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How to Do a Cheerleading Toe Touch
How to Do a Cheerleading Herkie
How to Do Splits for Cheerleading
How to Make Cheerleading Hair Bows
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How to Perform a Cheerleading Pyramid
How to Perform Popular Cheerleading Chants
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How to Choreograph a Cheerleading Routine
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Summary: The cheerleading herkie jump can be done to the left or right, and is often incorporated into cheerleading routines, cheers or just when showing spirit. Learn to do a cheerleading herkie with tips from an experienced cheerleader in this free video on cheerleading stunts.
Lucy Spain has been cheerleading and cheer stunting for more than 10 years. She has trained with the Impact Athletics & Fitness Center. Spain also cheered for four years at Lees-McRae...read more
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"Hi, I'm Lucy Spain here to show you how to do a cheerleading herkie. A herkie is a jump that cheerleaders perform. It's slightly more difficult than the most common jump, a toe touch. When you're doing your herkie, it's really important to make sure you stretch out, because this jump is a higher level of difficulty. A cheerleading herkie in air is going to look like this. You're going to have either your right or your left leg out just like you would in a toe touch. The opposite leg is going to be bent at a ninety degree angle. The front part of your leg jetting out like it would in a toe touch, and the back part of your leg bending straight in a ninety degree angle. You want to make sure your toes remain pointed. Your arms are going to hold a V position parallel to your legs. You can also choose to put your arms in blades. When doing your herkie, you can either do a right herkie like I'm demonstrating right now, or switch it up and do a left herkie. It is important to maintain both of them, because in a routine you may need to do it to one side or another. It's appropriate to do these jumps within a cheer or in a choreographed routine, or just when you're showing spirit in general. A herkie jump is going to look like this. And that was the right herkie."
eHow Article: How to Do a Cheerleading Herkie
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