Cheerleading is an extremely sport which participant performing dance, gymnastic and some slogan. Cheerleading is existing in primary, secondary, college and university. The root of cheerleading began in 1880s. Cheerleading is not prohibit for male, but many people think that cheerleading is just for female because of some movement. I am disagree on this point. We can learn some gymnastic, dancing and teamwork spirit through cheerleading.
spirit of cheerleading
There are much kind of jump, hand motion, stunts and gymnastic skill in cheerleading. Basically there are more than 10 kind of different jump. For example, straight jump, star jump and etc. Hand motion will be less, example, high V, broken T and etc. Stunts are the most important skill in cheerleading and it is a complex trick. The basic stunt is elevator. To success a stunt, basically need 4 people in a group, such as 1 spotter, 1 flier and 2 bases.
Spotter is the most important character. The requirement of spotter has to be tall, vigorous and gleg. It needs to lead the whole group and the only person who give order.
Flier is the main character and it need to be light, gleg and stable. Base is an important character too because it need to take care and lift the flier. The requirement of base must be shorter than spotter, vigorous and gleg.
Stunts
The gymnastic skill of cheerleading is includes tumbling. There are many kind of tumbling, such as round off, front roll, back hand spring and etc. Cheerleaders wear very characteristic, uniform, snug top, short skirt for women and conservative pants for men. Every team of cheerleader may carry their own flag, baton and pompom in their routines.
cheerleading uniform
Cheerleading is not only for cheering on athletic team; in addition, cheerleaders can compete against other team in competition. There is a huge competition in
Cheerleading might be bringing some risk of injured that is why cheerleaders need a lot of teamwork with each other. It brought me a lot of memories and experience.