Ten years ago, if someone had told me that I would be a cheerleader at the collegiate level, I would most likely have laughed in their face. Now as I sit here getting ready for practice, I find it comical thinking about how I entered the world of cheerleading. Going into my freshman year of high school, my mother told me I had to try out for cheerleading. Naturally, I cried. There was no way I would be associated with the ditzy girls in short skirts with excessive amounts of makeup on. But as they say, mothers know best. Growing up, I participated in every sport imaginable; gymnastics, basketball, track, lacrosse, and even golf. Changing activities became familiar to me, as I would get bored quite quickly. After I had decided to take up cheerleading full time, I felt like I was downgrading. I felt I was too athletic for a sport that held so many “non-athletic” stereotypes. My theory was quickly proven wrong.…
There is an on going debate whether or not cheerleading should be considered a sport. This issue has even been argued in a court of law. Competitive cheerleading consists of lots of practices, competitions, routines that are critical to remember, tumbling, stunting, and jumping. Competitive cheerleading shares many of the same physical abilities as other team sports. Cheerleaders work hard on all of their skills so they can improve as a team. Therefore, competitive cheerleading should be…
Cheerleading is being considered for the 2020 Olympics! Some people don''t belive cheerleading is a sport. A sport is defined as, "an activity involving physical exertion and skill, in which an individual or team competes against others for entertainment". So, is cheerleading a sport? Yes. Many people will say it is. First, "skill and physical exertion." You need physical strength to cheer. You need training and exercise. Doing flips is difficult! You also need skill, to keep the rhythm…
consider trying out for the Spirit Squad. For male High School athletes, who have a desire to continue being a part of a team sport, cheerleading would be a great choice for them. One great incentive to being a part of the Spirit Squad is that it does offer a scholarship that will help pay your college tuition. In cheerleading, males need to maintain a certain physical fitness level to help them stay in shape and to achieve stunting and tumbling goals before performances. Because of this, male…
out to become a varsity cheerleader, not expecting to make it and preparing myself for the outcome I made it. There were so many great girls trying out to make the varsity cheer squad. I expected nothing less than my number not to be on the school website at 4:00 p.m. If you try your hardest then you will succeed at anything your desire. I started my first year at Durant as a freshman, I had tried out to become a cheerleader my seventh and eighth grade year. I made both years but when freshman…
"Let's go generals let's go!" What do you think of cheerleading not being a sport? Then get your Pom Poms and come along. They keep the crowd going, I would definitely not enjoy football games without them. The first cheer squad started in 1898. The university of Minnesota had the honor to be the first school. I think that cheerleading is not a sport because it's not athletic and it has not been in the Olympics for that long. A lot of cheerleaders only call it a sport because they do…
NCAA is not considering competitive cheerleading a sport. Cheerleading has come a long way from just looking sexy in cheer uniforms to high level stunting. It has evolved into a very dangerous and competitive sport. Competitive cheerleading is considered to be very challenging both mentally and physically. The criterion below will prove that competitive cheerleading should absolutely be considered a sport. A physical exercise will be considered a sport if it meets the criterion which includes a…
There has been a debate for many years about cheerleading being a sport. In my opinion, cheerleading is a sport. Imagine throwing 100+ pounds of body weight in the air and having no choice but to catch it every single time, holding a person in the air while they are pulling body positions, and jumping in positions that you aren’t used to being in. That’s not even half of what cheerleading is. If you don’t consider that a sport, then hopefully I can give you some insight why me along with many…
My immediate family has a history of cheerleading. My father was a cheerleader at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco back when it was an all-boys school. My mom was a part of the Edwardsburg cheer squad in Michigan. I was not aware of my cheer lineage until after I joined the Drake High School Cheer Team. The history of cheerleading is strongly bound to the history of athletics in the United States. This includes American Football, basketball, etc. At the first American Football…
My movie shows the struggle of pushing cheerleading to become recognized as a sport, and lists the reasons of why it should be. As a cheerleader, many times, I have had to have this argument with other athletes in order to prove the hard work, passion, and dedication that is required of this sport. This is why I chose to make it into a movie, so that I could persuade others into agreeing with me. The audience that I am reaching to with this method of justification will be mostly children and…