Cheers, Chants and Hints from Cheerleading Archive - Cheerleading Article Summaries

NOT SO TALENTED. - KIM (length=819)
Help!! I am on the J.V squad at a small high school. At tryout, there was an incoming freshman who particularly stood out from the rest of her class. She made the j.v squad as a freshman, which is con ...

A few question ons cheerleading... - Sherry (length=881)
Christy: I'm sure your gymnastics experience will help you in making the squad. This has taught you to have control of your body and how to stay tight. Some squads require splits and back handsprin ...

Should I try-out? - Sherry (length=1167)
Yes! Although you did not include any specific problems in your request, as a cheerleading coach I am fully aware of how negativity can affect a squad. What we have to remember though, is that we ma ...

Help!onBeingOutsideCoachforHighSchool - Kathy Johnson (length=2268)
A friend and I are having a hard time convincing the local High School to let us coach JV & Varsity squads. I was a cheerleader in this same High School and so was she. I have coach community for th ...

Guys - Renee (length=226)
my squad is triyng to recrute guts, but it dosent seem to be working very well. this year we competed with 3 guys, but we'd really like to have more. if anyone has any tips we'd really apriceate it t ...

Re:all this talk about cheerleading being a joke - Lynn (length=1050)
I'm also a cheerleader and I've been cheering since I was in 7th grade. People in my school think that all cheerleaders are sluts or that they have no intelegance and are a bunch of dumb blonds. They ...

What is cheerleading all about? - Brian Conway (length=784)
My daughter, who is almost 12, is in the process of joining a local cheerleading club that will apparently cheer for a local J2 football team. My first reaction was somewhat negative as I was not comf ...

What is cheerleading all about? - Lynn (length=897)
Brian: My daughter has just turned 10 and has been a cheerleader for 3 years. She started cheering for my husbands football team and has moved into the competitive arena. The quality of your experie ...

cheerleading takes athletic ability - Sarah (length=175)
I've cheered for 4 years, and I know what it's all about. It's about practice, dedication, and patience. I'm blond and I love cheerleading. It's a big part of my life. ...

Battling with parents - Coach Jenn (length=511)
I am a cheerleading coach of 9-10 year old girls. There are 35 girls on my squad. I have recently had complaints from the parents that I'm working the girls to hard. The parents are arguing that 25 ...

cheers and chants - Jennifer (length=885)
HI :) I have been coaching cheerleading for 7 years now, and I can tell you my biggest pet peeve! Coaches that to not train the younger cheerleaders with the basics! What I mean by this is correct way ...

Re: Our coach quit!!!!! - Suzie (length=1950)
As far as why we were having problems with our coach, was because she was asking us to do way too much. I live over here in Washington State, and here cheer isn't as invloved, not to say that it shou ...

I need some formations and stunt ideas - Melissa (length=799)
My favorite stunt that we do is the paper dolls stunt. You have four bases and 3 girls go up. The rest of the girls spot. The middle two bases set up for a thigh stand and the flyer goes up in one. Th ...

Pep Rally Ideas - Suzie (length=1193)
We have this really great game that we play once every three years. We bring out some football players, usually the captians, or the most well know sports players, and line them up. Then, a cheerlea ...

uniforms - Karen (length=251)
I looked through all the cheerleading pages. I can not rememeber which one I found but they sent me a book. In this book the uniforms we like $80.00. which is not all that bad.Found it it is called Sq ...

Pep Rally Ideas - amber (length=548)
A tradition we had at my school was "the pitchfork" our mascot was the red devil, so at the end of our pep rally the class that was the loudest and had the most spirit during the pep rallu got the pi ...

what would you do? - Sara Minks (length=259)
Check out our web site! There's some situations you can comment on, add stories, provide support! http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/CSUBcheer and http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/CSUBcheer/coach.html and htt ...

highschool tryouts,i didnt cheer 4 middle but want to 4 highschool - Sandy Flagg (length=423)
I'm in 8th grade too and I didn't try out for middle school eather, but I have been trying out for All star teams for the last four years. It takes a lot of confedence in yourself. If you go out the ...

