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    Cheerleading Sport

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    30 feet high while doing a trick, and still the 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…

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    History Of Cheerleading

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    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…

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    Cheerleading Is A Sport

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    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…

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    Cheerleading: A Sport

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    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 teens that are against…

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    Cheerleading is a physical activity and sometimes competitive sport. Cheerleading started in the 1880s when an all male pep club was started at Princeton University, it was not until 1923 that girls were introduced to the sport because men had to go fight in World War 11. Since then cheerleading has evolved from standing in front of the crowd and yelling to competing at world events. Whether the organization has choreographed routines that range from two or three minutes that cover the basics;…

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    The Sport Of Cheerleading

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    Cheerleading is performed all around the world at schools, universities, gymnasiums. (Google’s definition) “Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate in competitions”. Cheerleaders wear uniforms, girls wear skirts and tops and cheer shoes,…

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    Essay On Cheerleading

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    The National Cheerleading Association and the Implications it Left on the Sport 5,6,7,8! The typical counts that cheerleaders hear everyday. Cheerleading has always been perceived as a show for the entertainment of others or as individuals whose only focus is to pump up a team. In reality, cheerleading has developed into something much different than the normal stereotypes. It is no longer about the look, sexy outfits, and leading the crowd. Cheerleading has developed into its own sport and has…

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    Is Cheerleading A Sport

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    Is Cheerleading a Sport? When it comes to the topic of Cheerleading, most would readily agree that it is not considered a sport. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question on the lack of competition and physical activity when it comes to cheerleading. Whereas some are convinced that the sole purpose of cheerleading is to wave pompoms around and support a sports team, others maintain that the fact that cheerleading is physically demanding, and squads do compete in…

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    Competitive Cheerleading

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    Perhaps the biggest effect of the development of NCA was the upbringing of competitive cheerleading. Since hybrid cheer and sideline cheer could not be ruled as a sport, that did not mean competitive cheer did not have a chance. Johnson and Sailors (2013) described competitive cheer as a squad that only competes against other competitive squads in events held by cheer organizations (p.257). Competitive cheer fills the guidelines of obtaining physical activity and a competitive nature against…

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    Cheerleading A Sport

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    From its humble beginning, cheerleading has developed into a very active hobby for young people. Recently cheerleading has brought controversy toward whether or not it should be considered a sport. Being one of the fastest growing girls’ sport, a lot of people do not see it as being a sport. Many people do not believe cheerleading is a sport because they do not think it involves athletic skills like other sports and a big reason because is not a part of a game. What they do not realize is that…

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