Type of physical activity that requires planned, structured, and repetitive bodily movement to improve or maintain one or more components of physical fitness
injury to a ligament caused by tearing of the fibers of the ligament; most common type of sprain is ankle sprain
Strains
inflammation of the muscle or tendon (either overstretch or tear)
Knee injuries
knee is the most commonly harmed joint
Fractures
can be intense break or stress fracture
Intense break
speedy, one-time injury to the bone
Stress fracture
rehashed push to the bone over time
Dislocations
when two bones that come together to create a joint end up isolated, the joint is depicted as being disengaged
Contact sports
football, basketball, lacrosse, tall affect sports that can result in over the top extending or falling
PRICED Method
Protection
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
Diagnosis
Protection
remove additional risk or danger in the injured area
Rest
stop moving the injured area
Ice
apply ice to the injured are for 20 minutes every two hours for two days
Compression
apply an elastic compression bandage in the injured area
Elevation
raise the injured area above the heart vessel
Diagnosis
acute injuries should be evaluated by health professional
Cheerdance
routine consisting of yells and cheers, gymnastic skills (pyramids and tosses, stunts, tumbling skills, arm and hand positions and jumps), and dance (fusion of different dance genres)
Cheerleading
act of performing a dance, which is commonly dominated by gymnastics
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 position
• Feet Together
•Feet Apart
•Dig (front and side)
•Hitch, Liberty, and Scale
•Lunge (front and side)
•Knees and H
Jumps
• Tuck Jump
• Star Jump
• Pike Jump
• Split Jump
• Hurdle Jump/Hurkie
• Toe Touch Jump
Tumbling skills
•Forward Rolls and Backward Rolls
• Forward Backward Handspring
•Cartwheel and aerial cartwheel
•Head and handstand
•Round-off
•Forward and backward saltos(optional)
Flyer
very top of the pyramid; known as flyer because she will "fly" back down to safety
Base
person on the bottom of the pyramid
One-and-a-half-high
levels of the pyramid; means the pyramid is the height of one person plus half of the height of another
Two high
height of two people
Two-and-a-half-high
• height of two and a half people
• this is sometimes illegal in competitions
• require additional spotter in front and back for the top tier flyer
Cheering
• essence of cheerdance performances
Cheering
• essence of cheerdance performances
• boosts, salutes or acclaims the morale of individuals and teams
Dance
a profound solitary artistic and creative endeavor that requires introspection, philosophical analysis, and complex conceptualization
Creative Dance
• created out of two approaches, the elemental approach and creative approach
• include folk dance, ballroom dance, and ballet
Interpretative Dance
• interpreted for performances and staging
• modern-contemporary dance, jazz, pop and hip-hop (b-boying)
Elemental Approach
• Space
• Time
• Energy
Space
space through which the dancer's body moves
Floor Pattern
• designs made by the body because it moves through space
• incorporate lines, letters, shapes or polygons, and other non-
geometric patterns.
Direction
• course or way in which development is coordinated with
reference to the frontal plane of the body
• incorporate forward, in reverse, sideward, corner to corner sideward and upward