Why do Cheerleaders counts 5,6,7,8 and not 1,2,3
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My daughter was a cheerleader. They count (silently) during their performances, going from 1-8 and starting over. So they’re spending hours every day counting 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8, and so on, over and over.
They take four beats before starting a routine to get the rhythm set, so nobody’s counting faster or slower than anybody else. If they counted those as 1-2-3-4, someone on the team might continue mentally with 5-6-7-8, and do her “8” move instead of her “4” move, which would really mess things up. So they start with 5-6-7-8, and everybody on the team continues with 1-2-3-4 and they all make their proper moves on time. You really don’t want to jump left when your teammate is kicking right.
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