Cheerleading has been a feature of sports events in the USA for many years
now, and also recently in Europe. Its attractive, enthusiastic and spectacular
presentations always make it a great experience for participants and
spectators alike.
For the choreography to be correct and for the girls’ enthusiasm to really spill
over to the crowd, systematic training, concentrated preparation, and
competent guidance are necessary.
This is where Miriam Lopez comes in. In this book, she presents her
experiences, her knowledge and the results of her work. Her starting point is
her many years of practical experience as a dancer and teacher gained in
various fields, such as ballet, jazz dance and numerous group fitness courses.
Since 2000, she has focused on the supervision of the Cheerleading Group of
the Rhein-Fire Düsseldorf football team, a NFL Europe football team, where she
has been Head coach since 2002. She is in demand as a consultant in
numerous workshops, group camps and even in further education for teachers.
Miriam Lopez’s practical experience also includes a solid sports science
education, obtained during her lectureship studies at the Institute for Sports
Science of the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf from 1998 to 2003. This is
where she had the idea of dealing with cheerleading in her thesis. It was a
great pleasure to supervise this project and now to see the revised edition
published as a monograph – a practical introduction based on the necessary
theoretical background