cheerleading
Sign in to saveCheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to entertain the audience, or for competition. Cheerleading routines typically range anywhere from one to three minutes, and contain components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting. Cheerleading originated in the United States, where it has become a tradition. It is less prevalent in the rest of the world, except via its association with American spor
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Cheerleading is an activity where participants cheer for a team to encourage them, ranging from simple chanting to intense physical performances that include tumbling, dance, jumps, and stunts, typically lasting one to three minutes. It serves to motivate sports teams, entertain audiences, or compete, and originated as a tradition in the United States where it remains most prevalent.
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- History
- Before organized cheerleading
- Beginning of organized cheerleading
- Early 20th century cheerleading and female participation
- Growth in popularity (1950–1979)
- 1980s to present
- Safety regulation changes
- Types of teams in the United States today
- School-sponsored
- Middle school
- High school
- College
- Youth leagues and athletic associations
- All-star or club cheerleading
- Professional
- Injuries and accidents
- Associations, federations, and organizations
- Competitions and companies
- Title IX sports status
- Title IX Guidelines for Sports ports
- Cheerleading in Canada
- Competition and governance in Canada
- Canadian cheer on the global stage
- Cheerleading in Mexico
- Competition in Mexico
- Mexican Cheer of the Global stage
- Cheerleading in the United Kingdom
- Cheerleading in Australia
- Notable former cheerleaders
- See also
- References
- External links
Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity. It can be performed to motivate sports teams, to entertain the audience, or for competition. Cheerleading routines typically range anywhere from one to three minutes, and contain components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting. Cheerleading originated in the United States, where it has become a tradition. It is less prevalent in the rest of the world, except via its association with American sports or organized cheerleading contests.
Modern cheerleading is very closely associated with American football and basketball. Sports such as association football (soccer), ice hockey, volleyball, baseball, and wrestling will sometimes sponsor cheerleading squads. The ICC Twenty20 Cricket World Cup in South Africa in 2007 was the first international cricket event to have cheerleaders. Some Brazilian association football (soccer) teams that play in the Brazilian Serie A have cheerleading squads, such as Bahia, Fortaleza and Botafogo. In baseball, the Florida Marlins were the first Major League Baseball team to have a cheerleading team.