Cheerleading

Cheerleading has always been a very important aspect to my life. In high school our cheerleading squad had an experience that proved cheerleaders do not get the respect from other athletes that they deserve. As a cheerleading squad, we were at every football and basketball game, even the away games. We were there to show support for our fellow athletes, however when our squad was in a cheerleading competition, not one of the other athletes came in support of us. This showed the lack of respect…

of practice, and thousands of dollars put into competitive cheerleading are well worth to the rewards of hitting a perfect routine. The first step in achieving perfection on the blue mats is preparation.…

Is Cheerleading a Sport or Just an Activity? Did you know that 25% of the money spent on student sport injuries in 2005 where from cheerleading? This shows that it is very dangerous just like other sports. Cheer is a sport where you learn dance routines and cheers. You cheer for a football or basketball team, but you can also go to competitions. One thing about cheer is there are a lot of possible injuries like broken bones and even concussions. In cheer you stunt which is where people are…

Cheerleading is just as dangerous as football. Lots of things can go wrong in cheerleading. Due to cheerleaders getting hurt severely, we need to do some things to be less accident prone. There are many ways to prevent getting hurt,but catching the flyer when something goes wrong it is almost unfeasible.Cheerleading is just as extremely dangerous but is also very fun and competitive. Stunting can be amazing but highly dangerous at the same time. Stunting is when you take a flyer by the feet…

I have been a competition cheerleader for 7 years now. Cheerleading has taught many things, including life lessons. Now competition cheerleading is nothing like sideline cheerleading. In competition cheerleading you give absolute all you have for two minutes and thirty seconds of a routine. You’re two main goals at a competition are to have fun and beat all the other teams at the competition. So in preparation for a competition we practice for months, spending hours upon hours of time in the gym…

the University of Minnesota in 1898 and consisted of all males yelling their Universities well known cheer through megaphones. Cheerleading has come a long way since then and there are now at least four million Cheerleaders in thirty-one countries. At the moment cheerleading is not considered a sport in any country. There is much debate about whether or not cheerleading should be considered a sport or not. The debate mostly revolves around what is considered to be a sport. The definition of a…

Many people believe cheerleading is not a sport, but I happen to disagree. Acording to Wikipedia, the definition of a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Now I will admit that school cheering, when just cheering for another sport, is not a sport. Although competitive cheerleading is a sport, many people believe that it is not. (The Women's Sport Foundation has narrowed the field to the…

Cheerleading gets argued about being a sport every day, and if you think standing on the sidelines of a real sports team game, yelling you`re very wrong. The whole stadium is yelling and cheering, a bunch of girl voices don 't make that much of a difference. Cheerleading is very much not a sport, especially high school cheerleading. A sport is an activity that involves physical exertion and skill. What doesn’t define as a sport is cheerleading. Being a cheerleader doesn`t mean you`re not an…

characters on generalized stereotypes. The stereotypical cheerleader, I was not but when I heard the rumble of the crowd and felt the team spirit I knew I wanted to be a part of it all. After taking some time to look beyond the surface I realized that cheerleading was not all about the tight uniforms and shiny pompoms. Cheer is a sport that requires teamwork, trust, dedication, commitment, and optimism. My position was back spot. My job was to catch the flyer no matter the cost to be sure of…

Cheerleading is a competitive sport because it’s just as equal to other high school sports. We do competitions,we go against teams, and we have scores. (Short skirts, loud voices, and tons of energy; that’s what most high school students define as a typical cheerleader). Most of the people in the world will have this opinion. People think that cheerleaders are seen as wanna-be athletes. They don’t actually do anything other than a few back-flips here or there. How hard could it be? The answer is…