Irina Akmeeva is a cheerleading coach from Kashira, Russia who began gymnastics at age 6 and later transitioned to cheerleading. She was invited to join the university cheerleading team "Assol" where her gymnastics and dancing skills helped her succeed. Cheerleading involves routines combining tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers and stunts to encourage sports teams. It became popular in Russia in the late 1990s with the first team forming in 1996. Under Irina's coaching, Alina's team has become more united and learned new elements, and they are invited to more events to perform.

1. WHAT SPORT IS AND COACH
Hello, I would like to tell you about my coach Irina Akmeeva. And I also
want to tell about new and interesting sport -cheerleading.

2. • Ira was born in Kashira and she
lives here. She began to go in for
gymnastics at the age of 6. In
the 10th from she started to train
children in parallel to the
trainings. At that time had
learned that in neighbor town
Stupino the admission to hip-hop
team began. And she
immediately decided to try it.
On the 1th course of the
university Irina was invited to
the cheerleading team
”Assol”.She needed her skills in
gymnastics and dancing here.
•
P.S: Irina and now stands for
university team in hip-hop.

3. WHAT IS A CHEERLEADING?
Cheerleading is an intense physical activity based upon organized routines, usually ranging
anywhere from one to three minutes, which contains many components of tumbling, dance,
jumps, cheers and stunting in order to direct spectators of events to cheer for sports teams at
games or to participate in cheerleading competitions.
In Russia there is a relatively recent cheerleading. The first cheerleading team in Russia was
established in 1996 at the Children's League of American Football (DLAF). Soon the interest of
the girls to the original sport has grown so much that in January 1998 there was an autonomous
non-profit organization "Leisure Club "Assol "," DLAF established, whose main task was the
development of the program of support for sports teams. In August 1999, on the initiative of the
club “Assol" was registered ROO "Cheerleaders Federation - support group sports teams“.

4. Irina was the twice-repeated
Champion of Moscow and the
twice Champion of Russia in the
“Assol” team. She is considering
that the most important thing is
the European Championship in
2010 and the future
Championship in Thailand.

5. Ira didn’t become our coach at once.
But with her coming our team became
much more solidary and friendlier. We
have learnt to do a lot of interesting
elements. We are being invited more
often to different sporting events in
Kashira. We had also performed in
Fryazino and Stupino.

6. In spite of her studying, trainings and working, Irina has time to do everything. It
is an excellent example. And seeing this example, I would like to achieve a
success and go to my wins!
Pavlova Alina. 11«B» class.