We have an amazing team of talented coaches that help girls prepare for cheer tryouts each year. Building the skills to make the Weber High Cheer team and many of the junior high cheer teams takes time, patience, and lots and lots of practice. We have a lot of experience helping girls prepare for junior high and high school cheer. Here are some of the questions we often get and the recommendations we make based on our years of experience.
Do you assess students and provide recommendations to help them meet their goals?
Absolutely! We are happy to schedule an assessment with your student. These assessments can help us design a more customized plan for how to help your student succeed. Assessments are great for students that have hit a wall and don’t know why they are not continuing to progress. We can help students identify what skills they need to work on at home to improve tumbling and evaluate if they need to go back and brush up on some basic tumbling skills such as round offs or back handsprings. Sometimes students will have a technique issue with a back handspring or round off that makes later skills more difficult to master. Assessments help us evaluate your student’s specific skills and then help make a customized plan to help them achieve their goals!
My daughter does not have her standing tuck. She has one year to prepare for cheer tryouts. What do you recommend she does to master the skill and how long does it take to master a standing tuck?
If your daughter DOES NOT currently have her standing tuck and is wanting to prepare for Weber High Cheer tryouts in 2025 please understand it takes most girls a significant amount of time to learn this skill and be able to throw it consistently and effectively. Our recommendations for girls that have less than a year to learn their standing tuck is a minimum of two classes a week and one private lesson or three classes a week.
My daughter is in 7th grade and has two to three years to prepare for high school cheer. How many classes would you recommend she take a week?
It depends on their current skill level. Skills like tucks and fulls take a serious time commitment to master. If your 7th grader is still trying to learn those skills we recommend two classes a week to foster growth and develop a solid tumbling foundation. If your child already has a tuck and full and does not necessarily want to add new skills – then one class a week is usually sufficient to keep the skill.
My daughter wants to learn her full. How long does it take?
It can take girls one to three years to learn their fulls. It is one of the more difficult tumbling skills to master. Two classes a week are very important when working on an advanced skill like a full or one class a week and one private a week. Sometimes privates can be very beneficial when a student is struggling to learn a new skill as it allows the coach to focus on just that student and offer customized instruction.
When do you recommend privates for students?
There are a number of times that private coaching lessons can be very valuable for students, such as:
1) If a student has a gap in their skill level (such as a student that can do advanced skills but has some technique that they need to fix in order to continue to progress) this is often best addressed with a short series of private lessons. It can be difficult in an advanced class to fix a problem that only one student has with technique and sometimes a problem with a certain aspect of tumbling can make it difficult for that student to continue progressing.
2) A student has a very limited schedule and is not able to attend our classes. Private coaching can be great for students with busy schedules and a great way to select a time that works for that student.
3) A student is struggling to learn a skill and needs some one-on-one coaching that is customized to their particular style of learning.
How do I sign my student up for privates at HAK Tumbling?
We have several AMAZING coaches that offer privates at HAK Tumbling. If you have a specific coach in mind you can request their phone number from us or ask them for it. Sometimes if coaches are full for privates it may take them some time to respond to requests or they may not be able to take on additional students.
Each coach sets their own rates. Currently the rates for 30 minute privates range from $30-$45/30 minutes and 1 hour privates range from $50-$75. There is an additional building rental fee that parents pay to HAK for building time. This rate is $5/current students that are enrolled in at least one class a week. $10/students that do not take classes at HAK. This fee is due per student that is enrolled in a private (even if a private lesson is being shared each individual pays the building rental fee) and this is an addition to the private coaching fee paid to the coaches.
If you want to schedule a private for your student reach out to Chandra at (801)391-6446 and she can connect you with coaches that are available for privates that would match well with your students needs and skills.
