Republic of the Philippines

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Region I Schools Division Office I Pangasinan
Pangasinan National High School
Lingayen, Pangasinan

HOPE -3
GRADE 12
CHEERDANCE
Quarter 2
Module 5 & 6

Most Essential Learning Competencies:

1. Explains how to optimize the energy systems for safe
and improved performance
2. Explains the role of physical activity in managing one’s
stress
3. Sets FITT goals based on training principles to achieve
and/or maintain HRF.
4. Self-Assesses Health-Related Fitness (HRF) status,
barriers to physical activity assessment participation and
one’s diet.
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LESSON 5: CHEERDANCE
EXPECTATIONS
This module will help you to:
• Know the meaning of cheerdance
• Identify the different elements of cheerdance such as jumps, tumblings, pyramid,
and arm movements
• Discuss the background and context of cheerdance
• Perform a cheerdance routine

LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON

Folk Dance Title: Lapay Bantigue
Meaning: Seagulls of Bantigue Island, Masbate
Dance Culture: Coastal Christians
Place of Origin: Bantigue Island, Masbate
Ethnolinguistic Group: Masbateno
Classification: Comic, Mimetic (fowl)
Background / Context:
Like many small islands, Bantigue of Masbate rely on the sea to supply fish to
great parts of the Bicol region.
Each dawn, Bantigue village awaits the arrival of boats with their catch. Gathered on
the beach with the people are thousands of lapay or seagulls, flying overhead or
moving around the sand and seashore. To while away their time, people turn their
attention to the lapay, shooing them or imitating their flight, swoops, dives and
glides. This playful frolicking started the first steps of an unrehearsed dance. Music
was brought in later to lend order and form. It did not take long before couples
competed in show-offs lapay antics, the very core of what lapay is today.
5: CHEERDANCE EXPECTATIONS
This module will help you to:
• Know the meaning of cheerdance
• Identify the different elements of cheerdance such as jumps, tumblings, pyramid,
and arm movements
• Discuss the background and context of cheerdance
• Perform a cheerdance routine
LOOKING BACK TO YOUR LESSON
Folk Dance Title: Lapay Bantigue
Meaning: Seagulls of Bantigue Island, Masbate
Dance Culture: Coastal Christians
Place of Origin: Bantigue Island, Masbate
Ethnolinguistic Group: Masbateno
Classification: Comic, Mimetic (fowl)
Background / Context:
Like many small islands, Bantigue of Masbate rely on the sea to supply fish to
great parts of the Bicol region.
Each dawn, Bantigue village awaits the arrival of boats with their catch. Gathered on
the beach with the people are thousands of lapay or seagulls, flying overhead or
moving around the sand and seashore. To while away their time, people turn their
attention to the lapay, shooing them or imitating their flight, swoops, dives and
glides. This playful frolicking started the first steps of an unrehearsed dance. Music
was brought in later to lend order and form. It did not take long before couples
competed in show-offs lapay antics, the very core of what lapay is today.

CHEERDANCE

ESSENTIAL OF CHEERDANCE

DEFINITION HISTORY

Cheerdance Basic (Dance Side) Cheerdance Basic (Gymnastic Side)

Elements of Dance
Jumps

Genre, and Basic Steps

Tumblings

Arms/Hands Movements Leg/Feet movement

What is Cheerdance? Cheerdance is coined from the words: “cheer”, and “dance.”
To cheer is to shout out words or phrases that may help motivate and boost the
morale of a playing team and perform better during a game. While, to Dance is a
physical activity where one expresses emotions or gestures while performing
bodily movements usually in time and
rhythm. On the other hand, Cheerleading is
the performance of a routine, usually dominated
by a gymnastic skill such as jumps, tumbling
skills, lifts and tosses combined with shouting of
cheers and yells to lead the crowd to cheer for a
certain team during a game or sport. Therefore,
Cheerdancing, is rooted from cheerleading.
Fig.1.1 Definition of Cheerdance
How did Cheerdancing start?
Cheerleading history is linked closely to the
United States’s history of sports, its sporting
venues, as well as the historical development of
overall crowd participation at many Athletic
events (history of cheerleading, 2015). However,
its origin can be traced as far back as the late
19th century where in 1860’s students from Great
Britain began to cheer and chant in unison for
their favorite athletes at sporting events. This
event eventually reached and influenced America
(timeline of cheerleading, 2012).
In the late 1880’s the first organized recorded yell done in
locomotive style was performed in an American campus and was first seen and heard during a college
football game. However, organized all-male cheerleading only transpired when Thomas Peebles, one of
the graduates of Princeton University, brought the yell and the football sports to the University of
Minnesota in 1884.
1883- Students begin cheering for their favorite athletes at sporting events in Great Britain.

1870- Princeton University established the first pep club.

1880- Princeton University organized the first yell group.

