Cheerleading and yoga on the rise in school PE lessons
More schools are offering pupils sports such as cheerleading, yoga and boxing in PE lessons, while participation in traditional team games has declined
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How to coach cheerleading
Coaching Youth Cheerleading will help you sort out the herkies from the handsprings and provide you with the tools and knowledge to run your cheerleading squad with confidence.
Cheerleading gets new governing body
At a recent meeting held between senior representatives of the British Cheerleading Association, Scotcheer and the United Kingdom Cheerleading Association, it was agreed that a united over-arching, organisation was needed to represent UK/GB cheerleaders internationally. This collective body, known as SportCheerGB has now been formed and is made up of representatives from the three existing organisations. Its main purpose will be to extend governance over cheerleading in the UK/GB and provide greater representation of member cheerleaders to the relevant international sports bodies.
Alternative games draw pupils to school sport
Since 2000 when the compulsary teaching of competitive games to 14 – 16 year olds ceased, schools have gradually started to provide lessons in activities such as tai chi, mountain biking, golf and yoga. These have attracted pupils who disliked traditional team games, particularly “vulnerable” children, the inspectors said.
Cheerleading – Sport or hobby?
As a spectacle, cheer leading bears a valid comparison to gymnastics because of the tumbling and acrobatics. But it has a kitsch element that completes its identity – the high-energy fist pumping and bizarre facial expressions, the ‘go and shows’ where each stunt is accompanied by cutesy shrugs, head wiggles, ponytail flicking, grinning and unintelligible mouthing of words.