How to Do an Extension into a Cradle

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Learn how to do an extension into a cradle from UCA instructor Ashley Cowan of Varsity.com in this Howcast video.
The extension is a timing stunt that involves two bases, a top person, and a back-spot. The lead up skill for this stunt is an extension prep, so make sure that you and your stunt group have mastered that skill before you try an extension. Cheerleading skills including stunts, pyramids, and basket tosses should only be performed under the supervision of a qualified adult and after following the proper skill progressions.
Here are a few tips for the extension to cradle:
Tip 1: Bases should generate power using their legs to drive the top person to the top. When cradling, use your legs and finish the pop through your hands. For the catch, keep your arms up and cushion the landing.
Tip 2: The top person should stand up quickly as the bases stand, and keep their feet shoulder width apart. For the cradle, let your bases pop you, keep your legs straight, and catch high around your base's shoulders.
Tip 3: Back spot should help lift the top person, and continue to support the stunt by reaching as high as they can. For the cradle, pop with the bases, keep your arms up, and catch the top girl under her arms. And that's how you do an extension to cradle.

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@unicornpoop8895 8 жыл бұрын

this is the most perfect exstension i have ever seen in my life

@brandymckay8744 5 жыл бұрын

Not for me!!! My sister and girls in my cheer sqaud are AMAZING

@addieloree1733 5 жыл бұрын

Really? It’s not that good

@kealaniyamamoto7713 5 жыл бұрын

you must not have a good cheer team them sorry lol

@leahmiller9912 3 жыл бұрын

Not really...I mean it’s good but...it’s the most perfect one

@cocomtsj9102 3 жыл бұрын

their angles should be together but ya they’re rlly good

@kayinbe 11 жыл бұрын

You guys they have different names for it. It could be referred to as flyer, top person, or even topper. Just because you don't use it doesn't mean its not right.

@brooke_shelby3974 8 жыл бұрын

It's called a flyer not a 'top person'

@ciannamccready 7 жыл бұрын

Brooke _Shelby At my middle school the coach calls us too girls? It's the same thing..

@unkownaccount2519 5 жыл бұрын

they call it top girls

@madisonduenas5039 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing😂

@luharrell1 5 жыл бұрын

Dude it’s the literally the same thing?... and this is UCA your talking about, I’m pretty sure they know what they’re talking about...

@lilymyers3831 5 жыл бұрын

Brooke _Shelby it’s called both, most professionals call them the “top person”

@elysiabutler8112 8 жыл бұрын

I already know how to do this but I just wanted to watch it

@aubreyedwards7890 5 жыл бұрын

Literally the tightest flyer I have ever seen😍

@dianneochoa3825 9 жыл бұрын

I'm a back spot and when we did a pretty cradle , my flyer hut my nose and it started bleeding. Now I'm so scared to do them that I had a panic attack ! :(

@ThePuppyLuver00 9 жыл бұрын

Just move your head out of my way and catch with only your arms. I'm a back spot too

@anjja5849 8 жыл бұрын

+Dianne Ochoa Same once she hit my chin and then FULL OUT landed on me .

@SuperGirlsproduction 8 жыл бұрын

I'm a Backspot too and our flyer once fell on my head, so I was scared for a while. But just try to move your head slidly to the side and catch high. you got this!

@dianneochoa3825 8 жыл бұрын

+lisa fedef well it was my first time and I was busy focusing on trying to catch my flyer. but that was in the beginning now I'm the strongest back spot on my squad.....

@dianneochoa3825 8 жыл бұрын

+lisa fedef well it was my first time and I was busy focusing on trying to catch my flyer. but that was in the beginning now I'm the strongest back spot on my squad.....

@kayleighjones7669 9 жыл бұрын

Third day of tryouts tomorrow and we are expected to do the full extension, I dropped my flyer today and she fell on me, I'm so glad she didn't hit the floor

@maevery1935 5 жыл бұрын

Kayleigh were you trying out for school cheer or competitive? Cause making you do stunts for school tryouts seems terrifying. It would make more sense to wait and see who is on the squad

@ofelia5281 5 жыл бұрын

Avery but they have to know who can do the stunts so they can be on the team are they just gonna pick people and then they won't be able to do it like

@maevery1935 5 жыл бұрын

Ofelia Romo on our squad we just either learn how to stunt or you aren’t in one, but I understand that you need to know who can stunt and who can’t

@ofelia5281 5 жыл бұрын

@@maevery1935 Yeah I wasn't trying to be mean I was just wanting to let you know

@applekinggamer8698 8 жыл бұрын

im a flyer, and we just learner this stunt in cheer practice and i was so scared to stand up

@norahm197 6 жыл бұрын

Same!