1889- Johnny Campbell at the University of Minnesota was the first cheerleader. He used a megaphone at
the last game of the season and the Ariel Newspaper reported him as the first “Yell Leader at the University
of Minnesota”

1890- University of Minnesota organized a cheerleading group.

1900's
1903- The first cheerleading fraternity was organized, Gamma Sigma.

1910- University of Illinois put on the first homecoming.

1923- Women started to become involved in cheerleading. The University of Minnesota cheerleaders started
to put tumbling/gymnastics into their cheers.

1925- Lindley Bothwell at Oregon State makes the first flash cards to force the crowd to become involved.

1930- Many high schools and universities started to perform pom-pom routines which were paper at the
time.

1948- Lawrence R. Herkimer formed the first cheerleading company. He created the organization NCA
(National Cheerleaders Association) as a way to host cheerleading clinics. In 1949 there were a total of fifty-
two girls attending the clinic. By the following year, the number had rose to 350.

1950- Many college cheerleaders started doing cheerleading workshops to teach younger girls cheerleading
skills.

1960- Cheerleading was a well-known American high school and collegiate sport.

1960- Fred Gastoff invented the vinyl pom-pom.

1960's- National Football Teams began to organize cheerleading teams. The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders
were the first team recognized.

1967- The first ranking of the “Top Ten College Cheer Squads” was announced by the International
Cheerleading Foundation.

1970- The Collegiate Cheerleading Championships were broadcasted on CBS-TV in 1978. The program was
sponsored by the International Cheerleading Foundation.

1978- The first Collegiate Cheerleading Championships were broadcasted on televison by CBS.
1980's- Gymnastics was becoming a big part of the sport and cheerleading organizations began to add safety
rules and guidelines.

1984- The organization Cheer Ltd. held the first meeting for coaches to lean about hands-on work and
cheerleading techniques.

1987- AACCA was recognized as a National Certified Organization that conducted safety courses.

1990- All- Star Competitive Cheerleading was developed.

2000's
2002- William Paterson University placed first at the College National Championships- Small Coed Division.

2002- Palomar College placed first at the College National Championships- Coed Junior College Division.

2002- Fairmont State College won first at the College National Championships- All Girl Division II.

2004- It is estimated to believe that there are about 4 million participants in cheerleading within the nation.

2004- At the USASF World Cheerleading Championships, Cheer Athletics from Dallas, TX won the Senior All
Girl Division and Miami Elite won the Senior Coed.

2005- A fourteen year old girl lost her life while performing an elite stunt at practice.

2006- NCAA established a policy that all cheerleading coaches must be safety certified by AACCA.

2006- At the USASF World Cheerleading Championships, in the International All-Girl division team Georgia
took the gold, GuangXi from GuangXi, China took the silver and Jaguars All-Stars from Bogota, Columbia won
bronze.

2006- Cheer Athletics set a world record in winning a total of six medals. They currently have four gold, and
two silver World Titles.

BUCKET CAND BLADE

CANDLESTICK
arms are JAZZ -arms are
LESCK
straight with HANDS straight in
arms are sideways, open
fists facing open palm, straight with
down, as if fingers are palm and fist
fists facing facing down
holding the spread each other as
out. and fingers
handle of a if they were must stick
bucket in each holding a lit together
hand candle in each
hand
CLAP TOUCHDOWN K MOTION
Strike Arms are One arm is CLASP
palms stretch out in raised upward, clasp hands
together upward while the other together in front
in front of position; arm positioned
of the chest
the chest closed fist downward
facing in across to the
opposite side.

CHECKMARK
T MOTION HALF T VERHEAD
one arm is raised
Both arms are Both arms are CLASP
diagonally
extended parallel to the arms are
upward, then the
sideways parallel ground and the extended
other arm elbow
to the ground. both elbows are upward; clasp
is bent and
bent. hands together
pointing
downward.

DIAGONAL
DAGGER One arm is raised
PUNCH BOX
Both arms are diagonally
Raised one arm Both arms are bent;
bent; clenched upward, while
overhead with clenched fists facing
fists facing each the other arm
closed fist. each other; Elbows
other parallel to positioned
diagonally are on shoulder level.
shoulders
downward.
 L MOTION
One is raised HIGH V
upward; the Both arms are
other arm is raised diagonally
raised on the upward; forming
side in “V”.
shoulder level.

Essentials of Cheer dancing

Leg/ Feet Position

BEGINNING
CHEEER SIDE LUNGE
STANCE KNEEL
STANCE One leg is bent,
Stand Straight with body is supported
Stand straight with
both feet close while the other by the knees.
feet apart.
together. leg is extended.

