I love the little things this team does like the way Gabie hits her scale, Erica's little shimmy's, Amber Pickens at the very end coming down, the little group in the back that cheers on the tumblers. ugh. they are too perfect
Look at everything taylor minchew does in this routine! Her stamina must be incredible! Shes in the front for everything and keeps a smile on her face and energy going the whole time! She is amazinggggg!
also ending in a pyramid is a difficulty boost and adds to overall impression. the pyramid is also harder and senior elite. the double basket thing in the back center adds to score for impression
to everyone arguing about their flexibility: pause at 2:08. you can see that some flyers have a needle or close to it, most have good scorpions, and only 1 or 2 have a Dorito. pause at 2:09, they all have a good scale. just because they don't have needles doesn't mean they aren't flexible. they can hit the stunts that have SO MUCH DIFFICULTY and that's what matters. people don't win worlds because of flexibility... stingrays orange won last year without a scorpion or scale in their routine.
it doesn't take a away from anyone at all.. it's what she has done for forever. And it's not "shaking her chest" it's doing a little shimmy and i'm pretty sure she's not the only one in her division that does it.
Flexibility is an important thing in being a flyer! She`s clearly on SE just because she's a good tumbler because Im pretty sure they can find a better flyer
Don't give up hope just yet. There Cheer Extreme, the don't let anyone stop them from getting the gold. They will pull through, i just know it. They may be alittle of know but they will rock it at worlds. I mean they SENIOR ELITE. Nothing can stop them :)
if you guys don't think they're stretching before worlds, you're crazy... they've won worlds twice and they obviously have a very successful gym. I think they coaches and athletes all know what they're doing!
She has pretty good heel stretches & a pretty good bow & arrow. Courtney & the rest of the coaches know what they're doing. And if you're saying a scorpion is a deciding factor, I guess they should replace Kelsey Rule on WCSS & Carly on Panthers because they don't have the best scorpions either.. Just saying.
They pretty much changed their opening. They added in jumps straight to tumbling. And Im thinking they'll change the tumbling, they've changed it a lot. At batb In RT ashley threw a whip full whip double. And amber and lauryn used to throw whip doubles in RT I think. I'm sure they'll do what they need to do:))
@Ow En I didn't say Molly's baskets & Gabie's stunt was something they were using to try & win, I said its adding in difficulty. And even if it doesn't have a "wow factor" SE & Panthers have the most difficulty. Just because f5 is tick tocking all over the places doesn't mean they're stunt is more difficult...any of the lg sr teams could do all those low to high tick tocks.
What makes you think that she isn't? Not everyone is great at everything,all at once. Incredible girl, humble, smart, stunning, awesome jumper, tumbler, dancer, body positions are improving, just not at the rate,apparently, that pleases you. Oh, well...
Also, I am obsessed with Cheer extreme. I work out to their music and people think im dancing while working out, but in reality i'm just copying their motions. I really hope they win worlds, but I'm starting to doubt.
Obviously not alot of you know how this team operates, Courtney is a very smart Coach she doesn't show all of what her team can do during the regular season to throw off the competition & make them think their just taking it easy. CEA always brings it during worlds with new twists in their routine, can't wait to see these girls take home another ring :)
because I can and because senior elite are defending world champions, and usually when you want to win worlds again, you improve everything, including your flexibility in your stunts. It's great that they hit, but it doesn't look as appealing if the rest of your team is stretching except for you.
As much as I love Senior Elite, they really need to step up their stunt sequence. Those low to high tick tocks need to add the turn, or Courtney needs to think of something totally outside the box. I just can't imagine them winning Worlds if they keep the stunt sequence the same as it is.
I feel like pyramid sequence and the two elite stunt sequence should have a little more difficulty. It seems as if their competition stepped up their game. Worlds is looking tough, but i'm rooting for Senior Elite!
It's her and Erica who need work on their flexibility, I didn't necessarily say she was a bad flyer, but the best teams will have great scorpions and it shows who's dedicated and who's not when you stretch your body positions. It's the stunts that fall when you're trying to pull your scorpion, but can't because your arm can barely reach it.
