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Summary: Learn tips for clapping in cheerleading with expert cheerleading tips in this free online video clip on basic moves for cheerleading routines.

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Mandy Butler Mandy Butler began her involvement with gymnastics at the age of four. She became a competitive cheerleader at age seven and holds several national cheerleadi... read more

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by beltar

Hey Mandy, It's great to see that you are still Cheerleading and teaching to IT's me Wes From High school drop me an email if you get this!!

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How to Clap in Cheerleading

Hi! I'm Mandy Butler on behalf of Expert Village and I'm going to talk to you today about cheerleading motions. I'm going to take you through the proper technique for cheerleading motion. You're going to see these motions used in cheers, chants, jumps, dances, motion sequences. It's very important to have nice, tight motions. The first cheerleading motion I'm going to teach you is called a clap. I'm going to start by placing my hands together in blades, and they're going to be at chin level. The way you check your clap placement is by putting your thumbs to your chin before closing them. That's where my clap should be. Now I'm going to turn to the front so you can see I don't clop wide like this. I'm going to clap nice and narrow. I never go wider than my shoulders. Notice that when I clap, my fingers and my thumbs are pressed together. They're not open like this. My hands are nice, tight, and sharp and they're in blades. This is a proper clap. You're going to see this in lots of stuff in cheerleading. This is the clap.

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