In addition to cheering for traditional football and basketball games, cheerleaders began to support all sports in the school. In the spring of 1978, CBS broadcast the school cheerleading event to the whole United States for the first time through television. Since then, cheerleaders have been recognized as a serious sport. At this time, the skills of cheerleaders have been greatly improved, such as gymnastics, pyramid building, and jumping into the air.

Should write "cheerleaders". Cheerleaders refer to "an organized audience that cheers for the contestants during the competitive competition". For example, at this time, the cheerleaders played the trumpet and drums to cheer for the Chinese team.