@Ow En the 5 1 1/2 ups On SE go straight to a body position, F5 doesn't. And the whole team isn't doing it, but I'd say Gabie's stunt is harder than anything F5 is doing. And how many teams, (all girl teams at that) do you see doing a kick double basket, right to another kick kick double basket without the flyer even really reloading? There's plenty special about CEA still
Flexibility helps to hit your stunts on time, rather than hoping that you can pull your scorpion when it comes time. At worlds yesterday Lauren, the least flexible flyer on SE dropped 2 stunts, i'm pretty sure it's gunna cost them the gold.
Carly's scorpion isn't even bad, and Kelsey isn't even doing a scorpion in their new revamped routine. Lauren on the other hand needs to be more flexible. Courtney and the rest of the SE coaches can throw in new tricks all they want, but if the flyers are executing it poorly, it's not going to help their score as much it potentially could.
Well, to replace Lauren as a flyer for the scorpion stunt, you'd have to put a base up in the air. I'm just saying that there can't be only 8 girls (out of a team of 36) that have good scorpions. And I do that SE has been doing great this year, but they need help in a few areas if they want to keep the crown.
I do trust that Courtney knows what she's doing. It was just really excruciating to see them throw a watered down routine at Dallas when all other teams seemed to be throwing full skills. And SE is so amazing in partner stunting that it's so strange to see other teams do much harder stunts. Let's hope the 360 tick-tock comes back in before Worlds... They all threw it so well way back at the start of the year! I think they can do it.
I love SE but they need to step it up. Not just their stunt sequence, which as it stands is not as difficult as F5's or Panthers', but also their tumbling! Ashley can throw that 1 to full whip double, and Lauryn and Amber Craft can both throw a million different specialty passes - why have they been throwing straight doubles for months? I get it when teams try to keep it simple and clean before Worlds, but SE needs to catch up or they won't have a chance in Orlando.
Truth be told, SE started out the season leagues ahead of everyone else, and now it seems like other teams are catching up or have already surpassed them. They had to take out the turning tick tocks because they weren't being executed properly, they rearranged some tumbling passes because they weren't being executed properly, etc. Even at NCA they had faults from a semi-watered down routine. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Senior Elite, but I am getting seriously worried for them.
Well it's a Senior Elite video, so I don't think it'd be relevant to critique about other teams when it's not their video. But I can point out what I don't like about the other teams: Panthers: Hate their pyramid; doesn't seem that difficult. Point-center jumper seems to always be milliseconds behind of everyone around her and it's hard not to notice. WCSS: Dance isn't great. Stunts need more difficulty. F5: Needs more synchronized tumbling. More difficulty in pyramid. Running out of space.
There is no deduction as such you just don't get the points for the skill you missed, you also lose some points for synchronisation and you may not score as high in execution/difficulty because it looks so messy
Omg, I never said it was bad, I said it wasn't the best. Go read it. Lol. People's bodies are different and it could be harder for Lauren to gain enough flexibility to pull a better scorpion. And I'm sure she's working on it, they wouldn't make a video about better body positions if they weren't using it themselves. And last time I checked, Courtney took out a trick. And the whole team is executing the whole routine very well I might add.
The fact that everything you've said is happening on most teams, but you seem to only point out little flaw in SE that don't really matter.... That's the point I'm trying to make...exactly.
Her scorpion has been struggling since, what, last year? I don't know if she's the same flyer, but I remember that there was a struggling scorpion in last year's routine as well. Why have her fly in that particular stunt if she's clearly not executing it well? SE has 10 flyers up in the pyramid, so clearly there are other options for who should do the scorpion.
I'm well aware of Stars' new routine, however I'm still not crazy about their stunts. It's definitely an improvement, but I still think they're at the bottom of the Big 4 in terms of stunting. Also, their dance hardly changed - it's still not that great. I know Panthers did amazing at NCA, I just do not like their pyramid at all. Panthers are dominating everyone in tumbling, and their stunts are also scored as high as Senior Elite did.
