- [Voiceover] Go!
(thumping)
And, go!
(thumping)
(drumline music)
(cheers and laughs)
- Let's try cheerleading!
I'm excited.
- Cheerleading is for exciting, bubbly people.
- A lot of butt touching.
- I'm definitely not flexible enough to do cheerleading.
- It seems real hard and I don't think I can do it.
- I'm terrified.
I'm gonna get thrown in the air.
- I don't know what to expect.
Everyone's got a beard so that's making me a little nervous.
- Hi, my name is Jessie Moorehead,
and I am the head coach
at Santa Monica College.
I love cheerleading because of the physical challenge.
Every single day I get to walk in and manipulate people
to see what we can accomplish.
(drumline music)
So we're gonna start warming up the body
and we're gonna be doing some basic stretches.
(upbeat music)
So we're gonna do some co-ed partner stunting.
And I'm gonna have my ladies going up,
doing basic tosses.
- [Everyone] Ned stand up!
(laughing and yelling)
- Okay. (yells)
- I am a Greek god.
- Buzzfeed cheer team.
Get ready colleges around America.
What do I do?
- [Voiceover] Ready. One, two.
(laughter)
- Okay. Now what?
- [Voiceover] Okay hit it. Pull your leg.
Pull your leg.
(cheers) (loud scream)
- I can see why people feel they peak in high school,
like that's it.
They do it and they look so happy when they do it.
- They're smiling.
- They're smiling. I'm just terrified.
Oh! No no no!
- We just did a basket, a tuck X out.
And we're actually gonna instruct
a basic load and straight tosses.
(upbeat music)
(cheers)
- That's the coolest I have ever been
and will ever be.
- He tinkled a little bit.
- When we attend competitions
a section of the routine is actually a cheer portion.
- [All] Let's go!
Hey Buzzfeed!
Go! Let's go!
Hey! Buzzfeed!
(cheers)
- Everyone needs a moment to shake their rump.
(upbeat music)
- What kind of sass do you have upstairs?
- If we don't get this we'll never make it to regionals.
- I think they did amazing.
They came in with an open mind
and took every single challenge.
There wasn't a single moment where they said no,
and, or I couldn't do it.
They walked in and they trusted us
through the entire process,
which is the only thing you can ask for.
- I came in so amped to try this
and I immediately shit my pants.
- I don't know if you saw my face
during some of the lifts
but they were insane.
- I'm still shaking, actually, from the adrenaline.
- They keep you moving fast
so that you don't have the time to panic.
- I couldn't believe that they just
casually toss people.
- I'm like, pretty good at cheerleading.
- My 15 year old self would be like,
Eli this is your moment to touch butts.
But you're not thinking about grabbing butts,
because there's a human being
that you're holding above your head.
- I did fall, I'm lying.
I'm not good at it.
- Cheer for life.
What was I doing in band all this time?
- Still don't think it's a sport.
No, I think it's a sport.
But it is weird that it's a sport
about people cheering for other people playing sports.
Who's cheering for the cheerleaders?
I'll be.