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• Cheerdance is coined from the word cheer and dance
• Cheer is to shoutout words or phrases that may help motivate and boost the morale of playing team and perform better during a game
• Dance is a physical activity where one expresses emotions or gestures while performing bodily movements usually in time with rhythm.
• Cheerleading is the performance of a routine, usually dominated by gymnastic skills such as jumps, tumbling skills, lifts and tosses combined with shouting of cheers and yells
• Cheerdance is a routine composed of yells and cheers, gymnastic skills or stunts
• Essentials of cheerdancing

  • Arms/hands movement
  • Legs/feet position
• Beginning stance feet together, hands down by the side in blades
• Cheer stance feet apart shoulders width apart, hands down by the side in blades
• Clasp hands clasped at the chin, elbows in
• Overhead clasp arms are straight above the head in a clasp and slightly in front of the face
• Low clasp arms extended straight down in a clasp and slightly in front of the body
• Clap hands in blades at the chin, elbows in.
• High V arms extended up forming a V shape, relax the shoulder
• Low V arms extended down forming a V shape
• Touchdown arms extended straight and parallel to each other, fists facing in
• Low touchdown arms extended straight down and parallel to each other, fist facing in
• Bow and Arrow one arms extended to side with other arm bent at elbow in a half T motion
• Punch one arm extended straight up, one arm on hip in a fist
• L motion one arm extended straight up, one arm extended straight on the side
• T motion both arms extended straight out to the parallel to the ground, relax the shoulders
• Diagonal one arm extended in a high V position and the other arm extended in a low V position
• Side lunge lead leg bent with the knee over the ankle, back leg straight, feet perpendicular to each other
• Front lunge lead leg bent with the knee over the ankle, back leg straight, feet perperndicular to each other
• • Pyramids
  • Flyer these are the cheerleaders who held and thrown into the air and are doing stunts
• Pyramids

  • Bases or mounts these are the persons in charge of holding and controlling the throw of the flyers
• Pyramids

  • Spotter front spot and back spot members are those who stand behind or in front of the flyers and support the flyers to prevent from falling.
• Half T both arms extended straight out to the parallel to the ground, relax the shoulders
• Levels

  • One and a half high this refers to the levels of the pyramid and means the pyramid is the height of one person plus half of the height of another
• Levels

  • Two high the pyramid is the height of two people
• Levels

  • Two and a half high this refers to the levels of the pyramid and means the pyramid is the height of two person plus half of the height of another
• Levels

  • Three high the pyramid is the height of two people