PE SECOND QUARTER EXAM SEM1Q2 SY 25-26

Cheerdance

Coined from the words: Cheer and Dance

Cheerleading

Cheerdancing was rooted from

Cheer

to shout 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 rhythms

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 the crowd to cheer for a certain team during a game or sport

Cheerleading

An organized sports activity involving short routines that combine dance, gymnastics, and stunt elements to cheer on teams, most common in football

Cheerleaders

Performers of these one to three-minute routines

1860s

Cheerleading dates back to what year in Great Britain,

1880s

What year did cheerleading enter the United States

Britain

Origin of cheerleading

United States

Where cheerleading remains most common

1920s

Women became involved in cheerleading

1930s

Cheers were aided by the use of paper pom-poms

1965

The first vinyl pom-poms weren't manufactured until

1940s

Women were mainly leading the cheers and routines took on a voice their own

1980s

Modern cheerleading as we know it today began in the _______ with flashy dance routines and gymnastic stunts

1997

Cheerleading was recognized as an independent sport, attracting national attention

1999

The sport of cheerleading was with official approval and with the onset cable sports TV, ESPN, cheerleading was on the map

Lawrence Herkimer

Grandfather of Cheerleading

52 girls and one boy

How many people did Herkimer's first camp draw in?

1948

What year was the National Cheerleader Association at Souther Methodist University founded?

1953

Year the Cheerleading Supply Company was founded which patented the first pom-pon

Pom-pom

The word that contained vulgar meaning in other language which made Herkimer change the term to pom-pon

1971

pom-pon with the hidden handles was patented

1993

Officially emerged when the Cheerleading Philippines Federation (CPF) was officially founded

Cheerleading Philippines Federation (CPF)

National confederation of Cheerleading organizations

Today

Cheer dancing is identified as one of the most spectacular events in one of the biggest collegiate sports event in the country, the UAAP (University Athletic Association of the Philippines)

Base, backspot, flyer

Three main positions in cheerleading

Jumps, stunting, tumbling

Main parts of cheerleading