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WHAT IS CHEER DANCE?
Cheer dance is coined from the words: “cheer”, and “dance.” To cheer
is to shout out words or phrases that may help motivate and boost
the morale of a playing team and perform better during a game.
While, to Dance is a physical activity where one expresses emotions
or gestures while performing bodily movements usually in time and
rhythm. On the other hand, Cheerleading is the performance of a
routine, usually dominated by a gymnastic skill 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. Therefore, Cheerdancing, is rooted from cheerleading.
 HOW DID CHEERDANCING START?
Cheerleading history is linked closely to the United States’
history of sports, its sporting venues, as well as the historical
development of overall crowd participation at many Athletic
events (history of cheerleading, 2015). However, its origin can
be traced as far back as the late 19th century where in 1860’s
students from Great Britain began to cheer and chant in unison
for their favorite athletes at sporting events. This event
eventually reached and influenced America (timeline of
cheerleading, 2012).
In the late 1880’s the first organized recorded yell done in
locomotive style was performed in an American campus and
was first seen and heard during a college football game.
However, organized all-male cheerleading only transpired
when Thomas Peebles, one of the graduates of Princeton
University, brought the yell and the football sports to the
University of Minnesota in 1884.
ESSENTIAL OF CHEER DANCING

ARMS AND HANDS MOVEMENT

FOR CHEER DANCE

HAND
MOTIONS
• BUCKET • TOUCHDOWN • L MOTION
• CANDLESTICK•LOW TOUCHDOWN• DIAGONAL
• BLADE • K MOTION • HIGH V
• JAZZ HANDS • CHECKMARK • LOW V
• CLAP • OVERHEAD CLASP
• CLASP • DAGGER
• T MOTION • BOX
• HALF T • PUNCH
BUCKE
T
- arms are straight with fists facing down, as if holding the
handle of a bucket in each hand.
CANDLESTI
CK
- arms are straight with fist facing each as if they were holding
a lit candle in each hand.
 BLAD
-E
arms are straight in sideways, open palm and fist facing down
and fingers must stick together.
 JAZZ
HANDS
- open palm, fingers are spread out.
CLA
P
- strikes palms together in front of the chest.
CLAS
P
- clasp hands together in front of the chest.
T
MOTION
- both arms are extended sideways parallel to the ground.
HALF
T
- both arms are parallel to the ground and the both elbows are
bent.
TOUCHDO
WN
- arms are stretch out in upward position; closed fist facing
in.
LOW
TOUCHDOWN
-The opposite of a touchdown motion is the low touchdown. A low
TD motion consists of both arms extending straight down parallel
to each other.Big circles face the front, and the arms should
squeeze in together.
K
MOTION
- one arm is raised upward, while the other arm positioned
downward across to the opposite side.
CHECKMA
RK
- one arm is raised diagonally upward, then the other arm
elbow is bent and pointing downward.
OVERHEAD
CLASP
- arms are extended upward; clasp hands together.
DAGGE
R
- both arms bent; clenched fists facing each other parallel to
shoulders.
BOX
- both arms are bent; clenched fists facing each other; elbows
are on shoulder level.
PUNC
H
- raised one arm overhead with closed fist.
L
MOTION
- one is raised upward; the other arm is raised on the side in
shoulder level.
DIAGON
AL
- one arm is raised diagonally upward, while the other arm
positioned diagonally downward.
HIGH
V
- both arms are raised diagonally upward; forming "V".
LOW
V
-both arms extend down at about a 45 degree angle. Hands
should be in tight fists, wrists straight, with big circles facing the
front. The motion should be slightly in front of the body.
ESSENTIALS OF CHEER
DANCING LEG/FEET
POSITION
• BEGINNING
STANCE
• CHEER STANCE
• SIDE LUNGE
• SQUAT
• KNEEL
BEGINNING
STANCE
- stand straight with both feet close together.
CHEER
STANCE
- stand straight with feet apart.
SIDE
LUNGE
- one leg is bent, while the other leg is extended.
SQUA
T
- both knees are slightly bent facing outward.
KNEE
L
- body in supported by the knees.