u/Old_Win378

So realistically, if I want to make varsity cheer at school this year I need my standing and running back tuck by august.

The catch is that I only have access to grass to tumble on since I’m not at home.

I already have my running and standing backhand springs. I’ve done my standing and running tuck plenty of times on the trampoline, and I’ve done it running many times on the rod floor, but it’s quite different on grass as there is nothing to aid me.

I’m just wondering if there’s any way I can get my tuck on grass by august… I really want to make varsity, is there any tips for me?

When I was around ten or eleven I came out to my mom and I begged her not to tell my dad because I didn’t want him to know yet, and that I would tell him myself later after Christmas passed.

She told him.

The next day, Christmas morning before I opened my gifts, my father called me into the living room alone and my heart was racing. He explained that my mom told him about what I’d said the night before. He then told me that it was wrong, a sin, and to never speak of it again.

I’m not sure if I’m overreacting about the situation years later, but I still think about it often. Almost every day. Even now, every single time I walk into a room with my dad I feel so judged. I feel as if he would not love me the same if I were my true self. I remember that same Christmas night I prayed to god to make me straight so that I wouldn’t go to hell.

I can’t trust my mom with anything anymore. Neither of them. I don’t tell either of them anything personal anymore, I’m too scared. I love them but I’m not sure if I’ll ever trust them again, am I overreacting about it? I want to trust them again.

I’m trying to make varsity this year and wanted advice on improving my tuck/layout consistency before tryouts in August.

For context, I didn’t do cheer freshman year. I made JV sophomore year with just a back handspring, and now I have my RO-BHS tuck on rod floor. My biggest issue right now is consistency, especially with height.

With my layout, my coach says I focus too much on throwing myself backwards instead of going “up and out,” and that I seem scared to actually set upward first. On trampoline especially, I think I do get nervous about going too high, so I end up throwing it around instead of setting properly.

On rod floor, sometimes I get really really good height on my layout, it feels like I’m floating, but I either:

crumble to my knees on landing or take steps forward when I don’t get enough height

My dad also pointed out that I might be putting too much energy into the roundoff/back handspring, so by the time I throw the tuck/layout there’s not enough power left going upward.

Does this sound like a set issue? Or maybe a hurdle/rebound problem? Any drills/cues that helped you stop throwing layouts backwards and actually get height?