I don't see how they have a harder stunt sequence. Maryland twisters has more flyers doing 1 1/2 full ups instead of just 5. They all have high to high tick tocks. They have a few flyers doing turning tick rocks. They have harder combinations in their stunt sequence. I'm not favoring maryland twisters, but just as an example. Cheer extreme was traditionally known to have harder stunts than the other teams. Now all the teams have caught up and there's nothing special about cheer extreme.
Because this is a Senior Elite video? Why would I say "Oh I really like this routine, but I don't like the stunts on Peach."? If it's not relevant to Senior Elite, it doesn't need to be said on a video of them.
I dont quite understand why Erica feels the need to shake her chest at the crowd everytime she hits a stunt? Dont get me wrong this is an AMAZING routine! But watching her do that takes away from everyone else, and its is kind of obnoxious
gabie has a hyper extended needle, as well as madison and i'm pretty sure erica and amber have one. amber definitely has her needle. just because they don't pull it all the time, doesn't mean they don't have it. why don't you get on up in a full lib, and pull a hyper extended needle WITHOUT falling? xx
Ok so flexibility isn't everything in flying. Sure it plays a big part in it but you also need to be tight need to hit your stunts without looking like you're about to vomit, and smile. Even though some of them don't have the best flexibility, they are clean in the air and they hit their stunts. Isn't that good enough?
Panthers even changed they're routine because they could barely ever hit. It just seems like you're trying to pick at every little thing to try & prove a point. I'm not worried at all.
So is Taylor too big to fly too? Because they pretty much have similar bodies.. And what about Gabie, I'm sure she weighs around the same.. She's just a little taller.. I think they're doing just fine in the air.
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I LOVE SENIOR ELITE!!!! I have been following them from the BegINNING!!!!!
I love the little things this team does like the way Gabie hits her scale, Erica's little shimmy's, Amber Pickens at the very end coming down, the little group in the back that cheers on the tumblers. ugh. they are too perfect
Look at everything taylor minchew does in this routine! Her stamina must be incredible! Shes in the front for everything and keeps a smile on her face and energy going the whole time! She is amazinggggg!
The jumps are so tight and in sync, there pyramid is so creative, there tumbling is flawless and their stunts are amazing
I wish I had been in Dallas to see this routine. I think they are amazing but 2010 is still my all-time favorite Senior Elite routine!
You always have the best quality videos!!
also ending in a pyramid is a difficulty boost and adds to overall impression. the pyramid is also harder and senior elite. the double basket thing in the back center adds to score for impression
to everyone arguing about their flexibility:
pause at 2:08. you can see that some flyers have a needle or close to it, most have good scorpions, and only 1 or 2 have a Dorito.
pause at 2:09, they all have a good scale.
just because they don't have needles doesn't mean they aren't flexible.
they can hit the stunts that have SO MUCH DIFFICULTY and that's what matters.
people don't win worlds because of flexibility... stingrays orange won last year without a scorpion or scale in their routine.
it doesn't take a away from anyone at all.. it's what she has done for forever. And it's not "shaking her chest" it's doing a little shimmy and i'm pretty sure she's not the only one in her division that does it.
I LOVE this rountine! Its so creative!
Flexibility is an important thing in being a flyer! She`s clearly on SE just because she's a good tumbler because Im pretty sure they can find a better flyer
SE's strong point is definitely creativity.
Don't give up hope just yet. There Cheer Extreme, the don't let anyone stop them from getting the gold. They will pull through, i just know it. They may be alittle of know but they will rock it at worlds. I mean they SENIOR ELITE. Nothing can stop them :)
if you guys don't think they're stretching before worlds, you're crazy... they've won worlds twice and they obviously have a very successful gym. I think they coaches and athletes all know what they're doing!
