Dancing is important in distinguishing a cheerleading squad from a kickline team. Kickline is a dance team that is more ballet, jazz, and modern based. Cheer dancing, on the other hand, is more sharp motions, ripples and level changes. Motions and timing are just as important here as they are in actual cheering. Although it might come easier with a beat to keep to, a dance can become disastrous if one or more individuals are off from that beat.

A part of cheerleading that separates it from any other sport is the stunting aspect of it. Stunting probably takes up the most time during practice, requiring and unbelievable amount of strength and communication. If asked which was more important in stunting, strength or communication, most spectators would likely reply strength. But a

One of the biggest problems that a squad can have is singing. Cheering and singing are very different. Singing is more pretty and flowy, whereas cheering is more like yelling than anything else. A cheerleader’s voice must be pushed from the diaphragm instead of the voice box in the throat. Yelling gets the crowds attention and the energy level up. I have yet to see a crowd respond to a squad that sings.

If there is not as sufficient level of communication and trust a group will not work well together. All member of a group must work on the same wavelength. It is important for the baes to maintain eye contact throughout the entire stunt. This will help the stunt ‘hit’ smoothly. If one base is weaker and another, than the other base must compensate for that weakness. By keeping eye contact, the bases bodies move synchronized to one another. They will now work together, as one person, instead of individuals.

Cheering is not as easy as it looks. To become an exceptional cheerleader, coordination and sharp motions are a must. There is also a great deal of sense of timing that comes into play. If an entire squad hits a the same motion and the same second, but one person hits it a split second later, the cheer will look an act as one person. Of course, everyone makes a mistake every once in a while; but if everyone makes one mistake every once in a while, the

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Misunderstood Cheerleading, sharp motions, motions timing, front crowd, motions hit, entire stunt, makes mistake, squad successful, strength communication, eye contact, cheerleading squad,