Cheerleading is currently most closely associated with American football and basketball.

Cheerleading is quickly becoming a year-round sport, starting with tryouts during the spring of the preceding school year, organized camp as a team, practices, attendance at various sporting events and ending with National competition season, typically from winter through spring.

International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ): Established on the 5th July 1998, the International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ) is a non-profit federation based in Tokyo, Japan and is the world governing body of cheerleading.

National Cheerleading Championships ( NCC ): The NCC is the annual IFC-sanctioned national cheerleading competition in Indonesia organised by the Indonesian Cheerleading Community ( ICC ).

Pan-American Cheerleading Championships ( PCC ): The PCC was held for the first time in 2009 in the city of Latacunga, Ecuador and is the continental championship organised by the Pan-American Federation of Cheerleading ( PFC ).

* 1898 – Cheerleading is started at the University of Minnesota with Johnny Campbell leading the crowd in cheering on the football team.

Cheerleading is also available, but only for children in third through sixth grade.

* The Stephen F. Austin Large Coed Cheerleading Squad is a nine-time National Cheerleading Association Collegiate National Champion, to go along with 5 straight National Titles.

Cheerleading is offered as a year-round program administered by the Athletic Department.

Cheerleading is both an athletic team and a club.

Cheerleading is offered during the fall and winter seasons.

There is a Cheerleading squad.

The Thompson Rivers Wolfpack Cheerleading team is both a Spirit Squad and a competitive team as of Fall 2009.

Cheerleading is Susquehanna's 24th varsity team.

For decades the CBA Tigers Cheerleading Squad is famed for their craft but most of all, for the community they've created amongst its members and alumni.

Rhett has participated in several ESPN " This is SportsCenter " commercials and competed three times in the Universal Cheerleading Association's mascot nationals, placing as high as fourth in 2002.

" Its brother school, San Beda College Alabang is a member of sports leagues such as the WNCAA, NCAA South and the National Cheerleading Competition ( NCC ).

The St. Pius X Cheerleading program is divided into multiple teams.

Cheerleading originated in the United States, and remains a predominantly American activity, with an estimated 1. 5 million participants in all-star cheerleading.

Cheerleading in middle school sometimes can be a two-season sport, fall and winter.

In 1978, America was introduced to competitive cheerleading by the first broadcast of Collegiate Cheerleading Championships on CBS.

WestConn also fields several nationally competitive club sports on campus including Men's Rugby, Women's Rugby, Dance Team, Cheerleading, and Men's Hockey.

Hempstead cheerleading made national headlines when they qualified to compete in the National Cheerleading Championships in Orlando, Florida in February 2011, when the DCSD denied them the right to go because they were not a state sanctioned sport and didn't follow paperwork guidelines.

The USASF hosted the first Cheerleading Worlds on April 24, 2004.

In 2007 the Apponequet Cheerleading Squad was featured on the MTV reality show MADE.

Such activities include: Freshman, JV Boys and Girls Basketball, Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball, Varsity Girls Volleyball, Varsity Golf, Varsity Cross-country Varsity Boys and Girls Soccer, Cheerleading, Varsity Swimming, Varsity Wrestling, Pep Squad, Track & Field, Girls and Boys Tennis, JCOWA ( Junior Council on World Affairs ), Go Green Recycling Club, Math Olympics, Yearbook Committee, Newspaper, Muse Machine

The CBA Cheerleading Squad does not only boast that they are on top of their field but also that they mold responsible citizens and teach values of sportsmanship.

* Centennial High School Cheerleading Squad-Cheerleading on " Giant "

They later went on to place eighth in the National Cheerleading Association nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida in 1999.

At the same time, cheerleading coaches from all over the country organized themselves for the same rule making purpose, calling themselves the National All Star Cheerleading Coaches Congress ( NACCC ).

The following are a few of the organized sports teams: Basketball, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Ultimate Frisbee, Judo, Cheerleading, and Dance Team.

Cheerleading organizations such as the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors ( AACCA ), founded in 1987, started applying universal safety standards to decrease the number of injuries and prevent dangerous stunts, pyramids and tumbling passes from being included in routines.

If a team places high enough at selected USASF / IASF sanctioned national competitions, they could be included in the Cheerleading Worlds and compete against teams from all over the world, as well as receive money for placing.

You must get a bid from a company in order to compete at the Cheerleading Worlds.

In October 2009, the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors ( AACCA ), a subsidiary of Varsity Brands, released a study that analyzed the data from Emergency Room visits of all high school athletes.

2012 will host the 6th edition from 18 to 20 May, and is sanctioned by the International Federation of Cheerleading ( IFC ).

Bridgnorth also has a one of the nation's first co-educational cheerleading team established in 2001 the Bridgnorth Tigers Cheerleading Club.

The TSU CBA Tigers Cheerleading Squad made its name as one of the best cheerleeding squads in the province of Tarlac.

Cheerleading companies give out three types of bids to go to Cheerleading Worlds, Full Paid Bid, Parital Bid, or an Un-paid bid.

In 1965, Fred Gastoff invented the vinyl pom-pon, which was introduced into competitions by the International Cheerleading Foundation ( now the World Cheerleading Association or WCA ).

These competitions include locals, which are normally taken place in school gymnasiums or local venues, nationals, hosted in big venues all around the U. S. with national champions, and the Cheerleading Worlds, taken place at Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

The cheerleading team won the Class C State Cheerleading Championship in 1997 by completing a " perfect season " in which they never lost in any round of competition.

* The Framingham High School Cheerleading teams, which compete in the fall and winter in invitational competitions and the Bay State League competitions, have enjoyed great success.