She has pretty good heel stretches & a pretty good bow & arrow. Courtney & the rest of the coaches know what they're doing. And if you're saying a scorpion is a deciding factor, I guess they should replace Kelsey Rule on WCSS & Carly on Panthers because they don't have the best scorpions either.. Just saying.
their jumps are insane.. if you space out at the right time ( i Know that sounds weird ) but it works.. you can really see how clean they are !
Worlds teams rework their routines ALL the time. Execution is a HUGE factor that can push you ahead of another team.
gabie always hits the crap out of her scale, i love it
yeah thats true. you're right. but the jump over leg thing that they do is difficulty too
They pretty much changed their opening. They added in jumps straight to tumbling. And Im thinking they'll change the tumbling, they've changed it a lot. At batb In RT ashley threw a whip full whip double. And amber and lauryn used to throw whip doubles in RT I think. I'm sure they'll do what they need to do:))
This is one tough division. Every large senior level 5 team has something amazing.. I can't wait for worlds to see who pulls ahead.
@Ow En I didn't say Molly's baskets & Gabie's stunt was something they were using to try & win, I said its adding in difficulty. And even if it doesn't have a "wow factor" SE & Panthers have the most difficulty. Just because f5 is tick tocking all over the places doesn't mean they're stunt is more difficult...any of the lg sr teams could do all those low to high tick tocks.
they have always changed their stunt sequence from NCA to Worlds.No need to worry Teal still wears the crown.
Ashley Hobbs is the other flyer in the pyramid, and she bases the stunts, so there's not really another option. SE has been doing great all season :)
What makes you think that she isn't? Not everyone is great at everything,all at once. Incredible girl, humble, smart, stunning, awesome jumper, tumbler, dancer, body positions are improving, just not at the rate,apparently, that pleases you. Oh, well...
Also, I am obsessed with Cheer extreme. I work out to their music and people think im dancing while working out, but in reality i'm just copying their motions. I really hope they win worlds, but I'm starting to doubt.
Obviously not alot of you know how this team operates, Courtney is a very smart Coach she doesn't show all of what her team can do during the regular season to throw off the competition & make them think their just taking it easy. CEA always brings it during worlds with new twists in their routine, can't wait to see these girls take home another ring :)
Stunts were amazing!!
baskets were soooo clean
because I can and because senior elite are defending world champions, and usually when you want to win worlds again, you improve everything, including your flexibility in your stunts. It's great that they hit, but it doesn't look as appealing if the rest of your team is stretching except for you.
Thank you!!
Any one else see amber fall in her basket?!?! And hit her back on the floor? ... Kudos to her for finishing the routine!
at nca this year my team was in warm ups at the same time as panthers, f5, shooting stars, peach and senior elite... it was sooo distracting lol
Taylor's jumps though>>>>>>> seriously
The motion just before jumps is SO FIERCE.
As much as I love Senior Elite, they really need to step up their stunt sequence. Those low to high tick tocks need to add the turn, or Courtney needs to think of something totally outside the box. I just can't imagine them winning Worlds if they keep the stunt sequence the same as it is.
I do however LOVE Molly's consecutive kick-doubles. If they take that out I will cry.
I feel like pyramid sequence and the two elite stunt sequence should have a little more difficulty. It seems as if their competition stepped up their game. Worlds is looking tough, but i'm rooting for Senior Elite!
I think its awesome that Erica got to base gabie during the pyramid! that's awesome
It's her and Erica who need work on their flexibility, I didn't necessarily say she was a bad flyer, but the best teams will have great scorpions and it shows who's dedicated and who's not when you stretch your body positions. It's the stunts that fall when you're trying to pull your scorpion, but can't because your arm can barely reach it.
@Ow En the 5 1 1/2 ups On SE go straight to a body position, F5 doesn't. And the whole team isn't doing it, but I'd say Gabie's stunt is harder than anything F5 is doing. And how many teams, (all girl teams at that) do you see doing a kick double basket, right to another kick kick double basket without the flyer even really reloading? There's plenty special about CEA still
Flexibility helps to hit your stunts on time, rather than hoping that you can pull your scorpion when it comes time. At worlds yesterday Lauren, the least flexible flyer on SE dropped 2 stunts, i'm pretty sure it's gunna cost them the gold.
beautiful!!
