Cheerleading Is A Sport Essay

Cheerleading is something that has changed drastically in the past years. In the past couple of decades cheerleaders have left the sidelines and have stepped up to the mat. It is now a competitive sport. ”Cheerleading isn 't about winning, it 's about being better than you were yesterday”-unknown. Cheerleading has grown so much, now cheerleaders are focusing on making themselves and the sport better. The orgins of cheer origionally started in Great Britian.In 1883, they started the trend of cheering and chanting at sports games. However, the first official cheer was at the University of Princeton in 1884 in Princeton, New Jersey(cheerleading.Isport.com). Although cheerleading is thought to be female dominated sport, it was originally an activity that was …show more content…
Like all popular sports, there are popular athletes. There are cheerleaders from all over the country that are very well known. Athletes look up to these cheerleaders like any other sport. These “cheerlebrites” influence the sport greatly and have a huge following on social media. Carly Manning(Cheer Athletics) has over ninety-five thousand followers on twitter and is actually verified twitter user. Gabi Butler(California All Stars, Top Gun All Stars and Gymtyme All Stars) has over one-hundred thousand followers on twitter. Gabi Butler also starred on a youtube show, sponsored by AwesomenessTV, that took you through the season of a cheerleader. This show revealed what went on at practices, competitions and other cheer related activities. Maddie Gardner(Cheer Extreme All Stars and UNC cheerleader) was one of the original “cheerlebs”. In 2010, she was the first one to attempt(as a flyer) and actually compete a ball up 360 tick-tock. This was a stunt that no one had ever done nor thought of doing . This stunt helped bring the gold home for her team,Cheer Extreme Senior Elite, at the 2010 Cheerleading