Basket toss

While in the air, the flyer does some type of jump, ranging from toe-touches to herkies before returning to the cradle.

[2][3] The person that is held or tossed into the air by the bases in a stunt.

[4][3] A jump where the legs are straddled, and extended, toes pointed, and arms in the T-motion.

[5][3] It is named for Lawrence Herkimer, the founder of the National Cheerleaders Association.

Herkies are also called hurdlers because the way a person jumps a hurdle in track has the same leg position.