Basket toss

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Cheerleading stunt

title: "Basket toss" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cheerleading"] description: "Cheerleading stunt" topic_path: "general/cheerleading" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basket_toss" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Cheerleading stunt ::

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A Basket Toss is a stunt performed in cheerleading using 3 or more bases to toss a flyer into the air. Two of the bases interlock their hands. While in the air, the flyer does some type of jump, ranging from toe-touches to herkies before returning to the cradle.

Bases

The person or persons who stays in contact with the floor while lifting a flyer into a stunt.

Flyer

The person that is held or tossed into the air by the bases in a stunt.

Toe-Touch

A jump where the legs are straddled, and extended, toes pointed, and arms in the T-motion. Documented as the most common cheerleader jump.

Herkies

It is named for Lawrence Herkimer, the founder of the National Cheerleaders Association. A jump where one leg is out to the side in a toe touch position and the other leg is bent toward the ground. Herkies vary from a left to a right herkie. In a left herkie, the left leg is straight with the right leg bent toward the ground, and vice versa for a right herkie. Herkies are also called hurdlers because the way a person jumps a hurdle in track has the same leg position.

References

References

  1. Basket-Toss in http://www.wetv.com/cheerleaders/cheer-dictionary/ {{webarchive. link. (November 12, 2008 , 2008.)
  2. Base in http://www.wetv.com/cheerleaders/cheer-dictionary/ {{webarchive. link. (November 12, 2008 , 2008.)
  3. "A Full Glossary of Cheerleading Terms". Dotdash Meredith.
  4. flyer in http://www.wetv.com/cheerleaders/cheer-dictionary/ {{webarchive. link. (November 12, 2008 , 2008.)
  5. toe-touch in http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Cheerleading/id/1959586 {{webarchive. link. (February 23, 2012 , 2008.)
  6. Herkie in http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Cheerleading/id/1959586 {{webarchive. link. (February 23, 2012 , 2008.)
  7. herkie in http://www.wetv.com/cheerleaders/cheer-dictionary/ {{webarchive. link. (November 12, 2008 , 2008.)

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