PE Cheer Dance (History and Basic Steps) Flashcards
is an organized sports activity involving short routines that combine dance,
gymnastics, and stunt elements to cheer on teams, most commonly football.
Cheerleading
Performers of these
one- to three-minute routines are called
“cheerleaders.”
originated in Britain and spread
to the United States, where it remains most common, but has also become popular in other parts of
the world, such as Europe, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and Asia.
Cheerlead
Though founded on the notion that cheering before spectators in the stands would boost
school spirit and thereby improve team performance, ____________ has become an all-star sport
of its own.
cheerleading
enter competitions every year, vying for large prizes and trophies.
Cheer teams
dates to the 1860s in Great Britain and entered the US in the 1880s.
cheerleading
can be found in middle and high schools, colleges, youth leagues, and athletic associations.
Cheer teams
In 1884, got the
idea that crowd chanting at football games would boost school spirit, so they came up with a
catchy cheer.
Princeton University,
Although women
currently dominate the field, cheerleading was begun by
men
when did
U-Minnesota student Johnny Campbell led an organized cheer at a football game between
Minnesota and Princeton University.
November 2, 1898,
A decade later, Princeton grad and pep club member _______ _______ introduced
the University of Minnesota to the idea of chanting to a crowd of spectators.
Thomas Peebles
was having a
tough season that year, and it was thought that cheering the team on might improve morale and
affect the team’s outcome.
U-Minnesota
He was the first actual “cheer leader.”
Johnny Campbell
It may not have changed their luck in any way, but it created a lasting
trend and a sport in its own right.
cheerleading
Soon after, in 1903, the University of Minnesota organized the first
cheer fraternity, called
Gamma Sigma.
They likely used a _________ to project their voices, although it wasn’t until later that it
became a popular accessory to cheerleading.
megaphone
when did women became involved in
cheerleading.
1920s
sported ankle-length skirts and varsity sweaters.
The lady yellers
continued
to lead the sport of cheer into widespread popularity.
U-continued
to lead the sport of cheer into widespread popularity.
when did women were mainly leading the cheers, and routines took on a voice of their
own.
By the 1940s,
