MAPEH CHEERDANCE

• HISTORY

  THE FIRST CHEERLEADERS IN THE U.S. WERE ORGANIZED BY THOMAS PEEBLES. HE FORMED AND ORGANIZED CHEERLEADERS TO SUPPORT THE FOOTBALL TEAM.

  IN 1898 FOOTBALL GAME, SIX MALE CHEERLEADERS ENTERTAINED THE CROWD. THEY WERE LED BY JOHNNY CAMPBELL AND THIS WAS CONSIDERED THE BIRTH OF CHEERLEADING.

  IN 1903, THE GAMMA SIGMA FRATERNITY WAS FOUNDED AS THE FIRST CHEERLEADERS.

  POM POMS, ORIGINALY CALLED "POM PONS," WERE INVENTED IN THE 1930S.
• CHEERLEADING PHILIPPINES FEDERATION (CPF) IS THE NATIONAL GOVERNING OF CHEERLEADING AND CHEERDANCE IN THE PHILIPPINES.

  IT IS THE UMBRELLA ARM OF THE GYMNASTICS ASSOCIATION OF THE PHILIPPINES (GAP) AS ONE OF THREE DISCIPLINES OF THE SPORT OF GYMNASTICS.
• A CHEER DANCE HAS THE FOLLOWING PURPOSES:

  • TO PERFORM AND CHEER FOR THE TEAM
  • TO SHOW YOU HAVE SPIRIT FOR THE TEAM
  • TO DEVELOP A SENSE OF CAMARADERIE AND TEAMWORK
  • TO PUMP UP THE CROWD TO SUPPORT THE TEAM.
• COMMON CHEERDANCE INJURIES

  SPRAINS AFFECT TENDONS AND LIGAMENTS AND STRAINS THAT AFFECT MUSCLES, MOST OF WHICH HAPPEN IN THE ANKLE, WRIST, KNEE, AND BACK AREAS OF THE BODY.

  FRACTURED ANKLES, PULLED GROINS, ROTATOR OFF INJURIES, WHIPLASH, AND CONCUSSIONS.
• INJURY PREVENTION IN CHEERDANCE

  • KNOWLEDGE IS THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD OF PREVENTING INJURIES TO CHEER DANCERS.
  • DO STRETCHING AND WARM-UP TO LOOSEN THE MUSCLES AND PREPARE THE BODY FOR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
  • MENTAL PREPARATION IS THE NEED TO ENVISION HERSELF PERFORMING A SKILL FLAWLESSLY.
  • CHEER DANCERS MUST WEAR SHOES THAT ARE GOOD PROTECTION FOR FEET AND ANKLES.
  • SAFETY MATS TO CUSHION FALLS AND SLIPS.
  • THE SPOTTER SHOULD BE READY TO INTERVENE AND HELP IF A MISTAKE OCCURS.
• Bucket

  Pail

  Front

  
• Back

  Candle

  
• Blade

  Spirit / Spider

  
• Clap

  IS WHEN THE HANDS ARE FORMED IN BLADES AT THE CHIN, WITH ELBOWS IN.

  
• Clasp

  
• HANDS ON WAIST

  
• HIGH "V"

  
• LOW "V"

  
• K

  
• L

  
• Punch

  
• TOUCHDOWN

  
• DAGGER

  
• DIAGONAL

  
• BIG T

  
• BABY T

  
• MUSCLE MAN

  
• TABLE TOP OR BOX MOTON

  
• Bow and Arrow

  
• FEET TOGETHER - BOTH FEET ARE FLAT ON THE GROUND AND CLOSED TOGETHER

  FEET APART - BOTH FEET ARE FLAT ON THE GROUND AND FEET APART, SHOULDER WIDTH.

  LEFT / RIGHT DIG - THIS IS SAME AS THE REGULAR DIG BUT THE LEFT/RIGHT FOOT IS PLACED WITH THE KNEE SLIGHTLY BENDED

  
• LEFT / RIGHT HITCH - THE LEFT (RIGHT) FOOT IS FLAT ON THE GROUND AND THE RIGHT (LEFT) KNEE IS RAISED (WAIST LEVEL).

  LEFT / RIGHT LIBERTY - MAKE A REGULAR HITCH THEN MAKE A `V`

  LEFT / RIGHT SCALE - LOWER BODY IS FACING THE SIDE AND THE UPPER BODY IS FACING IN FRONT.

  
• LEFT / RIGHT SCALE LUNGE - THE LEAD LEG IS BENT WITH THE KNEE OVER THE ANKLE, BACK LEG STRAIGHT, FEET PERPENDICULAR TO EACH OTHER.

  TWO KNEE KNEEL - BOTH KNEES MUST BE FLAT ON THE FLOOR

  ONE KNEEL KNEEL WITH A SLIDE DITCH - KNEEL IN ONE KNEE AND THE OTHER KNEE IN HITCH POSITION.

  
• ONE-KNEE KNEEL WITH A FRONT DITCH

  LEFT/RIGHT FRONT LUNGE

  KNEE WITH DIAGONAL

  
• THREE MAIN POSITIONS IN CHEER DANCE

  1. FLYER MOUNTER, TOP CLIMBER, OR FLOATER - THIS IS THE MOST SOUGHT-AFTER POSITION AND REFERS TO THE PERSON WHO GETS LIFTED OR THROWN INTO THE AIR.
  2. BASES - SERVE AS THE FOUNDATION OF THE STUNT, AND THE MEMBERS TEND TO BE TALLER AND STRONGER.
  3. SPOTTER - SHOULD ALWAYS CONTACT THE PERFORMING SURFACE AND BE ALERT, FAST THINKING, AGGRESSIVE TO EFFECTIVELY AND SAFELY CATCH THE FLYER.