Cheerdance

• Cheerdance


  Started in the United States in the 1880's
• How cheerdance started

  Started as all male until WWII when men were needed for war so women also joined
• 4 parts of the body crucial in cheerdance


  • Shoulder
  • Wrists
  • Thighs
  • Hips
• Cheerleading


  Performance. Gymnastics with cheers for a team or sport
• UAAP


  University Athletic Association of the Philippines
• Legs/feet position (5)


  • Feet together
  • Feet Apart
  • Dig (front/side)
  • Lunge (front/side)
  • Knees and hip
• Arm/hand position (17)


  • Beginning Stance
  • Cheer Stance
  • Clasp
  • Clap
  • High V
  • Low V
  • Touchdown
  • Low Touchdown
  • Bow & arrow
  • Overhead Clasp
  • Tabletop
  • Low Clasp
  • Punch
  • L Motion
  • Diagonal
  • T Motion
  • Half T
• Types of rolls (7)


  • Forward roll
  • Backward roll
  • Cartwheel
  • Aerial Cartwheel
  • Forward hand spring
  • Back hand spring
  • Back tuck
• Jumps (6)


  • Tuck
  • Star/spread eagle
  • Pike
  • Split
  • Hurde jump / hurkie
  • Toe touch jump
• Parts of pyramid (3)


  • Flyer
  • Base
  • Spotter
• Types of pyramid (3)


  • One and a half high
  • Two high
  • Two and a half high
• Levels of pyramid (4)


  • Setting up (prep)
  • Load (lift)
  • Hit (pose)
  • Dismount (go down)
• Hiphop steps


  • Bounce (downrock)
  • Groove (toprock)
  • Freezes
• Power moves


  Pump, lock, point, and curl
• Jazz/Classical Steps (8)


  • Tendu (point)
  • Plie (knees slightly bent)
  • Grand Plie (full bent)
  • Releve (heels raised)
  • Pique (raised knee)
  • Battement (kicks)
  • Ball Change and Chasse
  • Piroutte and Chaine (turns)
• Cheerleading Philippines started


  1993
• Cheerleading Philippines involved with the International Federation of Cheerleading

  2007
• CPF 16 Regional centers

  2008
• Where Cheerleading Philippines competed


  • Competition in US, Japan, Australia and Canada
• Locations of Cheerleading Philippines

  40 chapters, 3 sub regions in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao
• NU PEP SQUAD


  Silver and bronze behind New Zealand
• Miriam College

  Brone in International Cheer Union World Cheerleading Championship (ICUWCC) in Orlando, Florida
• Common injuries in cheerdance


  • Muscle strains in hip, lower back and legs
  • Ligament sprain
  • Finger and hand injuries
  • Fractures and dislocations
• Causes of injuries in cheerdance(6)


  • Poor training
  • Poor nutrition
  • Poor flexibility
  • Lack of equipment
  • Lack of experience
  • Lack of good core strength
• How to prevent injuries in cheerdance


  • Proper warm-up and stretches
  • Practice with light cardiovascular warm-ups