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Syracuse Gym
196 Hiawatha Place
Syracuse, NY
(Close to I-81 and Thruway Exit #36)
(315) 866-0225
cnycheer@hotmail.com

Albany Gym
14 Kraft Ave.,
Albany, NY 12205
(518) 489-3625

Tumbling Classes:

Classes are open to everyone in the area and you can start anytime. Cost is just $10 per class. The gym registration fee of $40 is due at the first class. Please bring a completed CNY class/clinic release form from the Forms & Scoresheets link. Gym Closings due to weather will be listed on the front page of www.cnystorm.com.

Team Classes at a discounted rate are also available, please contact Kathy at cnycheer@hotmail.com for pricing and availability.

Class Schedule (please scroll down for class descriptions):

2010 Fall Schedule coming soon.

Class Descriptions:

Tiny Tumbling: specific for ages 3-5, working on beginner tumbling skills: rolls, cartwheels, handstands, walkovers, roundoffs.

Beginner Tumbling: all ages, working cartwheels, roundoffs, walkovers, and drills leading up to and including the backhandspring.

Intermediate Tumbling: all ages, must have an independent backhandspring, class will work handspring variations (running, standing, multiples, jump handspring) and drills up to and including tucks.

Beginner/Intermediate Tumbling: all ages, working skills up to and including the backhandspring, backhandspring variations, drills for tucks (for those with independent handsprings).

Backhandspring Class: all ages, work on drills to achieve a standing and running backhandspring, as well as perfect technique of those close to and lightly spotted for the backhandspring.

Advanced Tumbling: all ages, must have an independent tuck, class will work tuck variations (standing, running, jump to tuck) and drills up to and including layouts and fulls.

Fulls/Advanced Tumbling: must have an independent layout, class will work on layout variations and fulls.

Cheer Technique Class: ages 9 and up, participants will work on stunts, jumps, tumbling, motions, etc., all areas of cheer technique.

Tumbling Clinic:
Join us at our Albany location, Monday, 8/23/10, to work with one of the most respected and knowledgeable tumbling instructors in the country.

Debbie Love, from Lexington, KY, has been involved with cheerleading, dance, and gymnastics for over 40 years, working with such prominent programs as: University of Kentucky, Dunbar HS (as seen on Cheerleader Nation), Top Gun, World Cup, Georgia, and many more across the country. She travels the country extensively to train cheer gyms in proper tumbling technique, strength and conditioning, and more. Her specialty is mind blocks and helping the athletes overcome these!

We're thrilled to have her back again this summer at CNY! All cheerleaders in the area are welcome to attend our clinic. A CNY release form must be completed (under Forms) and brought with you to the clinic that day.

Monday, August 23rd:

9am-10am: Tiny and Mini tumbling (ages 4-8), cost is $12
10am-noon: Beginner tumbling (ages 9 and up), cost is $25
1pm-3pm: Intermediate tumbling (must have an independent backhandspring or back tuck), cost is $25
3pm-5pm: Advanced tumbling (must have an independent layout), cost is $25

Please register by 8/20, by e-mailing anngras@aol.com or by signing up at the gym front desk.

Stunt Clinics:
Coaches Clinics: All area coaches are welcome to attend our clinics!

Saturday, 8/28, 9am-noon in our Syracuse gym, 196 Hiawatha Place, Syracuse, NY, 13208

Sunday, 8/29, noon-3pm in our Albany gym, 14 Kraft Ave., Albany, NY, 12205

Cost is just $20 and we'll be covering: Planning successful practices, stretching, flyer flexibility, jumps, stunts, and basic tumbling.

Please register by 8/20, by e-mailing Kathy at cnycheer@hotmail.com and sending payment to CNY Cheer Company, Inc., PO Box 655, Herkimer, NY 13350.

Open gyms:
Everyone is welcome to come in and train at our scheduled Open Gyms! Cheerleaders will have free time to work on tumbling, stunts, jumps, and more. The CNY Staff is there to supervise, critique, and spot, it is not a structured class and it is non instructional.

Cost for Open Gyms is $10 per session and cheerleaders must bring a completed CNY Cheer Company, Inc. release form to their first session.

Visit www.cnystorm.com for listing of Open gyms.

Team training:
Get your whole team in the gym! We can help with tumbling, game material, competition routine critique, or whatever else you need. Our experienced staff will help you and your whole team while you work out on our full size competition floor; either spring floor or regular competition floor. Have your teams work with our tumbling instructors and take advantage of our 40' tumble trak, 42' tumble strip, and professional grade trampoline.

Team training is $7/cheerleader, per hour. Please contact the Program Director, Kathy Penree, at (315) 866-0225 or cnycheer@hotmail.com to schedule team training.

Need practice space?:
Don’t wait for competition day to run through your routine on the competition floor for the first time! You can rent practice space at our gym throughout the year. Whether you’re in need of a safe, cheerleading environment for your regular practices, or need to come in once in a while to work on spacing, formations, tumbling, etc., we have the facility for you! Our gym is equipped with a full cheerleading floor; 42'x54' spring floor.

Who can practice at CNY? Teams from CYO, Elementary schools, High Schools, Recreation, Pop Warner, and College, everyone’s welcome! Practice space rental is $65/hour.

(Looking for long term practice space rental? Contact Kathy for a discounted rate!)

Just for Coaches!:
Watch our sister website for updates all year long. www.cnystorm.com

Monthly coaches clinics, different topic each month; stunts, tosses, stretching, conditioning, jumps, what do judges look for, running an effective practice, and more. Attend one or all of the classes! Class cost is $10 each session, please register at least one week before each clinic. (cnycheer@hotmail.com)
AACCA certification, Saturday, 8/1/10, 9am-1pm at the Syracuse gym. Contact Michele Ziegler at coachz0714@adelphia.net
USASF credentialing for all star coaches, TBA, visit www.usasf.net for more info

Summer Camps:

2010 Summer Camp details will be posted in the spring. Private camps are also available.

Storm teams:
CNY Cheer Company, Inc. is also the home of the CNY Storm All Stars! This year our all star program is celebrating it’s 15th season! With locations in Albany and Syracuse, NY we have over 15 cheer and hip hop teams each season! Our teams are open to all ages and ability levels, everyone who comes in makes a team!

Team placements for our year round teams are held in May each year and the team practices and competes June through April. Our Open cheer (ages 18 and older) and Hip Hop teams begin in the summer each year. Half year cheer teams are offered in November and they practice and compete until April each year.

Visit our Storm website, www.cnystorm.com for information about our program all year long. You can also find us on Facebook and follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/cnyallstars.

Directions To Our Syracuse Gym

From the East:
Thruway West to Exit #36 (I-81). Take 81 South to the 7th North St. exit, #25. Turn left, follow 7th North St. to the 4th stop light, take a right onto Hiawatha Blvd. After the first street on the left there will be a
large brick building with an iron fence on the street side. Hiawatha Place is a left turn through the gate. CNY Cheer Company is the first entrance on the left side of the building.

From the West:
Thruway East to Exit #36 (I-81), Take 81 South to 7th North St.,exit #25. then follow directions above.

From the South:
I-81 North to 7th North St., Exit #25. Turn left onto 7th North St., follow 7th North St. to the third stop light, take a right onto Hiawatha Blvd. After the first street on the left there will be a large brick
building with an iron fence on the street side. Hiawatha Place is the left turn through the gate. CNY Cheer Company is the first entrance on the left side of the building.

From the North:
I-81 South to 7th North St. Exit. Turn left onto 7th North St, follow 7th North to the fourth stop light, take a right onto Hiawatha Blav., follow directions above.