Compare And Contrast All Star Cheerleading

Cheerleading was established in 1984. All-star cheerleading was established in 1992. High school cheerleaders, jump, scream and wave to support their sports team. All-star cheerleaders, tumble, stunt and sweat to prove they are the best and strongest girls with the biggest smiles. All-star cheerleaders and High school cheerleaders are so often bunched together because in the eyes of the general public there is not much to differentiate between the two. All-star and high school when understand to the fullest have almost no similarities some of the main differences being; their practices, the extent of their tryouts and of course their competitions. All-star cheer teams and high school cheer teams differ completely and should not be grouped together …show more content…
Although this is a common misconception construed through media representation like "Glee" or "90210", All-star cheer teams receive little to no recognition and are immediately grouped with high school cheer even though both sports are lacking even the most basic of similarities. High school cheer teams are best known to be their schools "pep squad" they work together as a team to preform peppy chants at games and encourage school spirit. All-star cheer teams do not cheer. Although they identify as a cheer team all-star cheer teams do not preform cheers, do not bounce around in school colors, and do not cheer as a hobby. All-star cheerleaders see cheering as a part of their own life and spend as much time possible …show more content…
High school girls who only came to look pretty for boys and bounce around at games will quickly tire of the extra workouts and the social time they lose with double practices; those girls will quit. All-star cheer teams do not joke about competition. Each girl is excuse from school and other activities for two weeks before competitions begin. They will spend every day and night at the gym. By the time competition comes around each girl will be able to perform their routine forward and backwards in their sleep. Any girl who is not below a BMI of 24 by the time competition season rolls around they are cut from the routine. Girls who were already below a BMI of 24 that have not increased their overall muscle index by 20% are cut. Competition is huge. All-star competitions are televised and it is every All-stars dream to make it to nationals in Florida. Teams that don 't make it nationals are punished with conditioning for