The Cheerleaders

Paige Bloskas WRIT 101-Section 112 Dr. Kerstin Rudolph Is Cheer a Sport? Many people today debate wether cheer is a sport or not. Some people stereotype a cheerleader as merely being a woman standing on the sidelines of games looking perfect, shaking their pom poms, holding signs and yelling chants for football players. However, there is more to cheer than just that. Even if girls standing on sidelines cheering at football games is not a sport, there is also a competitive side of cheer. This…

there lived a very beautiful, blonde named, Tiffany. Tiffany was the “Queen Bee” of her high school in Kansas, Buckner Hall, captain of the cheerleading squad, dating the quarterback, all the stereotypical things you could imagine about a popular cheerleader in highschool, fit in her life. One night, the cheerleading squad thought it would be funny to break into the school’s drama center and vandalize a few things as part of an initiation for the new freshman. As Tiffany and her squad entered…

and since classes had just ended, crowds of kids filled the hallways, and I got bumped around like I did not exist. Thankfully, a cheerleader saw me and figured that I had come there for tryouts since I wore shorts, cheer shoes and a big bow in my hair. She took me to the gym where at least sixty girls had shown up to compete. The first thing I saw was cheerleaders doing high level tumbling with no fear. I knew it would not be easy to get selected to the Varsity Sideline and Competition teams…

basketball seasons, cheerleaders wear their uniforms on game days. Two different squads represent these teams, and both of their uniforms consist of a short skirt. During football season, those cheerleaders have never been asked to put on pants or leggings to wear underneath the skirt. In the past basketball season, those set of cheerleaders had been asked to put on pants underneath theirs or they could not wear them to school. This defines discrimination towards the basketball cheerleaders…

and shouting. Its completion its gymnastics its exercise. It’s also pride and self-respect especially dealing with performance and training. When it comes to performing in front of other cheerleaders. It give you a chance to show yourself and others how well you can perform. Training for a competitive cheerleader is way tougher than any other sport or activity. Training can take weeks or days because you get to…

to involve the rest of the student body. Even though school spirit is an emotional feeling of pride toward a school, it can be physically seen by the way students and teachers behave. Prime examples of the students that show the most spirit is cheerleaders. School spirit can be possessed by anyone, but school spirit is like faith, one either has it or not. School Spirit is not an occasional act. School Spirit is not just cheering at pep rallies to get free stuff. School spirit is not just…

When people hear the word “cheerleader” I am sure most would think of little, skimpy girls running around high schools with their nose in the air. Which is such a jaded, misleading conception. This is exactly why people think negatively about cheerleading. Cheerleading is more than what it looks like, that is why it is a sport. To be classified as a sport it is required to have an opponent, a goal, physical activity, and rules. Cheerleading has all of the above listed components. Before I go on…

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…

perspective the true reality can be faded and hard to come by. As much as I hate to admit it, before I started cheering I was one of those people who thought cheerleaders were just really loud girls that wanted they played a “sport”. It did not take long for me to soon for me to open my eyes and see through the fog to notice that the cheerleaders are just like any other student athletes and what they do is not easy.…

rosters then give you your football coaches number to team up with them so that you can practice near the same area. Many girls cheer on their brothers team so it is important that you practice near the football team. Please get in contact with your cheerleaders and their parents within the day to schedule your practices. Football practices have already begun so cheerleading practices need to start asap! You are responsible for scheduling your own practice times and area to practice in. You are…