Stunting is one of the basic building blocks of a cheerleading routine. Stunting is when the bases lift or toss a flyer overhead to perform tricks in the air. Usually for basic stunts there are two bases, one back spot, and one flyer. Now lets get into the physics.
Force- In every stunt force is used. The based have to have enough force to get the flyer up in the stunt. In the video below it shows the bases bouncing to get enough force to put the flyer in the stunt.
Friction- without friction the flyer would slip right out of the bases hands. That is why cheer shoes have very good grip on the bottom.
Free fall- is another big part of stunting. When the flyer is coming down from the stunt it is called free fall because there is no force acting on it except for gravity.
Gravity- gravity is always pulling down on a flyer that is why there is usually more than one base.
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