Post by JimmyLemke on Nov 22, 2005 20:15:40 GMT -6
As I said in the Upper Iowa thread, we need "generals" to run the show throughout the student section, not just standing up front...it is a place of honor, yes, and you deserve to stand there, but the back of the section, the middle, and the eastern portions are all horribly weak in noise.
We need to get a list of EVERY SINGLE THING we do, write up a description of each, and print out a bunch of copies before each game. It would go a long way to securing a badass student section.
We need a new name. Klotsche Krazies I have beef with. It seems like an also-ran nickname. We don't play in the Klotsche Center anymore, and I think it's an excuse not to be original by saying that we're named after the first chancellor...as if anyone knew that. We might as well be the Meir Maniacs. The Santiago Spirit...get a girls part to be the Haidet Ladies...
True suggestions: a tie-in to the U.S. Cellular Arena name would be the best, but as I talked to someone about making us the Cell Block, which would be totally badass, I hear that U.S. Cellular doesn't want that connotation. So maybe, if we can't get a name around the Cell, we could get a name around the old name...The MECCA...The Milwaukee Arena...get something that reeks Milwaukee...
Suggestions for Chants and Shtuff:
We had a much smaller group of people to work with in my high school, but we had the most professional high school student section I've been to. I was impressed with schools like Tosa East, Nicolet, and Racine Case, but I still believe my school, West Allis Hale, did it the best. Of course that's biased, but I'm trying to work with what I have. We did all the normal things that everyone did: Read the paper during opposing team introductions, turn around and flip them off during intros(although kind of childish for the college level). But what struck me the most about the 150+ kids we had at every game was that we were loud throughout the entire section, all throughout and to the back. The way we did it was by having "generals" placed throughout the section teaching the cheers and teaching them the right way to do things, not to just shout random bullsh*t. By the end of the season, even the freshmen were pros.
What I'm hoping is that we can create something a lot better. Filling up the standing only sections would be nice, but I also think that keeping everyone loud will get it going. Teaching them the right way to do it, that will take time, but come tournament time, we can shut down another team with our student section. Force bad shots.
Samples of stuff my high school used:
Scoreboard Chant:
With the game in hand, we'd begin the scoreboard chant. 3 students would crouch in front of the section(at least 5 needed for a section our size) and everyone is sitting down. Leaders pop up, and they say the line. Then they go back to a crouch, and the students stand, answering each question.
Is that not the scoreboard?
YES THAT IS THE SCOREBOARD
Is that not the winning team?
YES THAT IS THE WINNING TEAM
Is that not the losing team?
YES THAT IS THE LOSING TEAM
Is that not the referee?
YES THAT IS THE REFEREE
Scoreboard
SCOREBOARD
Winning team
WINNING TEAM
Losing team
LOSING TEAM
Referee
REFEREE
And the screaming commences. Now, I'm sure just about all of you know that one, it's just the one we did the best.
Toolbox:
When we get a sh*tty call. Leader up front shouts what we'll do, and everyone follows suit:
NUTS AND BOLTS, NUTS AND BOLTS, WE - GOT - SCREWED!
Also a fair amount of schools do, but it's a much more pleasant one than the overdone BULLsh*t
4 Syllable Winners:
Any 4 syllable chants can be done with the normal
CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP.
Such as:
THIS GAME'S OVER (Last year we did that at the beginning of games we knew we had a great chance to win)
SEASON'S OVER
DRIVE HOME SAFELY
the normal DEFENSE DEFENSE
THIS IS OUR HOUSE
One that is very flexible, and can be made very funny with the right set of new words.
I especially enjoyed hearing "HEY! YOU SUCK!" repeated and a good portion of the front knew the "WE'RE GONNA KICK THE sh*t OUT OF YOU. and YOU. and YOU. and YOU and YOU and YOU!" Pleasant memories.
But by all means, don't let me go on and on with the also-rans. I want to hear some original stuff, or at least stuff that isn't done at a lot of schools.
We need to get a list of EVERY SINGLE THING we do, write up a description of each, and print out a bunch of copies before each game. It would go a long way to securing a badass student section.
We need a new name. Klotsche Krazies I have beef with. It seems like an also-ran nickname. We don't play in the Klotsche Center anymore, and I think it's an excuse not to be original by saying that we're named after the first chancellor...as if anyone knew that. We might as well be the Meir Maniacs. The Santiago Spirit...get a girls part to be the Haidet Ladies...
True suggestions: a tie-in to the U.S. Cellular Arena name would be the best, but as I talked to someone about making us the Cell Block, which would be totally badass, I hear that U.S. Cellular doesn't want that connotation. So maybe, if we can't get a name around the Cell, we could get a name around the old name...The MECCA...The Milwaukee Arena...get something that reeks Milwaukee...
Suggestions for Chants and Shtuff:
We had a much smaller group of people to work with in my high school, but we had the most professional high school student section I've been to. I was impressed with schools like Tosa East, Nicolet, and Racine Case, but I still believe my school, West Allis Hale, did it the best. Of course that's biased, but I'm trying to work with what I have. We did all the normal things that everyone did: Read the paper during opposing team introductions, turn around and flip them off during intros(although kind of childish for the college level). But what struck me the most about the 150+ kids we had at every game was that we were loud throughout the entire section, all throughout and to the back. The way we did it was by having "generals" placed throughout the section teaching the cheers and teaching them the right way to do things, not to just shout random bullsh*t. By the end of the season, even the freshmen were pros.
What I'm hoping is that we can create something a lot better. Filling up the standing only sections would be nice, but I also think that keeping everyone loud will get it going. Teaching them the right way to do it, that will take time, but come tournament time, we can shut down another team with our student section. Force bad shots.
Samples of stuff my high school used:
Scoreboard Chant:
With the game in hand, we'd begin the scoreboard chant. 3 students would crouch in front of the section(at least 5 needed for a section our size) and everyone is sitting down. Leaders pop up, and they say the line. Then they go back to a crouch, and the students stand, answering each question.
Is that not the scoreboard?
YES THAT IS THE SCOREBOARD
Is that not the winning team?
YES THAT IS THE WINNING TEAM
Is that not the losing team?
YES THAT IS THE LOSING TEAM
Is that not the referee?
YES THAT IS THE REFEREE
Scoreboard
SCOREBOARD
Winning team
WINNING TEAM
Losing team
LOSING TEAM
Referee
REFEREE
And the screaming commences. Now, I'm sure just about all of you know that one, it's just the one we did the best.
Toolbox:
When we get a sh*tty call. Leader up front shouts what we'll do, and everyone follows suit:
NUTS AND BOLTS, NUTS AND BOLTS, WE - GOT - SCREWED!
Also a fair amount of schools do, but it's a much more pleasant one than the overdone BULLsh*t
4 Syllable Winners:
Any 4 syllable chants can be done with the normal
CLAP CLAP CLAPCLAPCLAP.
Such as:
THIS GAME'S OVER (Last year we did that at the beginning of games we knew we had a great chance to win)
SEASON'S OVER
DRIVE HOME SAFELY
the normal DEFENSE DEFENSE
THIS IS OUR HOUSE
One that is very flexible, and can be made very funny with the right set of new words.
I especially enjoyed hearing "HEY! YOU SUCK!" repeated and a good portion of the front knew the "WE'RE GONNA KICK THE sh*t OUT OF YOU. and YOU. and YOU. and YOU and YOU and YOU!" Pleasant memories.
But by all means, don't let me go on and on with the also-rans. I want to hear some original stuff, or at least stuff that isn't done at a lot of schools.