Cheerleading The Let's Go Club

This is The Let's Go Club, but mini!

Expect making, exploring, super-sizing, dancing,

fact-finding and laughing.

We've only got five minutes,

so get ready for more fun from The Let's Go Club.

-# The Let's Go Club. #

-# Let's go! #

-Hi, I'm Freya.

-Hi, I'm Vincent.

-Today we brought our T-shirts.

-And shorts and trainers

because we're going to learn how to cheerlead!

BOTH: Let's go.

Cheerleading is when lots of people do tricky jumps...

And dance together in a group.

They do this in front of an audience

at sports events or competitions.

-This is Ashley...

-And she's going to show us some moves today.

-Hi, Ashley. What do we have to do first?

-Hi, guys.

Today, the first thing we need to do is get ourselves warmed up.

Why do we have to warm up?

We need to warm up so our bodies are nice and warm to make sure

we don't hurt ourselves.

-We ran around...

-Stretched our arms...

-Touched our toes...

-Rolled our ankles...

-And wriggled our wrists.

-What move are we going to learn first?

We're going to do our forward roll. So just watch me first.

Start off by squatting down to the ground, stay up on your toes.

You're going to lean forward,

you're going to tuck your head under and...

Squat down, stay on your tip toes.

Put your hands in front of you, tuck your head under

and push off your feet and stand up. Not bad at all, guys. Good.

That was brilliant. What move is next?

Next we're going to try and learn a cartwheel.

Step forward and place those hands down and cartwheel.

Well done, really nice, guys.

OK, so what we're going to learn next is the motions.

What are motions?

Motions are what we do before the jumps, just so it gets us ready

to jump nice and high and everyone can see us in the air.

The first thing we're going to do is learn the clasp.

A bit like a clap, you clasp your arms up in front of you,

elbows together, hands together nice and tight.

On four, we're going to lift our arms up into the air with our elbows

just in line with our eyes.

Number three, chop the wood and number four, you're going to do

what's called a star jump, so you're in this position

and your arms are going to be in what's called a high V.

Five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four, five, jump, six, seven, eight.

-How do you think we're doing?

-You're doing really well.

But we still need to practise a little bit more to make sure

that it's perfect. One, two, three, four, five, six.

Marie runs this cheerleading group.

Marie, where does cheerleading come from?

Cheerleading came from America a long, long time ago.

-Why do people cheerlead?

-It's a really fun activity

where you get to make new friends and work as a team

and also it's exciting when you get lifted up in the air.

Are these the trophies from winning competitions?

Yes, we won this one this year.

And this one we won last year and we got first place.

Wow, they're so cool.

But there's no time to sit around

because we've got lots more to learn.

The next thing we need to do is practice with Lila and Izzie!

We need to do this so that we all move at the same time...

Five, six, seven, eight. One, two...

'..so that means practising.'

'And practising...'

'And then practising some more.'

'Until we're ready to show you our cheerleading moves.'

But you can't see them just yet.

Cos we need to get changed into our costumes.

-Give us a T!

-Give us an L.

-Give us a G.

-Give us a C.

What do we get?

ALL: The Let's Go Club.

You can be part of The Let's Go Club, too.

Grab a grown-up and head to the CBeebies' website.

Remember, we're the club that never closes.