PA State Competition - Lisa (length=459)
Maybe you can help.....I coach a Youth squad at Warrior Run. We cheer for Warrior Run Junior Football. Grades 3 & 4. We are attending a competition this week in Mifflinburg. Would like further inf ...

PLEASE SEND PEP RALLY IDEAS FAST!! - Cheerleader (length=758)
I need more pep rally ideas too but here are a we use already. One is to take about 16 or more people from each class which makes four teams, take a cold spoon and tie a string onto it and it has to ...

PLEASE HELP highschool cheerleading tryouts - kelli (length=383)
IM IN THE 8TH GRADE AND I HAVENT CHEERED ANY FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND I WANT TO TRYOUT FOR HIGH SCHOOL BUT IM SCARED THAT THAT GIRLS THAT CHEERED FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL MAKE IT AND I WONT BECAUSE I DIDNT ...

i need wrestling cheers - Llynn (length=903)
Here are some of ours: Dragons ready to roll Dragons control Switch right Out of there Dragons attack Dragons fight back R xx I xx S xx E xx Rise up and defeat Yell a little louder now We want a pin ...

Male cheerleaders just dont get enough credit!!! - Donny Mozzetti (length=461)
Well I have been cheering for a couple of years now and still to this day I get crap for being a cheerleader. Do I care... NO!!! But I dont blame people for beleiving that for one reason... American C ...

Need some new cheers!!!!! - StAcEy (length=321)
Hey, im a cheerleader, and my squad needs some new cheers too. we like to get new ones for every season. we do this by going to a summer camp. its really fun, and they make up cheers that are unique f ...

i want to tryout for high school but i didnt cheer 4 middle - Jenny (length=501)
Hi Kelli, how are you? I want you to know you can do anything you put your mind to. All you have to do is work. That is what cheerleading is all about, don't worry about experience, if you work at it ...

Are dancers important??? - Jenny (length=508)
Hey everyone, this is a great page, but this site is lacking anything about dancers!!!! We go to camp and practice really hard, my feelings were kind of hurt when I opened the athletics site and saw n ...

You want some cheers? Come and get em! - kate (length=1553)
Here are some of my favorites P.S. say the other teams name where the blank is Are the ______s good? Yeah Man Are the ______s good? Yeah Man Well if that sounds to you, like that sounds to me, Its a ...

How to be a good captain - Susan (length=470)
In order to be a good captain you must first posess leadership, responsibility, motivation, and organization. All of these are very important and if you don't have these, don't be a captain. It is a ...

Attn: MALE CHEERLEADERS - Anthony's Mom (length=327)
My son is about 4'5 and weighs about 72 lbs. He is small, but at 10 years old he is very defined. You can see the muscle definition in his back and legs. He can do push ups in a hand stand! Sooo ...

hand springs - Anthony's Mom (length=515)
I have a male cheerleader of 4 yrs. now. I've been through it all. He is an experienced "flipper" He has NEVER taken gymnastics, and we have worked on all he knows together at home. He won a back hand ...

I want to cheer (Sabrina) - Stephanie Brown (Cheer Coach) (length=539)
First, you may want to see what the requirements are to be apart of the squad. Whether they require experienced tumbling or not. Second, it might be wise to invest in joining a gym that specializes ...

cheerleading - Donny (length=393)
Well, it is really hard to explain unless you have played sports. I have played sports my whole life and cheerleading has been by far the best sport I have ever joined. Only one other sport comes clos ...

Help i NEED CHEERS - SArah (length=601)
Here are a few cheers. Floor Cheer: Hey Cougars! Are you ready for those Cats, cause we are back again! We're BCHS and we're ready for a win! Yes this is it, we will take it all! We are ready f ...

i need help - Lisa Day (length=888)
Kelli, Best advice would be to try and to give it your best. I am a cheerleading coach, I am 25 yrs. old now. When I first made the squad I was entering my freshmen year in high school. It wa ...

