Cheerleaders will most likely walk out of every practice with a new bruise, bump, or scar, and they will probably have no idea how it got there. This is my fifth year cheerleading, and I have already experienced three broken noses from being hit in the face, and two concussions from being fallen on. With that being said, cheerleading acquires a high level of mental toughness that most athletes will never achieve. People believe cheerleaders are stereotypical “girly-girls,” when we can take some of the hardest hits and be okay. We are trained to get over the pain and deal with it later. Cheerleaders never know what may happen in the middle of a routine, so unless the cheerleader is dying, they are considered
Cheerleaders will most likely walk out of every practice with a new bruise, bump, or scar, and they will probably have no idea how it got there. This is my fifth year cheerleading, and I have already experienced three broken noses from being hit in the face, and two concussions from being fallen on. With that being said, cheerleading acquires a high level of mental toughness that most athletes will never achieve. People believe cheerleaders are stereotypical “girly-girls,” when we can take some of the hardest hits and be okay. We are trained to get over the pain and deal with it later. Cheerleaders never know what may happen in the middle of a routine, so unless the cheerleader is dying, they are considered