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Author Topic: Help with Youth Basketball cheerleading.  (Read 900 times)
EKempton
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« on: 10/20/09, 10:57 am »

Our league just got asked to have the girls cheer for basketball. Since we have never cheered for basketball we are in need of some cheers. This is going to be my first time coaching so could use some tips. Any thing will help. As a reminder this are little girls from the age of 5years old to 5th grade. Thanks Again.
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« Reply #1 on: 10/20/09, 01:53 pm »

for most cheers you can just change the words from football references to basketball terms and of course there are the neutral cheers such as "pump up the volume" my favorite little league cheer, and really easy to teach and learn.
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« Reply #2 on: 10/20/09, 05:07 pm »

What is pump up the volume?
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« Reply #3 on: 10/20/09, 06:02 pm »

Avoid anything overcomplicated with offense or defense for the most part for basketball because the game moves pretty fast.
Some cute ones we've taught before for pee wee were:

__________ are great! Best in the state!

1-2-3-4 come on ________ let's score!

S-P-I (x) (x) R-I-T (x) (x) spirt, spirit (x) (x) let's hear it

__________ let's rock. Give it all you've got!

__________ let's score. 2 points more

Our team is tic-tic-tic-tic BOOM! dynamite  (great for 2nd grade and younger: on the tics, they did arms like a clock moving, and then jumped on the boom)

Come on' _________, let's go (team color)


Think simple clean motions overall. The little ones can get away with just being cute and yelling but once they're around 3rd or 4th grade the "cute" hip shakes/stomps/etc. look sloppy in my opinion.  Since it's your 1st year coaching have you looked into any coaching cheer books? Some of them are really helpful!  Smiley



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« Reply #4 on: 10/21/09, 05:41 pm »

pump up the volume
crank up the base
junior texans
are gonna rock this place
sayin (stomp stomp)
GO(stomp stomp)
FIGHT
(stomp stomp)
WIN (stomp stomp)
go fight win
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« Reply #5 on: 10/27/09, 12:55 pm »

All the way, down the court and score, ______, score
Two more, two more. C'mon, _______, let's up that score
Take it to the top of the key, we want three
H-O-O-P, Take it to the hoop
S-I-N-K, sink it ______, sink it
__________, take it to the hoop xxx
Get that basketball, I said, get xxxxx that ball
B-A-S, K-E-T basket, ________, basket
R-E-B-O-U-N-D rebound that basketball
J-U-M-P, jump up
I know I have more...I will try to add as I remember
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