Cheerleading IS a Sport! - Cheerin247 (length=2142)
Why Cheerleading IS a sport. We have all heard the opinion that cheerelading is not a sport. Come to think of it, what even is the definition of a sport? The fact that we don't tackle our o ...

Here is a list of 50 basketball sideline cheers for you!! - KymberCoach (length=2403)
JAZZ SIDELINES 1) Come on crowd, Yell real loud Go Jazz Go 2) Let’s get fired up xxxxx 3) Go go go go Big Jazz Go go go go xx 4) T-A-K-E Take it Jazz, Take it 5) 2 2 2 We want 2 6) T-a-k-e Take it awa ...

How do you get in cheerleading - Laleia (length=1065)
I first just wanna wish you the best of luck in the future with your interest:) Good luck! And I have some words of advice...Check with your teachers/coaches at your school about cheerleading, and fin ...

I need some formations and stunt ideas - By Jennifer-8 (length=1767)
Ok here are a few things to try.. First off..try getting straight up fulls.. do this will lots of spotters to build confidence.. Tell your girls to suck it up..and if they get scared be scared stiff : ...

Is cheerleading a sport? Ever heard of Fitness? - Erin (length=892)
Sounds like you had a very poor cheer expirence. Or maybe you're not the cheerleader type. Some people just aren't cut out to be cheerleaders, Why? Well, there has to be a drive there, a self motivati ...

Is cheerleading a sport? - Cyndi Schiever (length=526)
I believe cheerleading is a sport and so is a dance squad. I coach cheerleading, we combine the dance with cheerleading. I would not say one was harder than the other, I would say they were about th ...

Our coach quit!!!!! - Jennifer-8 (length=1096)
You have to look at how much she was making oyu cheer.. Most cheerleading squads cheer everyday.. when I cheered in high school we cheered 6 days a week...Was your old program a lot less strict?..and ...

Our coach quit!!!!! - Suzie (length=1237)
Our two squads, JV and V were having problems with our new coach for this year because she was dictating us and making us do sooo much more work than nessisary for cheerleaders to do. It was to the p ...

The sport of Cheereleading - Erin (length=2473)
I see your points, I will not try to persued you otherwise, but I do think I could not stand myself if I did not give my opinion. To start, this is a very HOT subject. I can see by the responses to y ...

The sport of Cheerleading - Jennifer-8 (length=1320)
Cheerleading meets all the requirments that would make it a sport..as someone said if you look it up in the dictionary. Someone said something about the lengths of cheerleading, and how far we go to p ...

The sport of Cheerleading - Jessica (length=1544)
I have somewhat mixed comments about cheerleading. I think that the physical requirements we meet such as practicing for hours upon hours each day, tumbling, stunts and many other things are what make ...

The sport of Cheerleading - Suzie (length=3280)
I highly disagree with your statment Jessica. I am a cheerleader, I have never cheered just to PLEASE someone. The whole point of getting up in front of a crowd is to get the crowd to support the ot ...

The sport of Cheerleading - What makes cheerleading a sport? (length=526)
I am doing a 6 min. informative speech on Cheerleading as a sport.I would like to include some personal opinion so if you believe cheerleading is a sport, please take the time to tell some reasons why ...

Why won't they stunt with me? - Jessica M. (length=531)
Well, I would say just to ask the bases that if next time they could put you up. And, also say that you have been working on your stunting for a long time and that you think that you would be a better ...

help me! - laura (length=1014)
I'm in seventh grade and thought about trying out for cheerleading last year but i was to chicken to even try it. well now i think that im ready to go and try. but my tryouts are in a less than one m ...

i don't think i'm go enough - Veronica Sweeny (length=586)
The day I made the cheerleading squad I was so happy. But now i'm having such a hard time learning sidelines because there are so many of them, and the new coach my school has now likes dancing more t ...

tryout help - Amanda Goodwin (length=1417)
Don't be scared! When I first started Cheerleading I also was scared to tumble. I used to just sit and watch all my friends tumble while all I could do was a cartwheel(one handed and two) and a r ...