Carly's scorpion isn't even bad, and Kelsey isn't even doing a scorpion in their new revamped routine. Lauren on the other hand needs to be more flexible. Courtney and the rest of the SE coaches can throw in new tricks all they want, but if the flyers are executing it poorly, it's not going to help their score as much it potentially could.
Well, to replace Lauren as a flyer for the scorpion stunt, you'd have to put a base up in the air. I'm just saying that there can't be only 8 girls (out of a team of 36) that have good scorpions.
And I do that SE has been doing great this year, but they need help in a few areas if they want to keep the crown.
I do trust that Courtney knows what she's doing. It was just really excruciating to see them throw a watered down routine at Dallas when all other teams seemed to be throwing full skills. And SE is so amazing in partner stunting that it's so strange to see other teams do much harder stunts. Let's hope the 360 tick-tock comes back in before Worlds... They all threw it so well way back at the start of the year! I think they can do it.
i think its the song as well for the pyramid
I love SE but they need to step it up. Not just their stunt sequence, which as it stands is not as difficult as F5's or Panthers', but also their tumbling! Ashley can throw that 1 to full whip double, and Lauryn and Amber Craft can both throw a million different specialty passes - why have they been throwing straight doubles for months?
I get it when teams try to keep it simple and clean before Worlds, but SE needs to catch up or they won't have a chance in Orlando.
Does anyone know the deduction for a tumbling pass that isn't completed? (I.e. round off handspring rebound instead of round off handspring double)
Truth be told, SE started out the season leagues ahead of everyone else, and now it seems like other teams are catching up or have already surpassed them. They had to take out the turning tick tocks because they weren't being executed properly, they rearranged some tumbling passes because they weren't being executed properly, etc. Even at NCA they had faults from a semi-watered down routine.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Senior Elite, but I am getting seriously worried for them.
Well it's a Senior Elite video, so I don't think it'd be relevant to critique about other teams when it's not their video. But I can point out what I don't like about the other teams:
Panthers: Hate their pyramid; doesn't seem that difficult. Point-center jumper seems to always be milliseconds behind of everyone around her and it's hard not to notice.
WCSS: Dance isn't great. Stunts need more difficulty.
F5: Needs more synchronized tumbling. More difficulty in pyramid.
Running out of space.
I want their showcase pyramid back! but I have no worries... I know Courtney has something up her sleeve for worlds :)
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There is no deduction as such you just don't get the points for the skill you missed, you also lose some points for synchronisation and you may not score as high in execution/difficulty because it looks so messy
I'm pretty sure she's stretching, and if you've watched SE the past few years you would notice that their flyer flexibility has gotten a lot better.
I really miss their pyramid from showcase!!
they aren't doing the 360 to scale stunt because this new one has a higher technical score... but who knows they may bring it back for worlds
3 times a charm, you can talk all you want, but teal where the crown.
Omg, I never said it was bad, I said it wasn't the best. Go read it. Lol. People's bodies are different and it could be harder for Lauren to gain enough flexibility to pull a better scorpion. And I'm sure she's working on it, they wouldn't make a video about better body positions if they weren't using it themselves. And last time I checked, Courtney took out a trick. And the whole team is executing the whole routine very well I might add.
That was really cool
also Destiny Oliver is so. damn. fierce.
I'd say they've been executing this routine very well all season. Everyone there knows what they need to do in order to win. I think they're fine.
The dance song is "do ya" by swv
TheSweetSmilee thank you ! I know Tia was four years ago but I’ve been looking for the song name for a while now :)
i love when people reply like 10 year old children. grow up please. I wasnt knocking the routine. But no one else on her team is doing it.
They'd probably have to rework some of the routine to change something that's not that big of a deal.
are we going to act like this didn't happen? THIS WAS FXXKING AWESOME and that is completely ignoring the fact that not a single stunt was loss!
i know that Courtney will add more difficulty with there stunts in words and i know that this girls will work hard to win again the gold!!! :)
well your dream came true!
