Taylorsville High

cheerleaders of 2010-11

By: Tabi Lucas THS

Definitions:

• Cheerleading: A physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, using organized routines, usually ranging from 1-3 minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate in competitions.

• Stunting: Cheerleading stunts consist of three positions : flyer, bases, and back spot. The flyer is the person who performs the stunt, she is held up by the bases and/ or thrown up into the air. There is most often more than one base, determined by the difficulty of the stunt. The back-spot helps lift the flyer into the bases hands and helps lift and support the flyer.

• Tumbling: Gymnastics, such as somersaults, rolls, handsprings and tucks performed with the use of specialized apparatus.

Model of culture

Thought

Ideology

Beliefs

Values

Positive Attitudes

StrongDetermined

Norms Wear assigned

uniform & bow

On time

Be at games & practices

Patterns

Learned

Stunting CheersTumbling

6am Practice

Behavior

professionalOrganized

Modest

adaptive

High School

6am practice Attention

SharedCheering to a

crowd integrated

Integrated system

symbolsyelling

motions

pom

environment

gymsHigh school

Track & field

economic

priceyuniformsnationals

competition

Religion

LDScatholicnone

political

JV

Co-Captain

varsitycaptains

kinship

Team

Close like sisters

Language

Non verbal

verbal

Body language

Subsistence

Industrial

Fictive kin

Clan

Individual girls

Bilateral descent

Neolocal

exogamy

Kinship SystemHead Coach

Assistant Coach

Assistant Coach

Varsity Captain

Varsity Co-captain

Varsity Co- captain

Varsity Team

JV Captain

JV Co- Captain

JV Co- Captain

JV Team

Amount of Power Over Team

High

Low

Kinship Terms

• First Name: Individuals are called by their first names.

• Nicknames: A name that either the individual or the team has given them for a reason.

• Together: They are classified as Taylorsville Cheerleaders. They represent their school.

Appearance

-Pony-tail with bangs parted to the left.

-Blue,

Gold and

White,

two piece

uniforms

-White Bows

-White tennis shoes

-Blue

Warm-

Ups

-Matching T-shirts and Sweats

• Values– Positive attitudes– Determined– Strong– Ethics

Beliefs- They need to act professional in front of an audience.- They are unbeatable. - Exogamy

• Norms– Be at games and

practices– Be on time to all

activities– Wear assigned

uniform & bow– Get the crowd

involved in games and performances

Thought…

Behavior • Rules

– You will dress modestly – When in uniform, you can not

have any male touching contact• Hugs, kisses, holding hands

etc. - You need above a 3.O GPA & CPA- You are only allowed four tardies every term.

- Tardies include:- Being late to any

activity-Texting during any

activity- Boy contact in

uniform- Not doing an assignment- Not listening- Being

disrespectful- If you receive more than four tardies, you are on probation.

• At games you are expected to…- Stand shoulder width apart with your back towards the crowd until a cheer is called.- Wear the uniform assigned for the game, along with matching bow, and white tennis shoes. Socks cannot be seen, and braw-straps are pinned back. - Rally and yell cheers to get the crowd involved.- Be exciting and fun to watch.- Know all the cheers being called by the captain. - Smile!

Patterns : Learned

• Learning to be to practice at 6am every weekday

• Tumbling

• Rules

• Stunting

• Cheers: There are many different cheers you must learn: – Defense– Offense– Spirit cheers

- You have to memorize the different words & motions for each individual cheer.

Patterns:

Adaptive• High school: High School is a big

time for changes. It is strange, but you get used to it.

• Practice at 6 am: You adapt to waking up your body and practicing early.

• Attention: They adapt & get used to having the spotlight on them.

• They adapt to the new team members they will be with the whole year

• Diffusion appears when new people become cheerleaders with each passing year. Each year is different, meeting new people and getting older.

Shared• Cheering to a crowd: They keep the

crowd entertained and keep the crowd involved.

Symbols• Poms• Yelling• Motions • Facials

ConflictEvery year there are new conflicts, such as

drama between teammates and being competitive at competitions, yet they work their problems out .

NegotiationTheir coach makes them work their issues

out by having one on one talks with the coach until the issue is resolved.

Patterns : Language

• Nonverbal Communication: – Body Language

• Verbal Communication:- Yelling memorized Cheers.

Patterns : Integrated systems =Cultural systems

Kinship• Team = Close like sisters, fictive

kin, and clans.• Individual girls: Bilateral Descent

and Neolocal.

Political• Captain= Head of cheer team,

– Calls cheers & makes team decisions

• Co-captain= Next in charge helps captain make decisions.

• JV: Junior varsity= Less superior than Varsity, cheers at jv games

• Varsity= Most superior team, cheers at varsity games & more advanced in skills.

environment• High school• Track & field • Gyms

Religion• None• Catholic • LDS

Economy• Pricey

– Nationals– Competitions– Uniforms, bows, poms ,etc.

Subsistence: Industrialism

Connections• Behavior Religion = depending on ones religion.

– For example, the head coach could influence the team to follow her ethical standards and beliefs.

• Kinship Political = The team needs to be treated as a whole. No matter what squad you are placed on, everybody wins or loses together in competitions and such. They are all considered Taylorsville cheerleaders no matter what.

• Kinship Learned patterns= With stunting & tumbling, there is a needed trust between the girls throwing (bases) and the girl in the air (flyer). She needs to know they will catch her. With tumbling, you need to be and feel safe. With both of these there can be serious injuries, so trust can definitely help a ton with that.

• Kinship Beliefs = Exogamy is normal in their subculture. Not at their age, but as they get older. Endogamy would be considered a taboo.

My sources• My field notes

• The text book

• Notes

• The Taylorsville cheerleaders

• Wikipedia.com

• Thinkquest.org

• Thefreedictionary.com

• Google

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