Cheerleading

Cheerleading

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toe-touch

Dance; Cheerleading

In this jump, the legs are straddled and straight, parallel to the ground, toes pointed, knees are back, and your hands are in fists or blades and arms in a "T" motion.

tuck

Dance; Cheerleading

A jump in which the cheerleader uses stomach muscles to pull the legs up with thighs as close to the chest as possible, knees facing upward as if in a tucked position.

The straight leg is either forward (a front hurdler) with arms in a touchdown, or out to the side (a side hurdler) with arms in a T. The bent knee faces the crowd in a side hurdler and the ground in ...

right hurdler

Dance; Cheerleading

A right hurdler is basically the same as a hurdler you're just facing the right, and the same with left side.

pike

Dance; Cheerleading

Both legs are straight out, knees locked. Arms are in a touchdown motion out in front to create a folded position in the air, this motion is also called "candlesticks". Usually performed at a ...

around the world

Dance; Cheerleading

A jump where the performer hits a pike and then whips his or her legs quickly back around into a toe touch. It is regarded as difficult to accomplish, because two positions must be reached in the ...

herkie

Dance; Cheerleading

It is a jump similar to a side-hurdler, except that instead of both arms being in a "T" motion, both arms are opposite of what the leg beneath them is doing. Named for Lawrence R. Herkimer, the ...