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CHEERLEADING
Ranges from catcalls and wolf
whistle to intense physical
activity for sports team
motivation, audience
entertainment or competition
based upon organized routines.
1-3 minutes
Cheers, dance, jumps, stunting,
and tumbling
Cheerleaders
18th Century
Cheerleading began with the
rebellion of male students.
Students invented and organized
their own extracurricular
activities outside their professors’
control, as a more subtle way to
gain independence
1860s
Britishstudents began to chant
and cheer for their favorite
athletes at sporting events

On November 6, 1869 the first

intercollegiate football game took
place and marked the day of the
original “Sis Boom Rah”
ORGANIZED
CHEERLEADING
Organized cheerleading started
as an all-male activity.

Princeton class alumnus

-Thomas
-Easton
-Guerin
1940s
Collegiate men were drafted for
world war II
Creates opportunity for more
women to make their way onto
sporting event sidelines
1980s
Beginning of modern
cheerleading with more difficult
stunt sequences and gymnastics
incorporated into routines
2000s
Cheerleading was considered one
of the most dangerous school
activities.
ATHLETES
FLYER
The athlete that is in the air
during a stunt
BASES AND SPOTS
Very strong athletes who are
usually assigned together based
on height to create a level
platform for the flyer to perform
an action
BASES
MAIN BASE
-almost direct under the stunt

SECOND BASE
- side base athlete help lifts the
flyer up
-support the flyer’s foot
SPOT
BACK SPOT
- actively stabilizes the stunt from
the back

FRONT SPOT
-does not actually touch the stunt
unless something goes wrong
-preventing the flyer from falling
forward
 HAND MOVEMENTS and
POSITIONS IN CHEERDANCE
BEGINNING STANCE
Feet together, hands down by the
side in blades
CHEER STANCE
Feet more than shoulder width
apart, hands down by the side in
blades
CLASP
Hands clasped at the chin,
elbows in
CLAP
Hands in blades at the chin,
elbows in
HIGH V
Arms extended up forming “V”,
relax the shoulder
LOW V
Arms extended down forming “V”
TOUCHDOWN
Arms extended straight and
parallel to each other, fist facing
in
LOW TOUCHDOWN
Arms extended straight down
and parallel to each other, fist
facing in
SIDE LUNGE
Lead leg bent with the knee over
the ankle, back leg straight, feet
perpendicular to each other
FRONT LUNGE
Lead leg bent with the knee over
the ankle, back leg straight, feet
perpendicular to each other
BOW and ARROW
One arm extended to side with
other arm bent at elbow in half
“T” motion
OVERHEAD CLASP
Arms are straight above the head
in a clasp and slightly in front of
the face
LOW CLASP
Arms are straight down, in a
clasp and slightly in front of the
body
TABLE TOP
Arms bent at elbow, fists in front
of shoulder
PUNCH
Onearm extended straight up,
one arm on hip, in a fist
L MOTION
One arm extended to the side
with other arm extended in a
punch motion
DIAGONAL
One arm extended in a high V
and the other arm extended in a
low V
T MOTION
Both arms extended straight out
to the side and parallel to the
ground, relax the shoulder
HALF T
Both arms parallel to the ground
and bent at the elbows, fists into
shoulders
STUNTS
STUNTS
Are building performances
displaying a person’s dexterity or
skill
AWESOME OR CUPIE
Flyer’s feet are together in one hand of a single base or with
one foot each in the hands of two bases
LEAPIN’ LORA
Is a stunts wherein the backspot is in a rock position, the flyer then
jumps on the back of the backspot, and bounces into the bases’ hands
PREP AND ELEVATOR
Flyer stands on two bases’ hands and is risen up to chin
length height
SHOULDER STAND
An athlete stands on another athlete’s shoulder
SHOULDER SIT
Flyer sits on the base’s shoulders and wraps her feet around
the base’s waist
SPLIT LIFT OR TEDDY SIT
Flyer is in a seated straddle with the two side bases holding
one hand on her thigh and one on her ankle
THIGH STAND
Bases kneel on one leg or are in lunge position