The fact that everything you've said is happening on most teams, but you seem to only point out little flaw in SE that don't really matter.... That's the point I'm trying to make...exactly.
if you listen close at 0:23 you can here a girl going "This is my team right hear, this is my team right here. and clapping on every word lol"
LOVE THEM!!! Which place they did?
I love Amber Pickens at the end of the routine before she goes down!! Lol
When I see this dance sequence, all I see is panthers 2012.
Her scorpion has been struggling since, what, last year? I don't know if she's the same flyer, but I remember that there was a struggling scorpion in last year's routine as well. Why have her fly in that particular stunt if she's clearly not executing it well? SE has 10 flyers up in the pyramid, so clearly there are other options for who should do the scorpion.
Muito show..
she's obviously excited that she hit her stunt. if you don't like it, don't look.
Why did they have to change their song again?
Yes I do lol. Where are you getting this information?
That's Madison & Amber Craft..... Lauryn is the flyer on the far left.
Kelsey might have a better scorpion, but Lauren definitely has a better scale than her. Now Kelsey looks like she's hurting trying to do a scale.
oh I just caught that! haha sorry her and molly look a like on camera. thanks!
What point are you trying to make exactly?
I'm well aware of Stars' new routine, however I'm still not crazy about their stunts. It's definitely an improvement, but I still think they're at the bottom of the Big 4 in terms of stunting. Also, their dance hardly changed - it's still not that great.
I know Panthers did amazing at NCA, I just do not like their pyramid at all. Panthers are dominating everyone in tumbling, and their stunts are also scored as high as Senior Elite did.
I don't see how they have a harder stunt sequence. Maryland twisters has more flyers doing 1 1/2 full ups instead of just 5. They all have high to high tick tocks. They have a few flyers doing turning tick rocks. They have harder combinations in their stunt sequence. I'm not favoring maryland twisters, but just as an example. Cheer extreme was traditionally known to have harder stunts than the other teams. Now all the teams have caught up and there's nothing special about cheer extreme.
it dose not matter if there flexible it matters if they hit and that is what they do
does anyone know if the "nails done" part is a voiceover or just a song?
I don't think its a deduction. I think its just less points awarded. I'm not sure though.
cool
I really think Worlds will be close, personally I don't like Panthers. I hope SE wins.
SE isn't the only level 5 team who has a flyer that doesn't have the best scorpion...... She's a good flyer, get off her back
Because this is a Senior Elite video? Why would I say "Oh I really like this routine, but I don't like the stunts on Peach."? If it's not relevant to Senior Elite, it doesn't need to be said on a video of them.
I dont quite understand why Erica feels the need to shake her chest at the crowd everytime she hits a stunt? Dont get me wrong this is an AMAZING routine! But watching her do that takes away from everyone else, and its is kind of obnoxious
gabie has a hyper extended needle, as well as madison and i'm pretty sure erica and amber have one. amber definitely has her needle. just because they don't pull it all the time, doesn't mean they don't have it. why don't you get on up in a full lib, and pull a hyper extended needle WITHOUT falling? xx
Ok so flexibility isn't everything in flying. Sure it plays a big part in it but you also need to be tight need to hit your stunts without looking like you're about to vomit, and smile. Even though some of them don't have the best flexibility, they are clean in the air and they hit their stunts. Isn't that good enough?
preach!
Panthers even changed they're routine because they could barely ever hit. It just seems like you're trying to pick at every little thing to try & prove a point. I'm not worried at all.
But, Lauren hasn't fallen once this year, neither has Erica. Why don't you guys point out anyone else from other teams?
So is Taylor too big to fly too? Because they pretty much have similar bodies.. And what about Gabie, I'm sure she weighs around the same.. She's just a little taller.. I think they're doing just fine in the air.
Lauren REALLY needs to stretch. Level 5 elite teams shouldn't have Doritos
well it didn't cost them anything obviously because they won... flexibility doesn't do anything to help you hit or not hit your stunt.