PEH GR. 10

• Cheering


  To make someone or a team motivated and encouraged, boost, salute, or acclaim the morale of individuals and teams
• Cheerdance


  Cheering needs to be strong, loud, and metered so that it will be delivered in time with rhythm or the music played
• Cheerdance


  Coined from "Cheer" and "Dance"
• Cheerleading


  • Performance of a routine, usually dominated by gymnastic skills such as jumps, tumbling skills, lifts, and fosses combined with shouting of cheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer for a certain team during a game or sport
• 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)
• Arms/Hand Movements


  • Beginning stance and cheer stance
  • "T" and half "T" positions
  • Clasp, clap, overhead clasp, low clasp
  • Touchdown, low touchdown
  • High "V" and low "V"
  • Tabletop and punch, etc.
  • "L" and diagonal positions
• Legs/Feet Positions


  • Feet Together
  • Feet Apart
  • Dig (Front and Side)
  • Hitch, Liberty, and Scale
  • Lunge (Front and Side)
  • Knees and Hips position
• Jumps

  • Tuck
  • Star/Spread Eagle
  • Pike
  • Split
  • Hurdle Jump/Hurkie
  • Toe Touch Jump
• Pyramids


  • Composition: Flyer Base Spotter
  • Levels: One-and-a-half high, Two-high, Two-and-a-half high
  • Steps in Executing: Setting up (Preparing to lift), Load (Actual lift), Hit (Striking for a final pause), Dismount (To move down by the flyer)
• Hiphop Basics


  • Bounce (Downrock)
  • Groove (Toprock)
  • Power moves (Pump, Lock, Point, Curl)
  • Freezes
• Jazz/Classical/Dance Basics


  • Tendu (point)
  • Plië (knees slightly bent)
  • Grand Plië (knees full bent)
  • Relevë (heels raised)
  • Piquë (raising a knee)
  • Battement (Kicks)
  • Ball Change and Chassë
  • Pirouette ana Chainë (Turns)
• The Cheerleading Philippines or CP was formed in 1993 and was affiliated with the International Federation of Cheerleading (IFC) in 2007
• By early 2008, the CPF is represented 16 regional centers in key cities and provinces in the Philippines
• The CF had grown to include 49 national cheerleading chapters, representing 3 inhabited sub-regions (Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao in the Philippines)
• National University Pep Squad won a silver and a bronze medals, while Miriam College won one bronze in the International Cheer Union (ICU) World Cheerleading Championship in Orlando, Florida
• Hand Clasp


  Creates a sharp look to the routine and is more dramatic when the cheerleader is trying to get the audience to clap with her
• T motion


  Arms are straight out to the sides at shoulder height and hands should be turned so that the thumbs face forward and the pink fingers face to the back
• Broken T


  Raise both arms so that your fists rest on your chest at shoulder height
• Touchdown


  Straighten your arms and bring them up on either side of your ears
• V motion


  Can be done as a high V or low V. Start with legs shoulder width apart. To complete a high V motion, the arms are straight up but out from the head by about 45°
• Right and Left punch


  For right punch, place your left hand on your hip with your elbow straight out to your side. The right arm should be straight up beside your ear
• T Jumps


  Legs are straddled and straight, parallel to the ground, toes pointed, knees are pointing up/backwards, and hands are in fists or blades and arms in a "T" motion
• Tuck Jump


  Cheerleader uses their stomach muscles to pull the legs up with their thighs as close to the chest as possible, knees facing upward as if in a tucked position
• Spread Jump


  Legs are apart with knees facing forward. Keep your legs directly beside you. Your toes should be pointed toward the ground. Your arms in a High "V" motion
• Common Cheerleading Injuries


  • Shoulders, Wrists, Thigh and Hip
• Cheerleading Safety Tips


  • Proper warm-ups and stretches, Practice should begin with a light cardiovascular warm-ups