A Basket Toss is a stunt performed in cheerleading using 3 or more bases to toss a flyer into the air. Two of the bases interlock their hands. While in the air, the flyer does some type of jump, ranging from toe-touches to herkies before returning to the cradle.[1]
Bases
editThe person or persons who stays in contact with the floor while lifting a flyer into a stunt.[2][3]
Flyer
editThe person that is held or tossed into the air by the bases in a stunt.[4][3]
Toe-Touch
editA jump where the legs are straddled, and extended, toes pointed, and arms in the T-motion. Documented as the most common cheerleader jump.[5][3]
Herkies
editIt is named for Lawrence Herkimer, the founder of the National Cheerleaders Association.[6] A jump where one leg is out to the side in a toe touch position and the other leg is bent toward the ground. Herkies vary from a left to a right herkie. In a left herkie, the left leg is straight with the right leg bent toward the ground, and vice versa for a right herkie. Herkies are also called hurdlers because the way a person jumps a hurdle in track has the same leg position.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Basket-Toss in <http://www.wetv.com/cheerleaders/cheer-dictionary/> Archived November 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 2008.
- ^ Base in <http://www.wetv.com/cheerleaders/cheer-dictionary/> Archived November 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 2008.
- ^ a b c Ninemire, Valerie. "A Full Glossary of Cheerleading Terms". LiveAbout. Dotdash Meredith.
- ^ flyer in <http://www.wetv.com/cheerleaders/cheer-dictionary/> Archived November 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 2008.
- ^ toe-touch in <http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Cheerleading/id/1959586> Archived February 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 2008.
- ^ Herkie in <http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Cheerleading/id/1959586> Archived February 23, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, 2008.
- ^ herkie in <http://www.wetv.com/cheerleaders/cheer-dictionary/> Archived November 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, 2008.