Cool Cheerleading Quotes! » I trade sweat for strength. I trade doubt for belief. I trade cheerleading for nothing.
» A good cheerleader is not measured by the height of her jumps but the span of her spirit. » Cheerleading is life. The rest is just details. » Eat. Sleep. Cheer. Repeat. » Cheerleaders are simply a jump above the rest. » If you've got the game, we've got the cheer. » All women are created equal, then a few become cheerleaders. » You let us win like we let you lose! » I trade sweat for strength. I trade doubt for belief. I trade cheerleading for nothing. » Athlete by nature, cheerleader by choice! » Without a conductor there is no orchestra. Without Cheerleaders it's only a game. » THE WORLD: (definition): An 8000 mile blue/green Show Pom with 2 billion strands all united at the center. » PLAYERS: (definition): A vital part of any sports event, they entertain the crowd in the intervals between timeouts so that Cheerleaders can take a well earned break. » CHEERLEADING COMPETITION: (definition): A sports event consisting entirely of 3 minute timeouts » The spirit to win and the will to succeed are measured one stunt at a time. » Cheer-ability is a talent for deciding something quickly and getting everyone in the stadium doing it. » Cheer hard or dont cheer at all » Sometimes there is no next time, no second chance - sometimes its now or never. » Remember...there is always a little girl in the stands that wants to be just like you, don't disappoint her. » You may think you're all that, but you can't get anywhere without your squad. » Cheer Attitude- You mess with me, you mess with the whole squad. » Simply because we do not run across goalines, slam dunk basketballs, or hit homeruns...doesn't mean we can't CHANGE THE SCORE!!! » Cheerleading is more than a sport - it's an attitude. History of Cheerleading: Just as any anything else, cheerleading has quite a history behind it. In ancient times spectators cheered for runners in races held during the first ever Olympic Games in ancient Greece. In the 1860's students in Great Britain began cheering at competitive sporting events and soon the idea spread to the United States. At Princeton in New Jersey, in 1865 the first pep club was formed and they created the first-known cheer:
"Tah rah rah The history of organized cheerleading started in 1898. The University of Minnesota was having a pitiful football season. One fan decided to write a letter to the Ariel, "The Official Paper of The University of Minnesota," and complain. He wrote "Everyone's been crying, 'Keep up your spirits, and we will have a winning team bye and bye.' I say give us a winning team and our spirits will take care of themselves."
Everyone agreed that something had to be done and soon a meeting was called of all University of Minnesota students and faculty before the game with Madison Wisconsin. One of the University's professors presented a brilliant scientific thesis on fan support. He stated that the collective stimuli of several hundred students focused on sending positive energy in the team's direction would help the team win. The professor concluded with a rousing cry: "Go to Madison! Go to Madison! Apply the summation of stimuli!"
The game came and went, and the Gophers got killed 28-0. The cheer didn't work. It just didn't roll off of the tongue the right way. Something different had to be done to get the Gopher fans riled up. This is where Jack Campbell, a then first-year medical student, stepped in and he became the first ever cheerleader. Someone needs to lead the yells with organized cheering, he explained. And there needed to be variety, not just "He's all right" and "They're all right." So, the next game, Campbell led the crowd in a cheer that marked history:
"Rah Rah Rah! Thus, cheerleading in the United States was born.
Cheerleading, believe it or not, was dominated by men in its early years. However, when large numbers of young men went off to fight in World War II, the tables turned. More than 90 percent of cheerleaders were female from that point on.
The evolution of cheerleading to a sport, again led by The University of Minnesota, started in the 1920's with the inclusion of gymnastics and tumbling routines. This helped cheerleaders to become known for their athletic ability. The 1930's brought on the growth of showmanship in cheerleading, and cheerleading became more entertaining to watch. Widespread use of the megaphone started in the 1900's and the famous pom pon was introduced in the 1950's by Lawrence Herkimer. (Fecteau 22)
Herkimer has done so much for cheerleading in the United States. He founded the National Cheerleading Association at Southern Methodist University after the holding of the first and second cheerleading clinics in 1946 and 1947. He also taught at the first cheerleading camp at Sam Houston College. The first year fifty two girls attended and by the next year the size of the camp had grown to 350. Herkimer had no idea that he would end up with 20,000 girls attending cheerleading camp in the summertime. Herkimer also was the inventor of a very popular cheerleading jump which was named "the herkie" after him.
Tiger Tiger Tiger
Sis sis sis
Boom boom boom
Aaaahhhhh!
Princton! Princeton! Princeton!"
Ski-U-Mah Hoo-Rah
Hoo-Rah!
Varsity! Varsity!
Minn-e-so-tah!"