Pom Pon A handheld, usually brightly colored ball of connected plastic strips used by cheerleaders to emphasize and highlight sharp motions and grab the crowd’s attention. "Poms" as they are commonly called, come in various sizes and as a pair.

Pop Cradle another type of cradle, where the bases dip together ,bases hands are locked together for the pop and toss the flier into the air, and the flier pikes and the base catch, this needs a good pop.

Popper another term for a flyer.

Pop Warner A national youth football and cheerleading organization that houses cheerleading squads with members ranging in ages from 5-15. The squads compete at district, regional, state and a national competition to be named the Pop Warner National Champion in each division.

Post a person who stands in front of a stunt and a flier leans down on that persons arms and the flier puts all of their weight into that person, and that person locks his/her arms and pushes the flier up

Prep a.k.a. approach: The motion you use to prepare to do a jump. The most common are the whip approach and the power (or dip) approach.

Prep Extension is when the bases only raise the flyer with both legs to shoulder height

Press Down the flyer is in a heelstretch and the bases bend down and the flyer pulls their leg in front of them. Can be called a powerhouse.

Prop Any object that is manipulated during a rountine.

Punch Motion One arm is directly overhead, locked out and tight against the head with the hand in candlesticks and the palm facing inward. The other hand is on the hip in a tight fist. (This can be done either direction. It is a right punch if your right arm is punching and vice versa.)

Purdue is a single base shoulder stand where the base stands behind the flyer, the flyer holds her hands back palms up and the base grabs her hands palms down takes a big dip flyer don't forget to jump for him and he presses her up to shoulder stand its very easy once you get the hang of it

Pyramid Two or more connected stunt groups built no more than two-and-one-half body lengths high. Also called a "mount."

Rebound the move where a tumbler, after landing a tumbling move pushes up with the feet to prepare to do another tumbling move.

Regionals Cheer competition beyond the state level, but not quite the national level. Regional competitions often encompass several states and placing high at a regional competition may qualify a squad for National competition.

Reload A stunt transition involving the procession of a flyer from a stunt to a cradle back into a stunt without leaving the bases' grip.

Rewind is a flip up to a stunt.

Roll Down a dismount from a mount. You roll off the front.

Round-off the move where a tumbler turns sideways from a standing position, to a handstand, and then snaps the legs together and lands feet together in a standing position.

Routine Continuous cheers, motions, dancing, tumbling, stunting, etc., set to music and done as one performance. Routines are most commonly used in competition, for exhibition and entertainment at games.

Russian Much like the toe touch, arm placement distinguishes the Russian from the toe touch. The legs are in the same position, but the arms are straight down in a low touchdown motion.

Salto the move where a tumbler while doing a flip or somersault, with the feet coming up over the head and the body rotating around the axis of the waist. Using no hands.(se full or double full)

Sassy is when you do a liberty and take the leg not based and cross it over the leg your libbing on and then put your hands on your hips.

Scale A fully-extended stunt where the flyer stands on one straight leg and holds her unsupported leg extended in a side stretch with the knee facing forward. The other arm is in half a high "V" or a variation. The scale is a variation of the Liberty.

Scissors During a basket toss, the flier splits her legs one direction and then the other way, and then cradles.

Scorpion A fully-extended stunt where the flyer stands on one leg and holds the foot of her unsupported leg behind her head (with both hands) in an extremely arched position. The scorpion is a variation of the liberty.

Shoulder Sit A partner stunt where the flyer sits on her base's shoulders, mounting either from the front (a "toss") or from the back using the base's bent leg in a lunge (a "walk up" or "step up").

Shoulder stand A partner stunt where the flyer stands on her base's shoulders, mounting by climbing either from the front (a "toss") or from the back ("step up" or "walk up").

Shove Drop Also know as a pencil drop (see Pencil drop)

Show-N-Go The flyer jumps in like normal but the bases, instead of stooping at a lib, or any other extended stunt you bring it back down right away. You hit it for a second and then bring it down.

Sign A device used by cheerleaders to convey words, letters or other written information that will be incorporated into cheer or chant. Signs can be any shape, size, color or texture and are often incorporated into cheers, chants and routines. They are used most commonly to help the crowd in responding to a cheer or sideline. Also Called Prop(s).

Spirit Term used to describe the showing or appearance of happiness, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. To have those feelings toward a certain team, school, etc. - school spirit. "Show some spirit!"

Spirit Fingers A variation of hand placement achieved by wiggling the fingers with the arms in a touchdown motion to solicit a response from the crowd.

Split A stretch of the legs performed by extending both legs, one in front, the other in back, parallel to the surface of the ground, and can be on the ground or in a stunt. (Side split) A middle split is achieved by straddling the legs, one as far to the right and one as far to the left as possible, while seated or in a stunt.

Split Extension 3 bases, 1 post, and 1 flier. the flier is doing the splits in the air and holding hands w/ a post standing in front of her, 2 of the bases are holding one of the fliers legs, the middle base helps support both legs and keeps the flier from over splitting, all bases have their arms fully extended above there head

Split Mount The flyer is in a split and you dip and pop up to whatever the stunt may be. Normally a one leg stunt.

