Emily- Brief

Dyani Robarge

The Cheer-A-Mid: a wooden structure designed to help prevent injuries in cheer-leading. Cheerleaders can practice their motions using the Cheer-a-Mid. This will prevent injuries by educating flyers on what to do when they get in the air. A stunt is when you hold a girl up in the air. The flyer usually does motion and stretches. Cheer-leading is a very dangerous sport with a lot of injuries. Cheerleaders become injured when they fall out of stunts or mess up their tumbling. Falling out of a stunt occurs when they have not practiced or do not fully know what they are doing. Our project will help these athletes with their practice before they go into the air. 

The Cheer-a-Mid is made out of quarter inch plywood. Structurally, it is put together as a waffle grid. The two foot pieces help more experienced flyers do more complex things. We made these out of PLA plastic with the 3D printer.