SQUAT
Both
knees are
slightly
bent
facing
outward.
ESSENTIAL OF CHEERDANCING – JUMPS

FRONT
HURDLER
SPREAD
TUCK JUMP Bring straight leg
EAGLE DOUBLE HOOK
-As you jump, bring up to chest and
-As you jump, arms As you jump, both
knees closer to between the
and legs are knees are bent
chest, keep knees arms; back knee
extended open sideways.
together. points towards
wide.
the ground; land
with feet together
at the same time.

SIDE HURDLER
PIKE JUMP
As you jump, one TOE TOUCH
keep head up; bring
leg is bent; knee is Also known as straddle jump.
legs to arms; arms
facing forward, As you jump, legs are open and
parallel to the
while the other leg parallel to the ground.
ground.
goes straight up.

TUMBLINGS

FORWARD ROLL
(a) squat down with hands on the ground then (b) tuck
head in with chin down. (c) roll unto upper back and
(d) rotate onto feet continuing to a standing position.
 BACKWARD ROLL
(a) From a standing position, squat down continuing to a (b)
sitting position with hands place close to ears and palms
facing up. (c) roll backward while placing the weight of the
body on both feet, (d) continue through a squat position.

CARTWHEEL
(a) With one foot in front, (b) stand on one foot and lean
down until both hands are on the ground, (c) transfer weight
from one hand to the other while driving legs above and over
the body. (d) place one leg on the ground and continue
through a standing position.

ROUND-OFF
(a) From a standing position with one foot in front, (b)
transfer weight to hands while driving legs above
over body. (c) bring the legs together in a
handstand position. (d) follow by snapping down
the legs and finishing with a quarter turn
ending up facing the opposite direction and
continue through a standing position.

Elements of Dance

Dance is a way of knowing and communicating

according to Randell McGee, Dance is a way of knowing and communicating. All societies use
dance to communicate on both personal and cultural levels and to meet physical and spiritual
needs. Dance, as with all the arts, has its own language. We need to learn this language in order
to fully understand and appreciate the world of dance.

space

energy
action

Elements of
a Dance

body
time

Elements: Remember: BASTE Body, Action, Space, Time, Energy

Body:

The body is the instrument of dance. Just as a painter paints with a brush, in dance it is through
the body that movements appear. You can use: the whole body, body parts, body zones (front,
back, left side, right side, top half, etc.), and body bases (what supports the body ex: feet, hands,
head ). Initiation: Dance movements are initiated, or originated by the body.

BODILY SHAPES

A. symmetrical – balanced shape movements are

practically identically or similar on both sides.

B. Asymmetrical – unbalance shape; movements of two

sides of the body do not match or completely different
from each other.

ACTION:

Action is any human movement included in the act of dancing.

Action can include dance steps, facial movements, lifts, carries, and catches, and even everyday
movements such as walking. Actions can travel (locomotor) or move on the spot (non-
locomotor).

All dance movements can be labeled as locomotor or nonlocomotor.

Locomotor Movements

Dancers using locomotor movements may walk, run, skip, hop, jump, slide, leap, or gallop..
These movements may be high (possibly indicating joy), medium, or low (possibly indicating
sadness.)

Non-locomotor Movements
Dancers are using non-locomotor movements when they stay in one place but bend, stretch,
twist, or swing their body.

SPACE:

Space is where the body moves. It is the area occupied by the dancer’s body; includes direction,
size, pathways, levels and shapes.

Direction: which way a dancer faces or moves; e.g., forward, backward, sideways, up and down.

Size: magnitude of a body shape or movement; from small to large movements

Pathways: patterns made as a dancer moves through the air or on the floor (straight, vertical,
horizontal, zig-zag); can be made with locomotor or non-locomotor movements, separately or in
combination.

Levels: the vertical distance from the floor. Movements take place on three levels: high, middle
or low and deep.

Focus: performers may change their focus by looking at different direction

TIME:
The relationship of one movement or part of a movement to another. How fast or slow (tempo) a
dance movement is How even or uneven (beat) a dance movement is How long or short
(duration) a dance movement is Varying the speed of movements provides variety.

Energy:

Degree of muscular tension and use of energy while moving. It refers to the force of an action.
There are six qualities of dance energies presented below.

A. Sustained – movements are done smoothly, continuously, and with flow and control it
does not have a clear beginning and ending.

B. Percussive – movements are explosive or sharp in contrast with sustained movements.

They are accented with of energy. They have a clear beginning and ending.

C. Vibratory – movements consist of trembling or shaking. A faster version of percussive

movements that produces a jittery effect (Minton, 2007).

D. Swinging – movements trace a curved line or an arc in space. The movements are relaxed
and giving in to gravity on the downward part of the motion, followed by an upward
application of energy.

E. Suspended – movement are released in tension in space or hanging on air. Holdinga

raised leg in nay direction is an example of a suspended movement.

F. Collapsing – movement are released in tension and gradually or abruptly giving in to

gravity, letting the body descend to the floor. A slow collapse can be described as a
melting or oozing action in a downward direction (Milton, 2007).