The Research On The Status Quo And Strategies To Chinese Cheerleading Sport Development

Cheerleading is a burgeoning sport that has the unique glamor, and after transitory international transmission it has obtained the affection of people all over the world along with a manifestation of unceasing development and prosperity. Cheerleading was introduced into China in 2000, and presented great potential through the aspiring efforts of China Student Aerobics And Rhythmic Gymnastics Association (CSARA) and Chinese Trampoline and Sports Aerobics Association Cheerleading Branch. However, there are some gaps between China and America, Japan that are strong in cheerleading in respect of the level of penetration and the overall level of cheerleading. Therefore, it is of profound practical significance and theoretical value to conduct systematic and fully study on cheerleading. In China, none of athletic sports events, cheerleading included can develop roundly without the support of the government's policy. Consequently, in order to be more popularized and more developed, cheerleading must become a state-recognized sports event and get the recognition and support of the government. Moreover, to become state-recognized, cheerleading should meet some requirements, according to which Chinese cheerleading should identify its own defects as soon as possible and nail down what efforts should be made so as t make Chinese cheerleading develop scientifically, swiftly and continuously, then reach advanced world level.Using the methods of literature, expert-interview, questionair and logical analysis, the thesis focuses on three aspects of Chinese cheerleading---orgnization and administration, tranning and competition, popularization and promotion, and draw the conclusion below:(1) Established the definition of cheerleading. In broad sense, cheerleading is the floorboard of all activities related to shouting support. In narrow sense, cheerleading, namely cheerleading sport, is a competitive, ornamental and performative sport in which participants appear in teams, perform dances or complex tricks bare-handed or with hand apparatus to the music, direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games and adjust the tense and oppositional atmosphere of matches, aiming at giving expression to the spirit of teamwork and collectivism and reflecting youthful mental outlook.(2) Elicited ten problems in the development of Chinese cheerleading, viz. the disfunction of administration's regional organizations, lack of supervisor department's recognition, low professionalism of competition personnel, partite competition rules, barren athletic reserves, unperfected contest system, absence of systematization in training, low level of scientific research on cheerleading, unbalanced distribution of backbone personnel, narrow media coverage.(3) Put forward ten development strategies for Chinese cheerleading: full exerting the administrational function of the mnagement institute of cheerleading; enhancing supervisor department's recognition to cheerleading, improving the professionalism of competition personnel, constituting unifying competition rules, establishing good reserve-cultivating system, consummating existing contest system, increasing sports outlay source, elevating scientific research level, cultivating more cheerleading backbone personnel, widening media coverage.