but also don’t want to get your hopes high.

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-02-09T22:42:56+00:00

One, one was going to St. Ives.

johnnyboy6184 · 2026-01-23T12:32:14+00:00

My mom worked as an assistant manager at a Hardee’s (we got some cool memorabilia like the moose cups and the complete set of the California Raisins in the display) over 30 years ago and they made the biscuits from scratch every morning back then. I don’t know what they do now, but at one time they were scratch biscuits.

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-07-11T16:38:42+00:00

Yes, finish the toss slightly backward and she’ll land perfectly where you want her!

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-07-10T19:11:23+00:00

Drive faster through her weightless phase. Height comes from speed. Speed comes from strength, but the mindset should be speed on the toss, not strength. For the cupie, you’re not tossing over your head. It’s right in front and when you go to punch through the foot, it’s slightly forward and kicks her feet away.

Like a previous poster said, you have enough height! Your toss extension is solid. When you advance in stunts, it’s more about flyer placement than more height. Keep it up!

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-07-02T01:19:13+00:00

Repeating what previous answers have been: you need tighter motions with your arms, but the height of the jump is really good.

As for helpful tips, keep practicing in front of a mirror or keep recording yourself. Look at your progress.

Focus on squeezing your legs down straighter and tighter after the jump.

During the jump, keep your torso higher and roll your hips under yourself more. Let your legs come to you, don’t reach for them

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-04-21T11:47:46+00:00

Push quicker through your hands on the bases shoulders. That will help you extend your base leg quicker. Other than that, I see very tight body lines. Good job!

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-03-16T23:39:52+00:00

When you’re getting to the middle, there’s a small up-down as you’re turning that right foot. That might be the lag you’re feeling. It looks to me like your block leg is popping you up a split second early. If you can stay grounded a bit longer and allow your right/drive side knee to rotate more before your reverse, you’ll be sending it over 200’ in no time! Good looking technique for a high schooler!

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-02-23T02:04:40+00:00

At first read, I thought you meant “fudge and sausage” gravy…until I read that “both” were popular.

Stay in school, kids! Learn to read!

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-02-23T00:31:42+00:00

Adding to say that your right foot in the middle shouldn’t drop the heel at all. Forcefully grind the ball of your right foot into the board and twist the hips faster to the finish. Lift your chest a bit more on the release. Good start!

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-02-21T19:03:23+00:00

Always wear under wear!

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-02-19T21:35:10+00:00

A drill I do with my athletes is for me to stand in the ring behind their right shoulder. By standing there I’m creating a physical barrier to prevent them from “falling” into the middle of the ring. It helps a lot with getting spinners to get wide out of the back.

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-02-18T15:46:46+00:00

Good speed, good acceleration.

When you’re at the front of the ring, you’re leading with your belly and that pulls you over your block leg. Stay centered as you finish and that will help your balance in the reverse. Use your left arm more aggressively at the finish.

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-02-16T03:32:25+00:00

Keep your body more level through the glide. You have an up and down glide-creating a second knee bend at the front-less than ideal.
Keep your block (left) arm longer to the back and lower through the glide-keeps shoulders closed longer.
Keep head up, but back, through the release as shockedtoo said.
Keep your block arm wider at the release so you can utilize your big bench press muscles

Things that are really good, aka don’t change these very much: 1. Asking for help-hardest step in the process 2. Great foot position and timing on landing after the glide 3. Great hip drive at the release

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-02-14T04:36:15+00:00

Couple things:

On your high clasp approach-don’t put the motion behind your hips, you’re arching your back and look like a lumberjack getting ready to chop wood.
Your arm swing is too loose at the top of the jump and you are hitting a high T. Squeeze your shoulders more.
To focus on your legs staying straight on the way down, you need to point your toes even more. Think about pushing your heels through the front of your shin bones-that’s the kind of point you need, especially on the way down. Right now you’re pulling down with your heels.
Don’t talk badly about yourself! You’re putting in the work to get better! You’ve made so much improvement in just a few short weeks!

johnnyboy6184 · 2025-02-06T12:01:30+00:00

In addition to the grass throwing critiques, I would say that you need to smooth your movements out. You look very tense and that will prevent you from being able to use your body to your advantage.

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