Cheerleading

Cheerleading is a very competitive sport. It includes hard work that takes month to endure. First you have to know the basics. To start off you have to know the motions which are the certian moves you hit when you are saying a cheer. they have to be tight and sync with the others cheerleaders or else it would look awful. second you have to knowhow to say the cheers. you have to say it loud and clear or else the crowd will never know what you are saying. they have to be short and to the point or else people will start losing interest. third thing you need to know is how to jump. their are various jumps such as a toe touch, right herkie, left herkie, double nine and pike. these jumps take months to prefect. good flexiablity is required. Your toes have to be pointed and height is important. Cheerleaders have to have powerful leg muscles to bring the height for the jumps. Flipping is also another key part. Now i know not every cheerleader knows how to flip but it bring excitement to the table when they go to compete or show off to the other teams cheerleaders. Flipping starts off with the basics such as a simple backbend to standing backhandspring and later on even standing tucks or fulls. These can take months or even years to prefect. most cheerleaders do gymnastics before they become cheerleaders so that they can already have the flipping down pat. Cheerleading is a a very time comsuming sport. you have to make sure that you know every cheer and motion. Its like you practice and practice till it is perfect. you can cheer from preschool to college levels. they even have all star teams which include sometime people who graduate from college. they do have professional cheerleaders in the nfl and the nba and also which is new baseball. these girls are trained very hard thoughout the year just to preform with some of the greatest teams in the nation. one of the very well known famous cheerleading teams are the dallas cowboy cheerleaders.