Sponge From an elevator or a full extention stunt, the bases bring the flyer down to there hips so they are in the starting position and go back up for another stunt. Also called as smush.

Sponsor/Booster A patron of an organization who shows allegiance to a squad through financial endowment and/or regular support.

Spotter Any person (standing nearby a stunt) responsible for making sure the flyer does not hit the ground in case of a fall.

Spread Eagle a.k.a. "X" jump: This jump is performed with the arms in a high "V" and the legs are split with toes pointed, forming an "X" with the body. Unlike the toe touch, where the knees are facing up, in a spread eagle, the knees face forward. Repetitive "X" jumps are great for improving stamina and inner leg strength for improving other jumps.

Squad A group or team of cheerleaders

Squad Member Any member of a squad.

Step and Lock Basic mount into a stunt

Sticking it Executing a stunt, tumbling and /or routine perfectly.

Straddle A position where the legs are straight out and apart, you are in a sitting postion.

Stunt In cheerleading, a trick involving one person (flyer) being supported by one or more people (bases) at least one-half body length above the ground.

Stunt-group Group of cheerleaders who execute a stunt. There must be a flyer and at least two bases supporting the flyer to be considered a "group."

Stunt-Single Base A Stunt in which the flyer is supported by only One Base.

Summer Camp Cheer-intensive training at various locations set up across the country designed to demonstrate proper and innovative techniques of cheer, chant, dance, jumping, tumbling and stunting to cheerleaders. Summer camps can be sleep-away camps, private camps and are provided for all levels of cheerleading. Cheer camps also take place around the world.

Superman (Stunt)a flyer is in a belly dead man and she stays flat like a board and they rotate her around 180 degrees like a helicopter blade, transitioning to another stunt

Suspended Roll (stunts)A dismount involving head over heels rotation in which the flyer has continous hand to hand contact with the bases that are supporting the flyer onto the competition floor.

T Motion Both arms are held to the sides at shoulder level, parallel to the ground with hands in buckets.

Table Tops The arms are held straight out in front of the body and bent upward at the elbows in 90 degree angles. The hands are in daggers. (The bottoms of the arms should appear flat, as though they are resting on a table.)

Team A group or squad of cheerleaders

Tension Drop (Stunts) Ant stunt or pyramid where the base(s) and flyer(s) lean toward the competition surface while in stunt or pyramid and flyer(s) leave the base(s) without assistance

Thigh Stand (Stunt) (requires minimun of 3 people) the 2 bases line their feet up and lunge sideways and the flyer stands in the leg pockets of the bent leg.

Tic-Toc (stunt) is when the flyer switches from one braced leg to the leg that originally wasn't braced.

Toe Touch A jump that is executed with the arms in a "T" motion and the legs split to the sides and toes pointed. Knees are facing up and the jumper should aim for a "hyperextended" look with the legs. The back is straight and arms are placed behind the legs-they do not touch the toes, as the name implies.

Touchdown Both arms are held directly overhead, locked out and tight against the head. Hands are in candlesticks with palms facing each other. (A "Low Touchdown" is done by bringing the arms down in front so that the knuckles are facing the ground.)

Trip Cradle a type of dismount, it is a cradle where the bases throw the feet of the flier a bit forward and the flier pikes and the bases catch

Try-Outs an event where any person can try to become part of a cheerleading team. It is normaly judged and you are graded and the team is picked from the people trying out!!!

Tuck A jump that is executed by "tucking" the knees into the chest. The back is straight and the chest should not be brought to the knees. Toes are pointed and arms are in a high "V". Sometimes called jump builders, repetitive tuck jumps are great for building stamina and stomach strength to improve other jumps.

Tuck (Tumbling) this move is a no hands move, using your legs and feet, rebound, riding up, and snapping to the position in which the knees and hips are bent and drawn into the chest; the body is folded at the waist.then snapping it out and landing the same as a roundoff, both feet together and at the same time.

Transitional Stunt (see moving stunt) moving the whole stunt to the next position without letting the flyer touch the ground.

Tumbling Any gymnastic skill used in a cheerleading routine

Twist Tumbling A aerial involving perpendicular rotaotion to the competition surface.

Twist Cradle is the same as a full down. the flyer goes for a normal pop and so do the bases and the flyer pulls her arms across her body and twists..if you pull hard enough you can twist more then once, like a double full down.

Uniform an outfit your whole team/squad wears, in your School's/Teams colors.

Varsity A division of high school or college athletics referring to the squad that is at the highest level (age, talent) and is fed by the junior varsity team.

Walk over A gymnastic feat in which the body is bent forward or backward from an upright position, the hands are placed on the floor, and the legs are arced one after the other over the hands to finish in a standing position.

Whirlybird a stunt, it is an old circus move, single base, with two flyers flat backed holding each other around the single bases neck  also known as a double helicopter.

X-Out the move of an X-out is a back tuck, but at the highest point of the tuck, the tumbler would straddle their legs outward and punch out their arms in a high V. This creates the X part. On their way down, they snap their arms and legs back into the layout position before they land!

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