PE

• Cheerdance


  Coined from the words, cheer and dance
• Cheer


  Shouting out words or phrases that may help motivate and boost the morale of a playing team and perform better during a game
• Dance


  A physical activity where one expresses emotions or gestures while performing bodily movements usually in time with rhythm
• Cheerdancing


  Rooted from cheerleading
• Cheerleading


  • Performance of a routine, usually dominated by gymnastic skills such as jumps; tumbling skills, lifts and tosses combined with shouting of cheers and yells to lead to the crowd to cheer for a certain team during a game or sports
• Cheer dance


  A physical activity with a combination of different dance genres and gymnastics skills such as tumbling, pyramids, tosses, and stunts
• Originated in Great Britain


  1860s
• Spread to the United States

  1880s
• 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)
• Johnny Campbell


  The first cheerleader, a student of University Minnesota
• Women became involved in cheerleading

  1920's
• Cheers were aided by the use of Pompoms

  1930's
• Women are mainly leading cheers and routines

  1940's
• Cheerleading was recognized as an independent sport


  1997
• Lawrence Herkimer


  Grandfather of Cheerleading, legend, and innovator in the field of cheerleading. Founder of National Cheerleaders Association
• Basic hands and arms positions in cheer dance

  • Beginning stance: Feet together, hands down by the side in blades
  • Low V: Arms extended down forming a "V"
  • Cheer stance: Feet more than shoulder width apart, hands down by the side in blades
  • High V: Arms extended up forming a "V", relax the shoulders
• Touchdown


  • Arms extended straight and parallel to each other, fist facing in
• Ams


  • extended
  • straight
  • and parallel to each other
  • fist facing in
• Clasp


  • Hands clasped at the chin, elbows in
• Low Touchdown


  • Arms extended straight down and parallel to each other, fist facing in
• Clap


  • Hands in blades at the chin, elbows in
• Tabletop


  • Arms bent at elbow fists in front of shoulders
• Overhead Clasp


  • Arms are straight above the head in a clasp and slightly in front of the face
• Punch


  • One arm extended straight up, one arm on hip in a fist
• Bow and Arrow


  • One arm extended to side with other arm bent at elbow in a half "T" motion
• Low Clasp


  • Arms extended straight down in a clasp and slightly in front of the body
• L Motion


  • One arm extended to the side with other arm extended in a punch motion, +4 (Left L shown)
• Punch


  • One arm extended straight up, one arm on hip in a fist
• Diagonal


  • One arm extended in a high and the other arm extended in a low (Right Diagonal shown)
• L Motion


  • One arm extended to the side with other arm extended in a punch motion, (Left L shown)
• T Motion


  • Both arms extended straight out to the side and parallel to the ground, relax the shoulders
• Half T


  • Both arms parallel to the ground and bent at the elbows, fists into shoulders
• Front Lunge


  • Lead leg bent with the knee over the ankle, back leg straight, feet perpendicular to each other
• Side Lunge


  • Lead leg bent with the knee over the ankle, back leg straight, feet perpendicular to each other