Basket Toss Research Paper

A basket toss in cheerleading is a skill that is required in every routine taken to competition, it is a checkmark on the score sheet. A basket toss is when you have two bases, a back and a flyer, and sometimes a front. The side bases main job is to make sure they use the most force and proper technique possible to throw the flyer into the air. The backs main job is to guide the flyer through the right path in the air so he/she does not go flying forward or backwards, the front also does the same. The flyers job is to stay super tight in the air by squeezing their bum cheeks together and flexing their abs. Sometimes the flyer once reaching the highest point, has to do a trick in the air but that is only for people who have been cheerleading for a period of time and have worked on that particular skill. A basket toss is considered an advanced skill, and is usually only performed by higher lever cheerleaders.

The side bases will then interlock their arms by grabbing their own left wrist with their hand and their partner’s wrist with the other hand. Then connect the thumbs under the square formed with their arms and hands so the basket does not break under the flyers foot. The square formed by the bases is called the “basket”. The bases should not be stiff; it should be able to have movement. The back should have their hands on the flyers waist to help them onto the basket and the front should be ready to help guide the flyer once they enter the