{"id":1236,"date":"2012-05-02T17:29:21","date_gmt":"2012-05-02T21:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2014-08-05T16:45:38","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:45:38","slug":"extracurricular-activity-cheerleading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/extracurricular-activity-cheerleading\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracurricular Activity: Cheerleading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago I told you about the extracurricular sport of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/extracurricular-activity-color-guard\/\">colorguard<\/a>. Remember, extracurricular means something that happens outside of, or is not part of, the normal school curriculum. If you are struggling with the word curriculum, it means all the subjects that are taught during a school year.<\/p>\n<p>Today I\u2019ll tell you about another extracurricular sport that is perhaps even more popular and more well-known. That sport is <strong>cheerleading<\/strong>. If you don\u2019t already know what cheerleading is, you might be able to guess just by looking at the word itself.<\/p>\n<p>Cheerleading is a <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/compound-words\/\">compound word<\/a> made up of the two words \u201ccheer\u201d and \u201cleading.\u201d It is a little confusing because cheerleading can be used as a:<\/p>\n<p><strong>verb<\/strong> &#8211;&gt; She is cheerleading.<\/p>\n<p>and as a<\/p>\n<p><strong>noun<\/strong> &#8211;&gt; She is going to cheerleading. (here they mean she is going to cheerleading practice)<\/p>\n<p>One of the meanings of \u201ccheer\u201d is to give encouragement to someone or something and \u201cleading\u201d means to go first, act as a guide or to lead by example. Therefore, cheerleading is the process of encouraging others to give encouragement to someone or something.<\/p>\n<p>This work is usually done by a <strong>cheerleader<\/strong>, another compound word made up of \u201ccheer\u201d and \u201cleader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cheerleading is usually done at sporting events, so the cheerleaders are encouraging the <strong>fans<\/strong> (people watching and supporting the game) to give their encouragement to the team they are supporting.<\/p>\n<p>Phew! That\u2019s a lot of cheering, leading and encouraging. Let\u2019s take a look at a video for an example.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Monarch JV cheer first football game 2011\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hoq5Zb7CUXw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Did you spot the cheerleading? I hope so. However, cheering is not all cheerleaders do. Take a look here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2011 Ill State Cheerleading Champs Lake Zurich\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vmmQqij5rWQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>As you probably noticed, cheerleaders also:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>tumble<\/strong> \u2013 handsprings, cartwheels, summersaults&#8230;.all of these things are tumbling or they are also sometimes called gymnastics<\/li>\n<li><strong>dance<\/strong> \u2013 well you know what dancing is<\/li>\n<li><strong>perform stunts<\/strong> \u2013 that would be all those throws up in the air<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It takes a lot of practice and training to be a cheerleader but you can have a little bit of the experience by learning this cheerleading chant:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You might be good at basketball<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You might be good at track<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>But when it comes to football<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You might as well step back<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Might as well step back<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Say what?<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You might as well step back<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Can&#8217;t hear you<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Might as well step back<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Go (team name)!<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<strong>Have you ever seen cheerleaders perform?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"224\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/05\/cheerleading-350x224.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"cheerleading\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/05\/cheerleading-350x224.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2012\/05\/cheerleading.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>A few weeks ago I told you about the extracurricular sport of colorguard. Remember, extracurricular means something that happens outside of, or is not part of, the normal school curriculum. If you are struggling with the word curriculum, it means all the subjects that are taught during a school year. 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