Don’t look at the unfortunate skill cheerleading

Skill cheerleading is a type of competitive cheerleading. It is a team competition event with basic contents such as somersaults, lifts, throws and catches, pyramid combination dance movements, transitional connections and slogans. Let’s take a look at the video of acrobatic cheerleading below!

Common moves in acrobatic cheerleading

Setting up a racket

Building a trap is a common move among acrobatic cheerleading teams. action. It is divided into base, back point, and tip. If necessary, front point can be added. Of course, there is only one base and one apex for single-person lifting. If you encounter a powerful base, you can also lift 2 to 3 apexes. That is already the peak of the base!!

A set of shelves usually consists of two bases, one at the back and one at the top. The base is responsible for lifting the ace, and the back point is responsible for the stability of the ace and protecting the safety of the ace when it falls. The top is the entire set of racks, as well as the highlight of the entire lifting and pyramid parts, responsible for completing various difficult movements.

Dance

Dance (Dance)

Dance cheerleaders and skill cheerleaders all incorporate dance elements. Skills cheerleading focuses on skills, but dance also plays a part in the competition. With the rapid development of cheerleading, simple dance movements can no longer meet the needs of most people, so now they are gradually changing from simple dance to adding elements of other dances such as street dance.

Lifts

Partner Stunts (dance partner stunts refer to difficult lifts)

Lifts include: medium lifts, high lifts, etc. In detail, it can be divided into difficult movements such as double mid lift, double high lift, double single leg lift, double single leg high lift, single mid lift, single high lift, etc.

The lowering methods include: direct reduction, throwing down, and turning down. The turning down can also be divided into: 360 degree turning down, 540 degree turning down, and 720 degree turning down. It is also divided into forward rotation and reverse rotation.

Basket Toss

Basket Toss (Sedan Toss) is also commonly known as throwing and catching. As you can tell from the name, the action is divided into throwing and catching. The base is responsible for throwing the tip, and the tip is responsible for performing various difficult movements after throwing it up. After falling, the base and the rear point are responsible for catching it.

The tip is the highlight of the entire throwing and catching action.

Difficulty:

Empty throw: It is a throw and catch without any movement, usually used for warm-up and practice.

Double Flying Swallow: On the basis of air tossing, plus the action of double flying. It is also a relatively common type of throwing and catching.

Lift

Lift

High kick: Based on the air throw, a high kick is added. Mostly for practicing kicking and turning movements.

Kick rotation: It is divided into kick rotation 360 degrees, 540 degrees, 720 degrees and 1080 degrees. In international competitions, the most common thing is to turn the kick 720 degrees. A powerful person can turn it 1080 degrees. It is the dream of every top player!

In addition to the above-mentioned common throwing and catching, near Several novel throwing and catching methods have also appeared in recent years. I won’t introduce much here

Stacked Arhat

Pyramid (Stacked Arhat)

Also known as the pyramid. Composed of multiple sets of shelves.

The pyramid also includes movements such as turning and lifting. In recent years, the styles of pyramids have become more and more abundant.

The so-called pyramid means that each top player must have physical contact and complete a series of difficult movements. Every team member must participate.

In international competitions, the pyramid is From the last to the penultimate section, every team member must participate.

Jumping/tumbling

Jump (jump)

In the skill cheerleading team, it is not allowed The missing part.

Jumping difficulties include double fly, high kick, front body, and C-shaped jump. The first three jumping methods are common among them. With the development, after jumping, somersaults were added, such as back flips, forward flips, etc. Do you still remember that Russian player Isinbayeva did a forward flip after breaking the record at the Beijing Olympics? That is a forward flip.

Somersaulting is a technical action added to gymnastics, including shuttlecock flip, back flip, body flip, back straight, etc. It is also a new highlight of the skill cheerleading team in recent years! ;