Basketball Floor Cheers with Moves

Basketball season is starting up, and that means it's time for basketball floor cheers with moves! Sometimes coming up with words is the easy part, and the hard part is matching the choreography. Floor cheers are sometimes done on the sidelines and sometimes in the half court. Put them together with the right moves, and the crowd will yell!

As a basketball cheerleader, you are limited as to what you can do. With increasing safety regulations, most basketball cheerleaders are not allowed to perform stunts without mats. This means that you cannot do high stunts in your routines on the sidelines and you'd have to drag mats out onto the court and off the court before and after your routine; this is a pain not to mention time consuming. However, with a little creativity, there are a few things you can try:

• Tumbling: One tumbler can tumble in front of the squad. It is best to do any tumbling that you're going to do when the game is not in action.
• Splits: Splits are always impressive, and ending your cheer with a few cheerleaders in the splits will yield results.
• Half-high pyramids: These have only one level of bases on their knees and then a "flyer" on top. This is a great way to enhance pre-game chants.
• Layering: To make your arm motions more visually appealing, you can also try a technique known as "layering" where some of the cheerleaders perform on their knees in the front. Having the motions at different heights makes them "pop".

Remember that whatever you do, your moves have to be close. You don't generally have a lot of room to work with in a basketball game.

The cheer is in bold with the associated move in italics. The cheer should start out in a long line along the sideline of the court.

We (high v) are the (low v) Panthers (folded hand clap)
We (broken t) want (t) vic- (clap high on left side) tor- (diagonal) y (clap low on right side)
We come Use the blade clap to clap sixteen times rapidly. This gives the squad two eight counts in which to move closer together in two lines facing the crowd. The back row needs to have an odd number of people.
We (whole squad puts hands on hips) see (Back row gets into position to do an assisted standing back tuck with middle cheerleaders. Front row drops to knees.)
And we scooooooooooooore. (On score, the middle cheerleaders of the back row do their assisted standing tuck.)

Another way to effectively use the space is to perform cheers that require a lot of rhythm. The best rhythm cheers are ones in which the cheerleaders slap different parts of their bodies like the sides of their feet, their thighs, their hips and even their neighbor's hands.

Let's get a little rowdy
Start by slowly stomping twice, clapping your hands twice, slapping your lap twice and clapping the hands of your neighbors.
Let's get MORE rowdy
Going a little faster, stomp your feet twice, clap your hands twice, slap your lap twice, clap your neighbors hands twice. Next, add two beats by slapping your right foot, and then stomping it down.
C'mon now a little more rowdy
Faster still, stomp twice, slap your lap twice, clap your hands twice, clap with your neighbor's hands twice, and then slap the side of your right foot, stomp it down, slap it from behind you and stomp it down again. End with two claps.
I can't hear you! LET'S GET ROWDY!
In rapid succession but with a firm rhythm, perform the following sequence:

• Stomp twice
• Slap your lap twice
• Clap twice
• Clap your neighbor's hands twice
• Slap your right foot in front, and bring it down on count two
• Slap your right foot behind you, and bring it down on count two
• Clap two times
• Stomp with your left foot twice and your right foot once

You could continue composing parts and mixing up rhythms to keep your audience entertained!

Remember, the most important aspect of performing floor cheers is keeping in mind the space that you have to move. Do the most impressive cheer you can with the space that you have.

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