POM POMS!

Oh, pom poms...what a funny name for such a silly thing it fits perfect! Pom poms are the most used prop in cheerleading. Cheerleaders who cheer for a sport are always using them but competitive cheerleading teams never use them. To be honest I have no clue why we use them! They look cute which is a nice and they can grab attention in some cases. It can depend on what your pom pom looks like. Pom poms come in many different forms. They can be a solid color, a double color or even multicolored. The colors usually and definitely should match your uniforms. Some are metallic, big, small, wide, and thin, they are all different. You can get pom poms in magazines like the cheerleading catalog. Like I said I have no idea why we use them, they aren’t needed to cheer they are just a decoration that makes cheering a little more exciting.
Spiriting, the screaming we do after a cheer, can be extremely awkward without pompoms. Once you start cheering with pom poms, you don’t want to put them down. When you spirit we usually shake or poms so they can make a light noise or shine, so without poms we have to use spirit fingers (like bring it on -___-). I think pom poms aren’t needed but they definitely make us look cute and are a great prop to avoid spirit fingers!