Cheerleading is a popular and popular sport, which integrates group gymnastics, dance, music, fitness and entertainment. In a multi-person collective project
The World Cheerleading Championship is an important event in the world cheerleading field. From April 2/KLOC-0 to April 26 this year, Orlando Disneyland will welcome tens of thousands of top players from more than 60 organizations and more than 20 countries, including 8 teams representing China for the first time.
Cheerleading is also a kind of aerobics, but it is relatively easy compared with aerobics. It has always been a cheerleading performance during the intermission of ball games or other competitions ~ later, it began to form a project to compete ~ domestic cheerleading is famous in Guangdong and Guangxi ~ Shandong is represented by Shandong Normal University.
With the continuous improvement of people's living standards, more and more people pay attention to the unique practical value of cheerleading in health care, medical care, fitness, bodybuilding and entertainment. Attracted fans of different ages to participate, forming a certain scale of consumer groups. Television stations at all levels have produced special programs with competitions and popularization as their content, and the viewing frequency far exceeds other programs.
Because cheerleading competitions can be held in gymnasiums and on the stage, and the venues are used intensively during cheerleading competitions, it creates opportunities for enterprises to advertise in combination with competitions. Cheerleading projects are favored by more and more enterprises.
Modern cheerleading is a team form, which combines dance (dance), cheering (slogan), partner stunt (partner stunt, which refers to the difficult action of lifting), tumbling (skill), basket throwing (sedan chair throwing), pyramid (pyramid), jumping (jumping) and other action techniques. A sport with music, clothing, formation changes and marked items (such as colored balls, placards, horns and flags) and observing the rules of gender, number of people, time limit and safety in the competition rules is called competitive cheerleading, which can also be called cheerleading. Competitive cheerleading is divided into skill cheerleading and dance cheerleading. Among them, skill cheerleading includes mixed (mixed group), all-female (all-female group) and partner stunts; Dance cheerleading includes Pom (flower ball), High kick (high kick), Jazz (jazz) and Prop (props). The entry standard of the national cheerleading team championship, which represents the highest level of cheerleading in the world, is that the number of participating teams is between 6 and 32, and they are divided into four groups: amateur group, middle school group, university group and all-star group.
Several hand types commonly used in cheerleading
There are many hand types in cheerleading, which are absorbed and developed from ballet, modern dance, disco and martial arts. Hand shape is the extension and expression of arm movements. If used well, cheerleading movements will be more colorful, lively and infectious.
(1) convergence type: the five fingers are straight and close. The thumb is slightly bent and the knuckles are attached to the index finger.
(2) Separate type: the five fingers are forcibly straightened and fully opened.
(3) Ballet hand type: the five fingers are slightly flexed, the last three fingers are close together, slightly adducted, and the thumb is buckled.
(4) Boxing style: clench fist, thumb outward, knuckles bent, close to index finger and middle finger.
(5) Upright palm type: the five fingers are straight and the palms are forced upward.
(6) Spanish dancer's hand type: five fingers exert force, the little finger, ring finger and middle finger bend from the metacarpophalangeal joint in turn, and the thumb is slightly buckled.
Celebrity participation
Cheerleading is loved by students from presidents and prime ministers to white-collar workers in companies. Many presidents, prime ministers and other senior officials in the United States and Japan are also initiators and promoters of cheerleading promotion alliance.
Many people regard it as an honor to join cheerleading while studying, including former American presidents Eisenhower and Ronald? 6? 1 Reagan, current president George W. Bush, movie star Kirk? 6? 1 Douglas and Cameron? 6? 1 Diaz and Sandra? 6? 1 Brooke, etc.
spirit of the times
Cheerleading is the most dazzling fashion sport in the United States, with lifts, people's towers, somersaults and throws … colorful, sparkling and full of youth.
Not only is the variety of performances dazzling, but cheerleading is more cooperative, enterprising, confident and enthusiastic, representing the spirit of publicity and vitality. Therefore, many Fortune 500 companies also encourage and organize employees to participate in this activity.
China: It's already started.
After the centenary of American cheerleading, special cheerleading competitions in China are quietly emerging.
Taking the 2008 Olympic Games as an opportunity, the Cultural Activities Department of the Organizing Committee of the 29th Olympic Games and the Gymnastics Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport jointly hosted the "Cheerleading Trial for Sports Programs of Beijing Olympic Games".