Cheerleading is a new sport, which originated in America and has a history of 100 years. At first, cheering for American football developed, and now it has become a worldwide sport.

origin

Cheerleading was originally called cheerleading. Cheer partly means to cheer up the spirit and boost morale. Cheerleading originated from the rituals of early tribal society. In order to encourage soldiers who go out to fight or hunt, they usually hold a ceremony at which people cheer and dance to encourage soldiers and hope to return home in triumph.

Basic situation

Modern cheerleading is a team form, which combines dance (dance), cheering (slogan), partner stunt (partner stunt, which refers to the difficult action of lifting), tumbling (skill), basket throwing (sedan chair throwing), pyramid (pyramid), jumping (jumping) and other action techniques. A sport with music, clothing, formation changes and marked items (such as colored balls, placards, horns and flags) and observing the rules of gender, number of people, time limit and safety in the competition rules is called competitive cheerleading, which can also be called cheerleading. Competitive cheerleading is divided into skill cheerleading and dance cheerleading. Among them, skill cheerleading includes mixed (mixed group), all-female (all-female group) and partner stunts; Dance cheerleading includes Pom (flower ball), High kick (high kick), Jazz (jazz) and Prop (props).