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Hi! I'm Mandy Butler on behalf of Expert Village and I'm going to talk to you today about cheerleading
motions. Now I'm going to take you through the proper technique of a blade. Now, there
are 2 schools of though on this. I'm going to tell you both. Sometimes in a blade, you're
going to see the thumb just press nice and tightly up against the rest of the fingers.
Sometimes people will bend so this doesn't stick out. I personally prefer to bend your
thumb because it streamlines everything. You also sometimes get people who bend their thumbs
too much and it doesn't really work. Whatever you're comfortable with and what your choreographer
has specified, that will be your blade position. The main difference between a fist and a blade
is of course, that in a fist your fingers are balled inside, whereas in a blade, they're
nice and straight like blades of grass. I've got my fingers level. They're not bending
forward. They're not bending upward. I have not flexed my wrist. I've got a nice straight
blade. If I bend my thumb and put it in there, the whole purpose of having a blade motion
is to streamline your arm. Make your body look longer. You're going to see there's a
lot in motion sequences, especially at the all-star level. This is a blade.