PE Quiz

• Ready Position

  
• Low V

  
• Lunge .

  
• T .

  
• High V

  
• Broken T

  
• Touch Down

  
• Low Touch Down

  
• Daggers .

  
• Right L

  
• Right Punch

  
• Left Diagonal

  
• Left K

  
• Benefits of cheer dancing to one's health

  1. Cardiovascular Endurance
  2. Strength Building
  3. Flexibility
  4. Balance and Coordination
  5. Team Building
  6. Leadership
  7. Confidence
• CHEERLEADING ORIGINATED IN THE USA. IN THE 1980S AT PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, THOMAS PEEBLES TOGETHER WITH OTHER STUDENTS SUPPORTED A LOCAL AMERICAN FOOTBALL TEAM WITH CHEERS.
• Dancing is a means of expressing one’s emotions through movement disciplined by rhythm.

  It is an act of moving rhythmically and expressively to an accompaniment.

   It came from an old German word  “Danson” which means “to stretch”.   Essentially, all dancing is made up of stretching and relaxing
• Phases of Dance

  1. Folk/Ethnic
  2. Social and Ballroom
  3. Recreational
  4. Creative
• Folk/Ethnic is a cultural art form handed down from generation to generation. It communicates the customs, beliefs, rituals, and occupations of the people of a region or country.
• Social and Ballroom is a social gather with a more formal atmosphere than the simple and informal parties in which the recreational dances are usually in formal attires.
• Recreational includes dance mixes, square dance, round, and couple dances. Many of these dances have simple patterns and a combination of walking steps, two steps, a polka step, and the waltz step. Usually held in the evening. is usually informal gatherings and parties, reunions, and the like.
• Creative is the highest form of dance. It is the end-product of exploration and improvisation of movements as the dancer or the choreographer expresses his/her feelings or emotions, ideas, and interpretations.
• Street dances are dance styles that evolved outside of dance studios in any available open space, such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs. They are often improvisational and social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and the other dancers. Some examples of street dance include breakdancing and hip-hop dances.
• Street dance evolved from popular culture and social dance in America during the 1970s and it has since spread internationally. People would dance anywhere that had an open available space: a park, a street or a party. An important feature of street dance is that this was not a style that was ‘learned’ within a studio under formal tuition.
• Types of street dance

  1. Hip-hop
  2. Break Dancing
  3. Funk Dancing
  4. Pop Dance
  5. Locking
  6. Krumping
• Benefits of Street Dancing to one's health

  1. Improving Stamina
  2. More Flexible hands, feet, and joints
  3. Boosting mental self-confidence
  4. Developing concentration and spatial awareness
• Improving Stamina, Street dancing demands a range of energetic bodily movements and can take it out of an individual. However, a little effort goes a long way and regular workouts will greatly improve one’s body’s stamina over time.
• MORE FLEXIBLE HANDS, FEET, AND JOINTS

  As opposed to many traditional dances, street dancing moves may require the participant’s hands to support their body weight, as well as the feet and leg joints. Regular street dancing exercises will strengthen these areas over time and greatly improve their flexibility.
• BOOSTING MENTAL SELF-CONFIDENCE

  Once an individual master the basics of street dancing and start to learn some nifty tricks, his/her mental self-confidence will improve tenfold. His/her body will feel healthier and happier, whilst this fun exercise will clear his/her mind of any lingering cobwebs.
• DEVELOPING CONCENTRATION AND SPATIAL AWARENESS

  The often complex routines that street dancing requires may be hard to grasp in the early stages of the training. However, once these skills build up, an individual will soon find that concentration and spatial awareness come to him/her more naturally.