What to Expect From Cheerleading Tryouts

Series Summary

Cheerleading was invented by a man in 1898, who first directed a crowd in cheering on the University of Minnesota. Since then, cheerleading has become a popular culture phenomenon and a sport. Cheerleaders began as male, but slowly females, who had few offerings for collegiate-level athletics, dominated the hobby. In the early 1970s, the Dallas Cowgirls changed professional cheerleading into simply dance, removing most of the stunts and tumbling in favor of revealing outfits and choreography. In the early 1980s, cheerleading as a competitive sport became popular, and stunts and gymnastics gained in popularity for high school teams. Now there are many official styles of cheering, both amateur and pro, and local spins.

In this free video cheerleading lesson, expert cheer instructor Lucy Spain teaches you how to prepare for and make the most of cheerleading tryouts. Lucy gives you advice on what to expect, what to wear, how to find out about tryouts, and making the decision which team and position to try out for! Lots of info here! Lucy also helps you with remembering to smile, how to learn material, and how to perform at your best. You will be making the cheer squad in no time! Oh, and don't forget to show school spirit at all times! Go Bedford Kicking Mules!!

Video Transcript

"Hi, my name is Lucy Spain on behalf of Expert Village here to talk about an introduction in cheer leading. Today we're going to talk about cheer leading, we're going to start at the basics and work from there. First and foremost, we're going to talk about why people like to cheer, cheer leading is a timeless and ageless sport. Anyone can start off cheer leading from ages as young as 5 all the way up to 65. Cheer leading is a great sport to be involved in cause there is so many different level you can participate on. You can start on pop warner like I was talking about earlier as young as 5 years old. You can go all the way up to competitions squads which can be very vigorous traveling across the world. You can also earn a college scholarship from cheer leading which is really nice if that is something that you would like to strive for. Cheer leading keeps you in shape, there is a lot of working out and it also gets you into meeting people and social activities. If you would like to be a role model in your community and at your school, cheer leading is a great way to do that, you can work with your administrators, you can also work with the leaders in your community."