Cheerleading

''Go, Fight, Win'' you might here that during cheerleading. Do you think cheerleading is a sport? Cheerleaders are actually very important and we do a lot more then you think. I am a cheerleader and I do believe it is a sport. When we are just standing on the sidelines and yelling you might not consider that a sport, but when we are tumbling or stunting it definitly is. Cheerleaders put a lot of hardwork and dedicaton into it. I think if all the boys quit football to cheer they would call it a sport

When it comes to cheerleading, most of us will readily agree that it is not a real sport. Where this agreement usually ends, however, is on the question of why not. Whereas some are convinced that cheerleading doesn’t meet necessary qualifications to officially be a sport, others maintain that it does have qualities deeming it to be a sport. This is because the competition level in high school and college exceeds the expectation of those other sports that put in the time, hard work and effort to

Competition cheerleading is a very competitive sport, although regular cheerleading isn’t a sport at all. Many people argue the answer to this question a lot; yet the people that argue towards the yes side give reasons that support competition cheer. Cheerleading isn’t a sport for many reasons, one being that the activity doesn’t require any skill. Regular, non-sport cheerleading doesn’t have any specific skills that make it a sport, yes some cheerleaders can do certain skills but those aren’t required

football game on November second, 1898, cheerleading has been primarily a support group that leads group yells at sports events. Cheerleading has evolved over the past twenty years from being an activity where members were selected based on their popularity to one that now claims some of the more talented athletes at school (“Cheerleading…”). This sport requires a great deal of physical strength, endurance and grace, and Americans overlook these aspects of cheerleading. Some Americans fail to make the distinction

squeezed through a tough obstacle without becoming injured or being thrusted past what the body is gifted of. Most or all athletes face challenges that enable a mental block to control them as well as their activity performed, not just in cheerleading,

learn a whole lot about the cheerleading you used to know. Throughout time, cheer has developed into an intense sport with elements of risk and danger. No longer are our squads dismissed while cheering on the sidelines for other teams to win. Today each cheer team is working their way to be the champion of their own division. Cheerleading has evolved throughout history into one of the fastest growing sports today; All Star competitive cheerleading. Competitive cheerleading teams and competitions developed

There seems to be much dispute over whether competitive cheerleading fits the criteria of a sport. Cheerleading has developed into something almost completely different than what it used to be in the past. Competitive cheerleading consists of performing physically demanding routines and competing against other squads. Competitive cheerleading should be labeled as a sport, thus recognizing the competitive cheerleaders as athletes. Cheerleading has all the elements to be considered a sport that any

The history of cheerleading is connected to the development of sports in the United States and crowd participation at athletic events. In 1869, the first American football college game took place at Rutgers University against Princeton University in Piscataway, New Jersey. This was where cheerleading initially began. By the 1880s, the students at Princeton formed an all-male student “pep club” to lead chants and yells in order to support their team and create an exciting sports environment. To motivate

Cheerleading is far more than peppy girls in short skirts, supporting the teams of their schools. In fact, cheerleading was created and was mostly dominated by males in its early years. Since then, cheerleading has become known as an extracurricular activity, a popularity contest where snarky dumb blondes date the star football player and wear skimpy outfits. Regardless of these stereotypes cheerleading is a dangerous sport with fierce competition and requires the same amount of skill as athletes

“It doesn’t matter what people think about cheerleading, if it’s something you love to do then that’s all that counts.” -Unknown. When you look at the sport of cheerleading, every person who steps on the mat performs with their all and leaves their heart out there. First off, choreography and practices before the season starts are the most challenging. There’s nothing better than the feeling after hitting a routine perfect after long weeks of stressful practices. Meanwhile, our breaks from competition