So my college teams flies on the opposite leg as my highschool all star team. I'm having a lot of problems pulling a scorpian (left leg up). I feel like it hurts my shoulder more than my back. Just grabbing my foot seems awkward. Does anyone have any advice on pulling a scorpian and gaining enough flexibility in my shoulder to pull it. (is it completly weird for it to hurt my shoulder? it doesn't hurt my shoulder when I pull my right scorpian)

You are probably not as good in the leg, hip, or back on that side so you are pulling more with your arm to make up for it. Try to work on your leg more so that you need minimum help from your arm. this includes both flexibility and strength, as well as back strength. Ideally you should hardly be using your arm at all in a scorpion, I find I balance much better when my leg is doing its own thing with my arms just lightly assisting, because then it's just one limb that you have to really work with so it's easier to stay centered.

Thanks! just wondering, when you so a scorpian how do you grab your foot? I basically twist my harm around so my thumb is on the outside of my foot and my hand is across my foot

The easiest way to do a scorpion before you have a lot of strength is
-bend the leg keeping it paralell to the standing leg
-start to lift the thigh a bit so your knees aren't touching.
-flex the foot (i think this is allowd in cheer, it will be easier than pointing) and perhaps point the toes a little bit away from your body (but don't move the leg, just the ankle)
-bend your back and reach your arm back (same arm as leg)
-grab the foot by putting your arm outside your leg with your palm facing away from your body (back of hand touching side of foot) then as you reach under the foot (across the top of the shoe) rotate the hand backwards so that your little finger is grabbing near your big toe on the inside of your foot, and your thumb and index finger hold the middle of your arch. Your thumb is next to the side of your hand touching it, not wrapped around the shoe. Your arm probably feels twisted, if it doesn't than you need to rotate the hand the other way (when you rotate, the outside of your hand should lose contact with the shoe, and pivot around the side of your hand with the thumb, which should always be touching the shoe.)
-then raise the leg to full height. try as much as you can to not pull it with your arm, but use your back and leg instead. As you go up, near the top rotate the bent elbow forwards (do not let go of the foot) at the top use the arm to make sure the leg stays centered. as you work at it, you will be able to pull less and less. The hand should be in the middle of your arch, not too close to your toes.
-once your leg is at full height, you can grab onto it with the other hand if you wish (any grip is fine with this hand). But try not to change your alignment too much. or you can let the arm do some other position if you don't need it.

Ideally you will work up to enough strength that you can raise the leg (controlled, not a kick that sends you off balance) most of the way by its self so that your arm doesnt have to move much, and then just grab it closer to the top. When you become more flexable, you will be able to straighten into a scale and the hand will be on the outside of the leg. When you slide it down your ankle your little finger will be closer to your foot than your thumb is (thumb closer to knee) and since all fingers and thumb are on the same side of your leg you will not be grabbing around your ankle with your thumb, so it will be a lot better for your achilles tendon. This hand position may feel awkward at first but as you see it is in a progression as you get more flexible. I find it especially helpful because I have small hands so it is harder for me to fit my thumb wrapped around my sneakers. Also it is a much stronger grip than your way, which means your other arm is free to do anything, you can hold your foot with it in any position or you can do something else.

If this doesn't make sense I will try to explain better.

But check with your coach before you try this in an actual practise if it seems really different (in a bad way) from what you have been taught because I primarily do ballet. I know usually in a scale you would hold the inside of the ankle but the hips are aligned much better when you hold the outside (so it looks better and easier to balance).