@luharrell1 5 жыл бұрын

Wow I love how everyone in the comment section is acting like a know-it-all. Trust me, this is UCA, they know what they’re doing.

@cr0issants 4 жыл бұрын

I know right!?

@elisea-z8379 5 жыл бұрын

Do you have any tips as to how to keep a lib-extension steady? My stunt group knows how to do them, but we struggle with keeping our flyer steady in the air

@JesusChristWon 11 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ loves you!!

@arden._.isabella 10 ай бұрын

@@JesusChristWonHe loves you too

@kassandra8254 7 жыл бұрын

I'm in seventh grade cheer and we did this litterally in 1 day perfectly

@samanthacece07 7 жыл бұрын

Madam K same, except I'm in fourth and our flyer is in fifth and the other side base is in third, our back catcher in 10th I think..

@user-pb1eg3sp7p 6 жыл бұрын

Same lol

@nicki5235 6 жыл бұрын

Madam K same I’m in sixth

@cassandraumeri2723 6 жыл бұрын

Madam K I'm in 5th grade we do it

@ivyallen3787 6 жыл бұрын

Omg same and all the older girls are still learning!

@kailey3481 4 жыл бұрын

i’m a backspot and extensions to cradles are the scariest thing we do in my opinion 😂

@colonelkat4167 10 жыл бұрын

I'm so scared to do it. I just AFRIAD to fall and stuff mental block with a full extension its like I don't wanna fall or smack my bases... :( I also feel like I might not stand up straight right when I do it. :( do you think I can do it? I haven't tried I chickened out. But they want me because I'm extremely light. I'm not sure do I need to be tight as a stick and all good?

@user-pb1eg3sp7p 6 жыл бұрын

colonel kat YES YOU CAN DO IT!! I did it t my first time today all you do is basically sit down and have your arms out ( edit spell check)

@nicki5235 6 жыл бұрын

colonel kat if you cratle as a flyer, you don’t do anything, except stay stiff and have your hands in a position to after they cratle you, you are holding the base’s shoulders’. Don’t bend your legs whatsoever, and don’t look down. At my school we don’t have assigned roles, our coach picks different people, but for some reason I usually am chose to fly, and I’ve cratled about 4 times, and honestly it’s really easy, i think they’re easier than smushes, but that’s my opinion..

@allieclaire3342 6 жыл бұрын

I had the same fear! I got over it after awhile I realize that you have to squeeze my muscles and lock my legs out. As long as your tight and not wobbly your bases got you.

@krystalgoethe8007 4 жыл бұрын

That's one tight flyer! I miss pep squad.

@allieserpa4521 3 жыл бұрын

also when your catching cradles go down with it instead of freezing because the force hurts the flyer especially higher up. so think about it like when you jumping it's not the jump that hurts, but the impact when you hit the ground. so go down with the flyer and come up like a trampoline so they don't smack your arms

@JesusChristWon 11 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ loves you!!

@miarose2286 9 ай бұрын

0:12 Backspot Right Base Left Base Flyer.

@meilynnv2061 5 жыл бұрын

extensions looks much nicer n neater when the flyer is tight n have their feet together instead of apart

@cr0issants 4 жыл бұрын

An extension with feet together is called an “awesome,” it’s a different stunt

@xheyitskileyx801 10 жыл бұрын

I'm usually a base and I love it. I thought I wanted to fly and then me and my stunt group did a elevator and I was flying and I almost fell on my face 😑

@marianaguasti7276 10 жыл бұрын

I love doing this!

@nikicockerham4611 8 жыл бұрын

I just got back from UCA Cheer Camp today!!!!

@sari-sarivideoslol8369 Жыл бұрын

You made it seems easy!

@sando1881 12 жыл бұрын

That was good i love it

@em_cheerleadingdragons3380 6 жыл бұрын

thats rlly easy!!!! i do cheer with dc dragons Level 7 purple reign we had a conpetition yesterday on 4/14/18 we did rlly good!!!

