What is cheer dance?

Cheer dance is a recreational activity and competitive sport composed of an

organize routine. It includes required performance elements and skills like dance
ang gymnastics. Cheer dancers, when not competing, help on encouraging the
crowds to cheer in team sport event.

Some of the advantages of cheer dancing includes: strengthening of the heart

and lungs and reducing the risks of heart attack, stroke, high blood pressure,
and type 2 diabetes.

What are the terminologies used in cheer dance?

1. Flyers – these are the cheerleaders who are held and thrown into the air
and are doing the stunts.
2. Bases or mounts – the se are the persons in charge of holding and
controlling the throw of the flyers.
3. Spots – front spot and back spot members are those who stand behind or
in front of the flyers and support the flyers to prevent them from falling.
They help the bases when lifting the flyers.

What are the performance elements in cheer dancing?

1. Motions – this element includes arm motions like hing V, low V, half-high
and half-low Vs, diagonals, K’s, L’s, T’s, broken T’s, and touchdowns.
2. Jumps – these are the feet movements through jumping moves like toe-
touch, hurdler and pike jumps
3. Stunts – are mostly those that can be seen from the flyers or selected
cheer dancers like bow and arrow, liberties, scorpions and basket tosses.
4. Tumbling – cartwheel and round off are basic tumbling movements in
cheer dance while backhand springs, round off backhand springs, back
tucks, layout, and layout twists
5. Cheers, Chants, and Dance Routine – cheers and chants incorporate
stunts, jumps, and tumbling and are used to lead the crowd. Dance
routines, on the other hand, are used to entertain the crowd during
breaks.

What are techniques in executing the motions?

1. High V
 2. Low V
3. Low Touchdown
4. Torch/punch
5. T Motion
6. K Motion
7. Clap
8. Clasp

What are the different jumps and stunts in cheer dance?

1. Herkie
2. Toe Touch
3. Pike

What are the different tumbling skills used in cheerdance?

1. Forward Roll
2. Cartwheel
3. Backbend

What are the technique that need to be perfected in some cheer dancing skills?

1. Backbend Kick-over
The Wall: Moving into a bridge position with your fee to the wall. Execute a
slow walk by moving your feet and pushing off upward into the wall. Get
into a bridge with your feet next to a wall and then walk slowly . That push
will help your momentum to kick over all the way.

Wedged Mat: When doing a kick-over, make sure to stand on the thick
part of the mat to give you more height and then execute the backbend.

2. Practice Split for Jumps

Do Warm-up: Before indulging in some activities, make sure to warm up
first before doing some stretching because it makes the muscles and
ligament s more elastic and flexible. If you do these techniques like
running or stretching for few minutes you can do the practice split for
jumps by doing the leg kicks forward and backward, skips and leaps
Stretch: If you are done with your warm-up, you can now start stretching.
a. Standing Stretch: This is done by holding stretch for 20 seconds. Do this
by standing straight with feet together; at 90 degrees angle, bend your
body and try to reach your toes as far as you can.
b. Pike Stretch: In sitting position on the floor or a mat, with legs straight
and feet together, reach your pointed toes as far as you can. Within 20
seconds, hold this position.
c. Straddle Stretch: While sitting, open your legs into a wide straddle
position; keep your knees with your legs straight and toes pointed, then
slowly lean your body forward and reach with your arms out front of
you. Try to reach your stomach flat on the floor and hold the stretch for
20 seconds.