The Cheerleaders

cheerleading is just an activity. When people think of cheerleaders, they think of preppy girls cheering for a sport they know nothing about. They think cheerleaders do not put in work, and they just stand on the sidelines to look pretty. In reality, cheerleaders have to know what is going on during the game at all times. Many people think cheerleaders are weak, but what they do not know is they are some of the strongest women athletes. Cheerleaders put in a lot of time and practice just to…

whether cheerleading is considered a sport. People assume it’s not because normally all they see of cheerleaders is at football or basketball games. People never watch cheerleaders performing at an actual competition. The sound of a screaming crowd, the flashes of cameras, and a goal to win are things that all sports have in common with cheerleading. Cheerleading meets the definition of a sport. Cheerleaders are expected to have a high level of physical activity to participate. At the beginning…

Bremen Wants A Victory Today is the day. The day everyone has been waiting for. The day when all of the blood, sweat, and tears finally pay off. Today is the basketball championship. All of the cheerleaders will arrive at school decked out in their Bremen blue attire. Bows in their hair, cheer bags on their shoulders, and spirit in their hearts. They are ready to cheer their team to a win. On the other end of the campus, the basketball players enter the locker room. Some exchange a few…

A cheerleader must have some sort of motion when beginning and be able to change direction by pushing off the floor. Newton’s Second Law of Motion defines the relationship between acceleration, force, and mass. The more force pushed from the ground the higher the cheerleader will go into the air and the easier the cheerleader will land on her bases. Newton’s Third Law of Motion states that any time a force acts from…

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 modern cheerleaders must show all the characteristics that are defined as a sport in order to be good. It involves the strength of a football player, dexterity of a gymnast, speed of a track star, the grace of a dancer, and the determination of all athletes.…

cheerleading in the article American Beauty: The Cheerleader in America Literature and Popular Culture. In the article, Miles reminisces about her personal experiences as a high school cheerleader and points out various stereotypes of cheerleaders in the media. Miles's experiences as well as my own can be compared to the well-known cheerleading movie, Bring It On, in order to reveal the movies missteps and accuracies in its portrayal of high school cheerleaders in America. Early in the film, we…

Is Cheerleading a sport? Cheerleading is a competitive sport. The stereotype for being a cheerleader is that females aren’t capable of the athletic coordination that most males are able to do. Cheerleading should be treated as a sport because it requires intense skills and practice, mandates competitiveness, and requires strength and determination. Cheerleading should be treated as a sport because it requires intense skills and practice. Consequently, [i]t must be a…

especially for younger kids. Someone is bound to get hurt no matter what. Additionally, cheerleading has the same amount of injuries as any other sport. Cheerleaders can break bones just like anyone else, which why the dangers of cheerleading let’s cheer qualify as a sport. Cheerleaders can get hurt as many times as football player. Cheerleaders are bound to…

tight uniforms and may I add skirts. In track you see short shorts or tight compression shorts on men and women. So that is condridciting to me. A point was also made that cheerleaders wear to much make up. Well I know other women that throw on make up before a game as well. Many make assumptions before comparing. Cheerleaders make up simply enhances their features. After all, while cheering at a game we are there to motivate and encourage. So smiling is key. You want to pop in order to get the…

Asia Webb makes an interesting claim about cheerleaders stating, “…