@vanilla9314 4 жыл бұрын

I am not to extensions but I am on at the chest to cradle and I'm doing pretty good can you show me a video on how to get the flyer up better or top person as you call it

@carkinggaming9378 3 жыл бұрын

I Practiced this with my friend and even though i have 3 hours of cheer experience and i have never been on a team we did a prep extension. cradle in about 15 min

@chastitybeeson6652 4 жыл бұрын

This is perfect they are so amazing

@luna_m00n81 5 жыл бұрын

For me and my groups dance we wan't to do this with me as the flyer i need some advice

@JayJayDoomsday 11 жыл бұрын

Is there a way to back tuck first and then fall into a cradle?

@renee7109 Жыл бұрын

Yes

@phoebescala1077 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips I did good I'm a base thanks

@zoetaylor7343 12 жыл бұрын

thanks for the tip's

@alexiap3127 4 жыл бұрын

oh my gosh how do they just go straight into an extension without any trouble

@dileesiahenare7706 8 жыл бұрын

I'm a left base

@spencer8844 5 жыл бұрын

Go too cupie or however you spell it. The bases werent under the flyer. Thats why they were struggling. You could see the bases shaking.

@adelinasardothien8238 5 жыл бұрын

Help!!! Every time I cradle I pike like right away even tho in my mind I'm like "push your hips out before PIking" and even if I do try to push them out I just go backwards out of control! Help how do I do a clean cradle without poking right away

@katierussell6896 5 жыл бұрын

Adelina Sardothien i just try to fall tightly. make sure you let your back fall

@miarose2286 11 ай бұрын

I did cheerleading and I was put as a backspot. But we did not do the hit n go though…

@miarose2286 11 ай бұрын

It’s kinda like a cradle…

@KayleeG14311 11 жыл бұрын

I'm a flyer, and we're not very practiced yet. But we'll get there. We've only got it once.

@jennacayeeyee4139 4 жыл бұрын

( a flyer/topper) my bases can get it up but once it's up they wobble is it bc there not the same hieght? Can someone help...any tips?

@talayawalters2010 4 жыл бұрын

Jennaca yee yee It could depend on the height. I know some of my bases aren’t the same height so what we do is ,one person(the taller person) may have to bend with their knees to match the height of the other one(the shorter). Make sure that everyones is locked out .

@jennacayeeyee4139 4 жыл бұрын

@@talayawalters2010 Thankyou so muchhh

@reganparker4986 5 жыл бұрын

same here

@rachaelkim6338 7 жыл бұрын

I'm in 7th grade and we do full downs and liberties

@empowers1490 4 жыл бұрын

me doing lib twist cradles “ooo this looks cool”

@Liv-si2vy 4 жыл бұрын

Can you give tips? My stunt group is working on libs and I always fall (I’m a flyer)

@empowers1490 4 жыл бұрын

•AllieGrace• as a flyer all i can say is to trust your bases and use your abs. try to like squeeze as much as you can. also lock out your leg and stand up fast. finding your center of gravity is EVERYTHING. but just make sure you’re trusting your bases and make sure they’re going up fast enough too. good luck with your libs you’ve got it :)

@empowers1490 4 жыл бұрын

•AllieGrace• you also don’t want your chest to be sticking out which can cause you to fall backwards. hollow out your stomach so it looks like this -> )

@Liv-si2vy 4 жыл бұрын

Em Powers okay tysm!!

@Liv-si2vy 4 жыл бұрын

Em Powers o took your advice and I actually did it!! Thank you!!

@arykajean3328 6 жыл бұрын

For some reason I’m too scared to do the cradle because when I first did it I made my bases bonk their heads and then the second time I hit my friend in the face with my elbow so like I’m Terrified

@diablomar2004 6 жыл бұрын

Im a flyer at cheer

@beep5649 6 жыл бұрын

I'm a 4th grader and I'm a backspot for cradle and these might help me it's hard because I'm so short :)

@lovekim9535 5 жыл бұрын

wtf, usually short people are flyers

@beautybygeorgia12 8 жыл бұрын

Ucamichelly!

@jackieredden3819 2 жыл бұрын

Yo the first mount and pop was not great

@miaraymundo1178 10 жыл бұрын

I'm a flyer

@hayleym652 5 жыл бұрын

Pull the ankles together!!

