Cheer Dance
Cheer Dance
NATURE BACKGROUND
OF CHEERDANCE
CHEERDANCE
• 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.
• Dance, on the other hand, is a physical
activity where one expresses emotions or
gestures while performing bodily movements
usually in time with rhythm.
CHEERDANCE
• Cheerdancing rooted from 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 started on November 2, 1898, when
Johnny Campbell, an undergraduate of
University of Minnesota, encouraged the crowd
to chant and yell to encourage their team
• officially emerged in 1993 when the Cheerleading
Philippines Federation (CPF) was officially
founded.
• national governing body of Cheerleading and
Cheer Dance in the country.
• mandated to sponsor and sanction
cheerleading & cheer dance competitions and
a variety of national and international
cheerleading competitions
• Has three major competitions:
• University Athletic Association of the
Philippines (UAAP) Cheerdance
Competition (1994)
• National Collegiate Athletic Association
(NCAA) Cheerleading Competition (2004)
• National Cheerleading Championships
(NCC) (2008)
KEY PLAYERS
FLYER SPOTTE
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BASES/
MOUNT
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CHEERDANCE
BASICS
BASIC HAND AND
FEET MOVEMENTS
ESSENTIALS OF
CHEERDANCING
ESSENTIALS OF
CHEERDANCING
ESSENTIALS OF
CHEERDANCING
HIGH V AND LOW V
T AND BROKEN T
DAGGERS
TOUCHDOWN AND
LOW TOUCHDOWN
RIGHT PUNCH AND
LEFT PUNCH
RIGHT HIGH V AND LEFT HIGH V
CLASPING
FEET MOVEMENTS
LET’S TRY!
BASIC CHEERDANCE HAND MOVEMENTS.pptx