Disclaimer: Some of the information in this

presentation comes from outside sources.

Competitive
Individual Cheer
and Collegiate
Cheer Prep
PRESENTED BY: SABRINA ORTA
MENTOR: OZ DE LA CRUZ
ALL-STAR REVOLUTION CHEER
ISM INSTRUCTOR: MRS. KRISTI CLICK

Sabrina Rene Orta

Mentor: Oz De La Cruz
All-Star

Revolution

All-Star

Cheer Coach and Choreographer

Independent Study Mentorship- Spring Semester 2015

Instructor: Mrs. Kristi Click

What is ISM?

Definition:

Requirements:

A class for self-motivated

students

2-3 mentorship hrs. per

week

Allows students to
choose a career or field
of interest and a mentor
to shadow and give
insight on the subject

Journal Entries (1 per week)

Online Portfolio (link here)

Various Assignments
(Research, Interviews,
Survey, etc)

Prepares the student for

a collegiate caliber of
work

Mid-Term Presentation

Final Presentation and

Product

Involves a project
throughout all of the
semester

My Project Topic
2-Part

Project

Individuals/

Competitive Cheerleading

Pre-College

Cheerleading

Why I Chose My Project/ Project

Purpose

Never been able to fully engage in all-star/

competitive cheerleading (and I've always wanted
to)-- ASR Justice for 2 competitions

Showcase my individual abilities to college cheer

coaches or even all-star gyms--recruiting

Celebrate my 4 years of growth with cheer

Cheer has made me the person I am

About my ISM Mentor: Oz De La

Cruz

Gym Manager & Program Choreographer

Former NCA Staff - 8 years and NCA Head Instructor - 4 years

Former NCA curriculum staff - 4 years

Former competitive gymnast - 10 years

NCA Collegiate National Champion with Navarro College 2004

Choreographed for multiple NCA All-Star National Champion Teams

Choreographed for Houston's very first World Champion team

2008

Hired around the country to choreograph for several successful

programs

What Is Cheerleading?
Basic Elements of Cheer: (Definitions Artifact will go here)

Stunts:

Tumbling:

Jumps:

Motions:

Voice Projection:

Basic skill work videos

Videos of Basic standing tumbling (round-offs, back-handsprings,

back tucks, two-back)

Videos of Basic Running Tumbling (running series, running layout,

running full)

Videos of jumps (toe-touch, pike, front hurdler, side hurdler,

connections, approaches)

Pictures of different stunt structures (including college cheer)

Motion pictures (high v, low v, etc...)

History of Cheerleading: Interesting

Facts

First 25 years of cheerleading was considered to be male-only and

deemed yell-leaders.

Cheer originated about the same time as rugby, football, and basketball
(1890s).

The past time was borne out of a college football game that, assisted by
yell- leaders, broke a 3-game losing streak with the team winning 11-6.

Women came to be at the forefront of cheerleading around the 1940s as

men students went to fight in WWII.

(More Facts Will go here.... I just need to sort out which ones to add from
my research assignment)

Different Types of Cheerleading

Intermediate/
Competitive
Collegiate

High School Cheerleading

(All-Star) Cheerleading

Cheerleading

Professional

Cheerleading (NFL, NBA, etc)

School Cheer
JV

CSHS Cheerleader (1 yr.); Varsity CSHS

Cheerleader (3 yrs.)

NCA

All-American Cheerleader (3 years)

Experiences:
Cheer

Camp

Football/

Volleyball/ Basketball Games

(Game Day Cheerleading)

High

School Competitive Cheerleading

School Cheer Experience as a

whole- High School

How cheerleading has impacted my high school involvement and

social life

How cheer has impacted my life in general and personality

NCA Staff

RESEARCH ON NCA STAFF RESPONSIBILITIES WILL GO HERE

What is NCA Staff?- What is it like

MENTOR INTERVIEW RESPONSES WILL GO HERE ON SUBJECT OF

NCA STAFF

APPLICATION ARTIFACT WILL GO HERE

Competitive Experience
High

School Competitive Teams-- National

Champions 2015 (Level 3)

Sr.

Smoed L5 ASR Justice Short-lived (2

Competitions)

Summer

Practice Sessions

Competitive Focus

PROFESSIONAL INTERVIEW RESPONSES WILL GO HERE CONCERNING

COMPETITIVE CHEER (PLUS MENTOR0

School cheer/ college cheer vs.

Competitive cheer vs. NFL cheer
(sidenote)-Purposes

SCHOOL/COLLEGE= CROWD INVOLVEMENT

NFL=PERFORMANCE

COMEPTITIVE= TO PERFORM AND GAIN TITLES FOR YOUSELF

Appearance-physical

Pictures of various "looks" of cheer...

Makeup Differences

Uniform Differences

Collegiate/High School= Natural

Competitive= GO BIG OR GO HOME

NFL= Natural but with performance uniform

Appearance- type of routines

VIDEO HERE OF COMPETITVE ROUTINE (CSHS nationals routine)

VIDEO HERE OF COMPETITIVE ROUTINE (Freedom/Justice Routine)

VIDEO HERE OF Pep rally Routine

VIDEO HERE OF UT Performance

My Project itself

COLLEGIATE AND INDIVIDUAL FOCUSES

TRYOUT FOR UT CHEER

PROCESS OF MAKIING AN INDIVIDUALS ROUTINE

Collegiate cheer prep

CHRONICLES OF PRE-TRYOUT PRACTICE

COLLEGE RULES RESEARCH WILL GO HERE

TRYOUT INFO RESEARCH WILL GO HERE

SURVEY WILL GO HERE

Tryout process

VIDEO SIMULATION OF TRYOUT/DESCRIPTION OF COMPONENTS

(STANDING TUMBLING, RUNNING TUMBLING, FIGHT SONG,
PERFORMANCE, INTERVIEW, STUNTS)

Tryout process continued

CONTINUATION OF LAST SLIDE

Making the team

INFO OF WHAT IS TO COME (AS SOON AS I KNOW FROM THE UT

COACH)

Outlook of the next year

CONTINUED

ROSTER---PICTURES INCLUDED

Individual routine components

NCA RULE BOOK RESEARCH ON INDIVIDUALS ROUTINES WILL GO

HERE

Prep Process

SEGMENTAT6ION OF (SECTION BY SECTION) OF ROUTINE

SKILL BY SKILL ANALYZATIOJN ONCE I'M DONE

Final Product

VIDEO PERFORMANCE :)))

Overview
Project
Rules

and its Purpose

and Regulations of Cheer (RESEARCH)

Thought

process of cheerleaders (SURVEY AND

INTERVIEWS)

Product
Final

Process/Practice Videos

Performance Video

Outcome

with college cheer

THANK YOU
TO: OZ DE LA CRUZ, MRS. KRISTI CLICK, SARA ORTA
& DAVID ORTA

Bibliography

www.varsity.com/nca (also my past experience and from my

mentor)