@mutiarashindy8788 11 жыл бұрын

hi, im 12 and im a flyer

@miaisabelladaniels8393 4 жыл бұрын

Just broke my nose doing this so trying to teach myself🙃

@23xiii 11 жыл бұрын

Actually its called both. you know it as that because that is what people call it in your area.

@Flameking3d 11 жыл бұрын

0:42 best

@catarinamariani1213 6 жыл бұрын

I'm scared to be a flyer I'm so high but I'm looking up videos to help my fear

@23tanae 5 жыл бұрын

I’m a flyer

@pamellaanderson8073 6 жыл бұрын

I am a side spotter and they say this girl is not heavy but they are bigger and I am like the same size as the flyer so she is heaven

@rissahall2976 7 жыл бұрын

I know that I learned that in one day.i am a All-Star Cheerleader.

@twentyoneairplanes4970 7 жыл бұрын

Rissa Hall same! but i cheer for my high school.

@aracelibenitez1494 8 жыл бұрын

why does she call it a (top girl)

@Tay-rj9iu 8 жыл бұрын

because that what she is

@nicktravisano967 11 жыл бұрын

Top person? Um its called a flyer

@aracelibenitez1494 8 жыл бұрын

im nine and im a flyer

@AveAvery12 Жыл бұрын

I’m a cheerleader and I’m trying to teach my friends to stunt, you have made that possible. Also we haven’t done anything crazy, so don’t worry I can catch them if they fall out of it

@_kayteas 4 жыл бұрын

Ok but why aren’t her feet together 😖

@sugeygonzales2773 6 жыл бұрын

0:22

@maiteunholly 6 жыл бұрын

I cant even do prep...

@elenabala3865 6 жыл бұрын

Lol I’m the flyer we’re attempting this at cheer and it’s SCARY

@kyleethebee3417 6 жыл бұрын

Elena Bala Same! I have a three day stunt camp coming up and it’s pretty much gonna be non stop stunting 😂

@alaskeionnalucas118 4 жыл бұрын

I won't to be a cheerleader

@keira1375 6 жыл бұрын

The load in shouldnt be hunched back her bum should stick out, the bases should be close apart to make the flyer easier to hold and less weight on the joints, the backspot should be under the stunt with one foot forward one back and the backspot should never catch under the arms as this can pop out a shoulder- the should always use the palms of their hands under the shoulder blades to protect the majority of the upper body :)

@23xiii 11 жыл бұрын

Haha no, there are many names for different things. This is Just what universal cheer association calls it.

@madysongrace5748 6 жыл бұрын

I’m a base I feel like I can’t do a extension but I can and I’m sacred to death every time we have to do one

@094belieber 7 жыл бұрын

0:28 who else heard qualified goat?

@Maieshagrimessx 7 жыл бұрын

I'm 10 I have a comp soon

@2078291 12 жыл бұрын

Third YAY!!!!

@brooke_shelby3974 8 жыл бұрын

Ps. Im a FLYER

@arielshvetz5745 6 жыл бұрын

Who else hated it when she said there needs to be a “ top person “

@Julier101 6 жыл бұрын

It's quite easy but I swear like every stunt my team does ends in a cradle other then the pyramid

@cr0issants 4 жыл бұрын

Late reply but you could try suggesting more interesting dismounts/stunts! Like a show-n-go to a smush maybe, or a sweep(super old fashioned I know), a pop off, maybe one of those front flip things? One of the coolest looking ones is a full down or maybe double, or a half down where the flyer ends up backwards, it’s crazy

@sahara0955 5 жыл бұрын

Its not called an "extension to cradle" its called an extension sweep. A cradel is when you are in an elevator

@hannahhildebrandt3449 9 жыл бұрын

their technique is so bad oh my god

@sydneyjardine4388 9 жыл бұрын

how

@hannahhildebrandt3449 9 жыл бұрын

Sydney Jardine A lot of ways actually heres a list: 1. The bases are way too far apart when they should be touching 2. The flyer's feet are apart in load 3. The flyer's feet are apart in extension 4. The bases are not gripping the whole foot

@a_merissa1553 8 жыл бұрын

+Hannah Hildebrandt and to add on the cradle wasn't right I cheer with a comp team and your supposed to be as straight as a pencil

@luharrell1 5 жыл бұрын

Hannah Hildebrandt no it’s not?...

@luharrell1 5 жыл бұрын

The flyers feet can be apart in the stunt, it just depends on the type of stunt. This is UCA some of the best cheerleaders