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Based on the success of Johnny Campbell and his fellow students at the University of Minnesota, cheerleading continued to grow and develop alongside the popularity of sports over the next coming years. As cheerleading continued to grow in participation, new techniques and skills were also added.
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from the start of cheerleading for over 25 years it was a "man only" sport. it wasn’t until the 1940s that women became the majority of cheerleading’s athletes during an era when the university men students left the country to fight in World War II. Now they have added advanced skills, tumbling, and acrobatic skills.
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In 1948 they atrted introducing training camps to help make the temas better and stronger.
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By the 1960s, cheerleading could be found in virtually every high school and grade school across the USA, as well as pee wee and youth leagues everywhere in the country. In 1961, Herkimer incorporated the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) and conducted cheerleading camps, and clinics to hundreds of thousands of cheerleaders all around the United States. With these innovations and the creation NCA, cheerleading had become one of the fastest growing youth activities in the United States
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In 1974, the former General Manager and Vice President of NCA, Jeff Webb, founded the Universal Cheerleaders Association (UCA) to teach higher levels of skills to cheerleaders around the United States. Cheerleading specific skills (partner stunts & pyramids) were introduced to make cheerleading more entertaining, thus augmenting cheerleading’s traditional leadership function; a new era of cheerleading begins.
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was the very first time that international teams performed in the united states.
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this is a competition where the best of the best compete for a world titie. Many different teams compete from different states, and continents. Cheerleaders take this competition very seriously and it is very important.
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IASF/ICU host the 5th World Cheerleading Championships “Cheerleading Worlds” at the Walt Disney World Resort taped for the ESPN global broadcast; 25 nations, 4 continents, 300 world teams compete for a world championship title; 29 countries, 5 continents observe and hold 4th Annual General Meeting.
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IASF/ICU host the 6th World Cheerleading Championships “Cheerleading Worlds” at the Walt Disney World Resort taped for the ESPN global broadcast; 38 nations, 4 continents, 400 world teams compete for a world championship title; 45 countries, 5 continents observe and hold 5th Annual General Meeting.
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April 2010: IASF/ICU host the 7st World Cheerleading Championships “Cheerleading Worlds” at the Walt Disney World Resort taped for the ESPN global broadcast, April 2010: 60 countries, 5 continents hold 6th Annual General Meeting.
