Stunts and Cheers


Cheers are very essential to being a cheerleader. Cheers are what we do to get the crowd excited and more interested. There is a difference between the cheer Rock The Stands and the chant Let’s Get Fired Up! One is a cheer and the other is a chant. A cheer is only done once and the chant is done three to four times.


STUNTS

Stunts, to a lot of people are their most favorite part of a routine. Without stunts cheerleading would be plain and boring to most of our fans! There are a lot of different ways to perform a stunt and different jobs are needed. There’s always a base or two. There’s always a back spot and, and if needed a front-spot. Some of the stunts that cheerleaders do are called:

1.Halfs-when the bases bring the flyer up to their shoulder height or when the bases arms are bent at elbows.

 

2.Fulls- when the bases lift the flyer up so their arms are fully extended.

 

3.Pyrimids- when the team starts at the bottom with the bases on their hands and knees as the next row of girls get on the stunt starts to look like a pyramid figure.

 

4.Basket tosses- these are when the two bases lock their hands on each other’s and bend at wrist. When the flyer jumps in and gets settled really quick the bases sponge down and throw the flyer until their arms are fully extended!

The flyer can do different posses while in the air as well. She can either hit a motion or do something interesting like a liberty, scorpion, heel stretch, or something that involves standing on one leg while in the air! For some reason the crowd loves it!

Some chants we do are:

 

1.Are you ready for?

Are you ready for?

Are you ready for the Cherry Hill cougars because we are ready for you!!!

(Repeat 3 times)

 

2.     Let’s Go!

  Let’s go!

  Let’s go!

  L-E-T-S!! G-O!!

(Repeat 3 times)

 

3.Action

 Action! Action! We want some action!

A-c-t! I-o-n!

(Repeat 3 times)


Some chants we do are:

 

1.Are you ready for?

 

Are you ready for?

Are you ready for the Cherry Hill cougars because we are ready for you!!!

(Repeat 3 times)

 

2.     Let’s Go!

  Let’s go!

  Let’s go!

  L-E-T-S!! G-O!!

(Repeat 3 times)

 

3.Action

 Action! Action! We want some action!

A-c-t! I-o-n!

(Repeat 3 times)

One of the most commonly used cheer in the U.S is GO FIGHT WIN!
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