LAUREN MUTTY: In this segment, we're going to talk about one of the most basic things of cheerleading ever. These are motions, arm motions in particular. We're going to start with the easiest ones. They don't get too complicated until you start throwing them together to very fast counts. So first most often used motion in all of cheerleading is a high V. Everyone show me high V, please. And a low V and a T and a broken T and touchdown and candle sticks, buckets. All right. Those are the basics. Some get a little more complicated but we're going to start back again. Everyone show me a high V. In a high V, your arms are in a V position. You've got your cinnamon rolls, what we call them, because when you put your thumb on the outside of your fingers they look like cinnamon buns. When you show them forward, you've got your cinnamon buns facing forward, and your arms are going to be a little bit in front of you. You don't want them back here behind you. You want to be able to see them a little bit through the corners of your eyes when you're looking straight forward. So the next one you're going to take your high V. You're going to drop it all the way down and it's going to be a low V. Same sort of thing, if it were to flip upside down, it would look like a V. So she's got them out. They're not back here. They're not up here. Nice little V, right out in front. Then we've got a T and this is exactly what it is. It's you're body looking like it's in a shape of a T. Again, the arms aren't back here. They're even, right at shoulder level and they're a little bit in front of her. The next one is a touchdown, and this is right next to your ears. Again, fingers facing in and you want the little flat parts of your hands up to the ceiling. The next one, broken T. Right in front of you, you want your hands right at your shoulders, elbows up. You don't want to be all awkward or anything. Right in, nice and tight. Make sure they're not above shoulder level. And candle sticks. These are right out in front of you, nice and tight. Again, thumbs facing each other. And then buckets. We call these buckets because it looks like you're holding two buckets in your hands. Okay. Now, the next quick little variation we're going to show - one more quick one - is a diagonal. This is a left diagonal because her left arm is the one up in the air. And then this is a right diagonal - everyone, switch to right - because her right arm is up in the air. It's a nice diagonal line. You need to be careful with these. These ones get a little tricky because sometimes they start looking like T's, so you want to make sure they're nice and diagonal. And those are your basic arm motions.
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