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Cheerleading Shoes Glossary1. Arch - A position in which the back is curved.2. Calisthenics - A series of exercises used to develop strength, power and balance. 3. Chant - A short repetitive yell performed continually throughout a game. Short routines with words sometimes involving crowd. 4. Cheer - A longer spirited yell performed only during official breaks of a game. Sometimes using motions and stunts. 5. Dismount - A method used to return to a floor position following a stunt. 6. Clasp - (also called a "clap") The four fingers of each hand are held tightly together and the hands are cupped to fit around each other, separating only between the thumb and pointer finger. The "Clasp" should be held in close to the body (about 6 inches away) and below the chin with arms in table tops. 7. Stunt - In cheerleading, a trick involving one person (flyer) being supported by one or more people (bases) at least one-half body length above the ground. 8. All-star team - A cheer squad that is not affiliated with a school or team, but is independently run and most often affiliated with a cheer gym. All-star teams exist for a wide-range of age groups, compete in a separate division and are often looked at as having more elite-level cheerleading. 9. Cheer - Cheers are usually much longer than chants and contain a group of words or phrases that generate excitement and attention. Cheers are often choreographed with motions, jumping, stunting and tumbling and are used more for performance than crowd response. 10. Instructor - An individual employed to teach summer cheer camps who is responsible for introducing, demonstrating and teaching material to "campers" in the areas of cheers, chants, jumps, tumbling and stunting (and other various topics). 11. Megaphone - The cone shaped device used by cheerleaders to project and intensify the sound of one's voice. Megaphones are usually decorated with school colors or the school emblem and, on coed squads, they are most often used by the male cheerleaders. 12. Pom Pom - A handheld, usually brightly colored ball of connected plastic strips used by cheerleaders to emphasize and highlight sharp motions and grab the crowd's attention. "Poms" as they are commonly called, come in various sizes and as a pair. 13. Sponsor - A patron of an organization who shows allegiance to a squad through financial endowment and regular support. 14. Dead man lift - A stunt in which the top person is in a layout position, supported away from the performing surface by one or more bases. 15. Block - The term "block" in gymnastics and cheerleading is typically used to describe a rapid rebounding off of the floor with the arms. The block comes from the shoulders exploding towards extension. 16. Flexibility - The ability to move a body joint through its full range of motion, the range of motion through which a joint can move without feeling pain. To have a wide range of motion in a joint. An example of the types of flexibility required of athletes is to be able to do all three splits. 17. Hollow - A term referring to a athlete’s body position, where hips are turned under, the butt is tucked in and the chest is rounded forward. This is a very important body position in the sport of gymnastics/cheerleading and must be memorized and strengthened. It is often subtly used in connection with a slight arch position to initiate or control an athlete's movements. 18. Pike - A position in which the body is bent at the hips and legs are straight out in ninety degree angle. 19. Pom Pom Routine - A dance routine performed with pom poms. 20. Gymnastics Cheer - A cheer involving any use of gymnastics. |
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