A Sport: Why Cheerleading Is A Sport

When people hear the word “cheerleader” I am sure most would think of little, skimpy girls running around high schools with their nose in the air. Which is such a jaded, misleading conception. This is exactly why people think negatively about cheerleading. Cheerleading is more than what it looks like, that is why it is a sport.
To be classified as a sport it is required to have an opponent, a goal, physical activity, and rules. Cheerleading has all of the above listed components. Before I go on, I would like to point out that there is a difference between school cheerleading and competitive or allstar cheerleading. Both are sports, but competitive cheerleading is more complex and it is also a more fitting example of a sport. School cheerleading can be complex just as well, but it all depends on where you go to school and how big your school is. So I will talk about competitive cheerleading.
The rules for cheerleading are simple. You are put in a category to compete in, it all depends on how big your gym is, the skills your routine is made up of, and how many people you have on your team. Just like a 4A school wouldn’t play against a 6A school, a level 3 team would not compete against a level 4 team. Just like a football game has 12 minutes in each quarter, cheerleaders get 2 and a half minutes to show the judges what they are bringing to the table. This being, cheerleading has rules like any other sport.
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You never truly understand cheerleading until you actually do it. There is nothing like being on the mat, seeing your coach stand at the front banging on the floor because everyone just hit the zero deductions we needed to win it all. Cheerleading gives you this warm fuzzy feeling inside making you smile from ear to ear with pride. Just like any other sport should make you