Abstract:
The article presents the classification of competitive cheerleading program, which has an extensive system and
motivation to children and young people in attendance of cheerleading trainings. Thus, according to the competition rules of the
All-Ukrainian Cheerleading Federation competitive program consists two main types of programs are cheer and dance. Cheer
program contains acrobatic elements, stunts, pyramids, jumps, cheer, posters, pompons and other means to urge crowd to support
the team. It includes the following nominations: individual performance, group stunts, group mixed-stunts, partner stunts, cheer-
team, cheer-mixed team. Dance program is based primarily on the elements of different dance styles (jazz, funk, hip-hop, rock and
roll, twist, etc.), using pirouettes, jumps, twine and others. (No cheer and acrobatics). It consists of competitions in the categories:
freestyle, hip-hop and jazz, each of which provides for solo performances, doubles, quartets and team. The conducted survey
respondents who are engaged in cheerleading sections for different cities and regional centers of Ukraine found that the leading
explanation for attendance is the present of this sport and visual appeal of athletes who engaged them (22.4%). 17.5% of
respondents are engaged in cheerleading to maintain good physical shape. A wide arsenal of groups and subgroups of
cheerleading are engaging 21.8% of children who are involved in it, because they can choose an interesting character of moving
action, the pace of movements and dance style. 18.6% of respondents involved in cheerleading, namely in nomination cheer, as
the sport and moving activity represented in their city and includes acrobatic skills which are attractive for this group of athletes.
The rest - 19.7% surveyed engaged in cheerleading to achieve high sports results.
