Cheerleading Chants

Types of Cheerleading Chants

There are as many types of cheerleading chants as there are sports and cheerleading squads.

Basketball Chants

Basketball lends itself to quick chants and sayings to encourage your team and sometimes discourage the other team. Some of the more popular basketball chants include sayings such as:

We’re the best We won’t be beat Look out (other team’s name) For your defeat!

You’ll find many other ideas for basketball chants at these websites:

• Zemmer West Basketball Cheerleading Chants] offers chants for when your team is playing offense or defense. Most of the chants on this site are for offense, but there are still many usable and short chants that you’ll enjoy.

• Cheerleading Coaches’ Corner is a detailed site about many different aspects of cheerleading. You can spend hours upon hours at this site researching different chants. Link directly to the basketball page for a full list of offense and defense chants. There are many different ones from which to choose.

• Basketball Chants features chants for every aspect of the game. You’ll find a full selection of chants, plus the movements that typically go with those chants such as claps and stomps. Spark up your squad and the fans with these chants.

Football Chants

One of best loved sports for cheerleading, there are numerous quick and simple football cheers that qualify as a chant. Football chants are also called chants and are used around the world at football and football-like sporting events. Here are just a few of the better cheerleading chants for you to try:

• Chants for Football is a site with many different cheers related to football. You’ll find a full page of chants, such as “Push ‘Em Back” and “M-O-V-E, Move That Ball!”

• Cheers, Chants and Yells offers many different categories for chants, including football. You’ll find categories such as Hurray for Hoops, Volleyball Cheers, Cheerleader’s Favorite Cheers and Football Cheers and Chants.

• Fan Chants offers the ability to listen to different football cheers and chants. No longer do you have to look at words on a page and try to figure out the rhythm for the cheer. Simply listen to the cheer a few times and you should quickly pick it up and be able to share the new chant with others.

Softball and Baseball Chants

Many of the softball teams now get together and come up with their own cheers and chants to entertain fans and get their team in the spirit to win the game. These chants make a great alternative to singing one more chorus of “Take Me Out to the Ballpark”. You can find many different baseball and softball related chants at the following sites:

• ETeamz offers a list of softball chants. You’ll find chants aimed at different players such as the other team’s pitcher or your batter.

• Cheer Chant offers an amazing resource for cheerleaders. The forums allow cheerleaders to post questions, such as "what is the best baseball chant?" and receive quick answers. You’ll find many chants listed for softball, baseball and other sports as well.

Funny Chants

Looking for a humorous chant that will entertain the crowds? Many squads actually make up their own chants based on something funny that has happened to their team or incidents that the fans think are humorous. However, there are a few tried and true funny chants that your sports team and fans will likely enjoy. These chants can also be a lot of fun to perform!