Physical Education 12

1st Quarter
SY: 2021-2022
CHEERDANCE
 CHEERDANCE
 coined from the word, cheer and dance
 a physical activity where one expresses emotions
or gesture while performing bodily movements
usually in time with rhythm
 To cheer is to shout out words or phrases that may
help motivate and boost the morale of a playing
team and perform better during game.
 CHEERDANCE
 Cheerdancing rooted from cheerleading –
performance of a routine, usually dominated by
the gymnastic skills such as jumps, tumbling
skills, lifts and tosses combined with shouting
of cheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer
for a certain team during a game or sports
 CHEERDANCE
Today, cheerdancing is identified as one of
the most spectacular events in one of the
biggest collegiate sports events in the
country, the UAAP (University Athletic
Association of the Philippines).
 How did Cheerdancing start?
 Cheerleading history is linked closely to the
United States’ history of sports, its sporting
venues, as well as the historical development
of overall crowd participation at many Athletic
events (history of cheerleading, 2015).
 How did Cheerdancing start?
 In 1860’s students from Great Britain began to
cheer and chant in unison for their favourite
athletes at sporting events.
 In the late 1880’s, the first organized recorded
yell done in locomotive style was performed in an
American campus and was first seen and heard
during a college football game.
The following pictures are the essentials of cheer dancing:
Arms and Hands Movement for Cheerdance

Front Lunge Broken T Left High V Right Bow & Arrow

High V Daggers Right Punch Up Clasp
Low V Touchdown Left Punch Up Clap
T Right Half High V Left Bow & Arrow Right Low V
 Essentials of Cheer dancing Leg/ Feet Position

Beginning Side Lunge-

Cheer Stance -
Stance - One leg is bent
Stand straight
Stand straight while the
with feet
with both feet other leg is
apart.
close together. extended.
Essentials of Cheer dancing Leg/ Feet Position

SQUAT -
Kneel -
Both knees are
Body is supported by
slightly bent facing
the knees.
outward.
Essential of Cheerdancing -JUMPS
SPREAD EAGLE
TUCK JUMP - As you jump,
- As you jump, arms and legs are
closer to chest, extended open
keep your knees wide.
together.
FRONT HURDLER
- Bring straight leg
up to chest and
DOUBLE HOOK between the arms;
- As you jump, both back knee points
knees are bent towards the
sideways. ground; land with
feet together at the
same time.
Essential of Cheerdancing -JUMPS

SIDE HURDLER – As
PIKE JUMP
you jump, one leg
- Keep head up;
is bent; knee is
bring legs to arms;
facing forward,
arms parallel to the
while the other leg
ground.
goes straight up.

DOUBLE HOOK
- Also known as
straddle jump. As
you jump, legs are
open and parallel
to the ground.
ESSENTIAL OF CHEERDANCING – TUMBLING

FORWARD ROLL– (a) Squat down with

hands on the ground then (b) tuck head in
with chin down. (c) roll unto upper back
and (d) rotate onto feet continuing to
standing position

BACKWARD ROLL– (a) From a standing

position, squat down continuing to a
sitting position with hands place close to
ears and palms facing up. (b) Roll
backward while placing the weight of the
body on both feet. (C) Continue through a
squat position.
ESSENTIAL OF CHEERDANCING – TUMBLING

CARTWHEEL – (a) With one foot in

front, (b) stand on one foot and learn
down until both hands are on the
ground, (c) transfer weight from one
hand to the other while driving legs
above and over the body. (d) Place
one leg on the ground and continue
through a standing position.
ESSENTIAL OF CHEERDANCING – TUMBLING

ROUND – OFF – (a) From the standing

position with one foot in front, (b)
transfer weight to hands while driving
legs above over body. (c) Bring the
legs together in a handstand position.
(d) Follow by snapping down the legs
and finishing with a quarter turn
ending up facing the opposite
direction and continue through a
standing position.