This paper shows the In’s and Out’s of Allstar Cheerleading and Why It Is a Sport. In this paper my claim states that Allstar Cheerleading is a sport. The evidence in this paper contains researched information, self known information, personal experiences, and scholarly resources. Throughout this paper a great deal of the knowledge of Allstar Cheerleading is given, and also a brief history of how Allstar Cheerleading came to be. My personal experiences are shown throughout this paper because of the meaning of this subject in my life. As readers dig into this paper I hope for each of them to understand the meaning of Allstar Cheerleading, as well as what it takes to be an Allstar Cheerleader, and at the end result have each reader agree with
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Many people didn’t consider the thing I love the most, the thing that drives and pushes me to be the best in life, and the thing that many people live for not a sport. The thing frustrating me the most is when people think Allstar Cheerleading is not a sport and they are usually the ones that don’t understand what it takes to be an Allstar Cheerleader and why it is in fact a sport.
As the advancement in Cheerleading came full force into the world, during the early 1980s, there were many Cheerleading squads that were not associated with their school programs. These squads main focus and objective was the competition side of Cheerleading. The Q94 Rockers of Richmond, Virginia, who were founded in 1982, were the first organization to declare themselves Allstar Cheerleaders and compete. As more and more Allstar teams came to emerge the more confusing the rules of these types of teams were. In 1986, the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) took control of the situation by grouping all of the teams that lacked connection with schools into a separate division, which was called the Allstar Division and started at the 1987 competitions. Though Allstar Cheerleading was growing by the second, the competitions that were sponsored by different organizations, could use its own set of rules, regulations, and divisions, which concerned gym owners because their teams were always forced to change their routines, making them more dangerous with inexperienced athletes attempting them. In 2003 the United States Allstar Federation (USASF) was hence created by all of the companies and organizations that sponsored competitions to create a standard of rules and judging, and are considered the governing body of Allstar
Many people didn’t consider the thing I love the most, the thing that drives and pushes me to be the best in life, and the thing that many people live for not a sport. The thing frustrating me the most is when people think Allstar Cheerleading is not a sport and they are usually the ones that don’t understand what it takes to be an Allstar Cheerleader and why it is in fact a sport.
As the advancement in Cheerleading came full force into the world, during the early 1980s, there were many Cheerleading squads that were not associated with their school programs. These squads main focus and objective was the competition side of Cheerleading. The Q94 Rockers of Richmond, Virginia, who were founded in 1982, were the first organization to declare themselves Allstar Cheerleaders and compete. As more and more Allstar teams came to emerge the more confusing the rules of these types of teams were. In 1986, the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) took control of the situation by grouping all of the teams that lacked connection with schools into a separate division, which was called the Allstar Division and started at the 1987 competitions. Though Allstar Cheerleading was growing by the second, the competitions that were sponsored by different organizations, could use its own set of rules, regulations, and divisions, which concerned gym owners because their teams were always forced to change their routines, making them more dangerous with inexperienced athletes attempting them. In 2003 the United States Allstar Federation (USASF) was hence created by all of the companies and organizations that sponsored competitions to create a standard of rules and judging, and are considered the governing body of Allstar