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Cheerleading Is Definitely a Sport Cheerleading is absolutely a sport and here are just a few of the numerous reasons why. Strategy Like all recognized sports, cheerleading has big-time strategy. One very important aspect of cheering is knowing when to say certain things. For instance, they only use touchdown cheers when their team has made a touchdown. Knowing when to say the right thing during a game is kind of like debating. Another strategy that could be even more essential to successful cheering is knowing how to read your audience. Cheerleaders always know when the crowd is getting bored and they combat this by doing some moves. For instance, a popular move would be a little shimmy, which always wakes up the males in the stand even if their team has yet to score a point. Trash TalkEvery athlete knows that sports involve a lot of trash talking. Cheerleaders could possibly be the worst trashers of them all because a part of their sport is calling out the other team. For example, if one of the teams comes over to the other side of the field they might use a classic cheer like: “We’re hot, you’re not so go light up in the parking lot. Yeahhhhhhhh! Wheeeeew!” I have to say though that trash talking in cheerleading is bringing a new aspect to the term, because members even slander their own team mates! They are definitely one up on all the other sports. UniformsEvery recognized sport has uniforms and cheerleading is no exception. In fact, their uniforms could possibly be the most recognized of any sport. Uniforms are perfected to best suit the athlete’s needs. In cheerleading, the girls are put in super-duper short skirts that probably do not even fit the dress code at the school. But there is a valid reason for their size. Short skirts allow for greater movement than a long skirt. The guys are put in baggy shorts or pants. There is a definite reason why girls are dressed in skirts and not pants. Remember when we were discussing how there are strategic moves in cheerleading. Well…some of those moves tend to reveal a little more than others and that can sometimes be pretty entertaining to all that testosterone in the crowd. The shirts also tend to be pretty small and I really can’t figure out how that would be of any use to the cheerleaders. So again, I have come to my own conclusion and deducted that again they are for the entertainment. PopularityAnyone who has been to high school knows that the jocks are usually pretty popular and party pretty hard. This goes the same for cheerleaders. Like the male athletes, the cheerleaders are also strangely popular among their fellow peers. I really can only attribute this to their unique and special athletic ability. They also have the great ability to party on and on and on. This has to be because of their superior build and strategic mind. TV CompetitionsMaybe the most compelling evidence of all is that there are televised competitions. Every sport has televised competitions and so does cheerleading. I can just imagine the whole family gathering around to watch the national championships of cheerleading. It is probably the equivalent of the Super Bowl. Now don’t try and deny it, I know you have watched one of these in awe. Well…maybe you haven’t; but there is always a first for everything. Now if this isn’t enough evidence that cheerleading is a sport, I have to conclude that you are just a stubborn person that is unwilling to expand your horizons even though your belly keeps miraculously expanding. You see, I know the trials and tribulations of cheerleading because I was one! Yes I was, and I am damn proud of it. Not really, but only you and I know that. Tags: Sports School cheerleading teenage
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cheermasterrr says on 2009-09-11 10:01:24 about cheerleadin
yes, cheerleadinq is a sport, ive been cheerinq since i was 6 years old - it is a sport, we do just as much work as any other sport, we have to lift people, throw people, tumble, jump &_ work on motions, run, &_ scream. Cheerleaders work hard &_ we qet the least amount of respect, everyone who doesnt think its a sport, should try it one day &_ see how lonq you can last because cheerleading isnt as easy as it looks. |
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cheerleading says on 2008-05-19 17:02:22 about cheerleading:is a sport!
Cheerleading a sport? What makes a sport? A ball? nope, wrestling doesnt have a ball and its a sport. Sweat? Nope we sweat just as much or more during our practices. Practices, audiences? Nope, not that either. We practice 2 hours a day 4 days a week, 4 weeks a month and 12 months a year, and there is often more people attending a cheer comptition then a ball game. We tumble, jump, scream, cheer, stunt and more. Flyers have to have flexibility and strength, and bases need ot have strength to be able to lift flyers and throw them up more then 10-15 feet in the air. We also need to have strength to get our pikes toe touches herkies and more jumps high. Not to mention our tumbling. You thing its easy doing a back handspring? Why don't you tr yit. Not to mentin a back tuck! If you can't do a backbend kickover, not to mention just a backbend, good luck trying to do what we cheerleaders can do!
So next time you thing cheerleaidng isnt a sport, think again! |
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K10 says on 2008-05-13 15:40:16 about
Okay, so I’ve been cheering for a long time now. I cheered on my varsity high school sideline team for all of high school. And I’m gonna have to say that I don’t think that part of cheerleading is a sport… don’t’ get me wrong. It’s difficult, and I think it largely depends on the high school in question to say how much effort goes in to it, and what skills are performed. But there are way too many high school teams out there that can barely get a girl up in to an extension and that only have one or two girls on the team that can tumble. And I’m not trying to diss anyone’s team or anything… I’m just saying hat if all you’re doing is yelling and kicking on the sideline in support of another sports team… that’s not exactly what I would call a sport…
BUT… competition cheerleading is entirely different. I was also on my school’s competition team as well as an all star team all throughout high school… and anyone who doesn’t view that as a sport is entirely ignorant. It involves constant and strenuous practice as well as being in shape in every aspect of fitness. Cheerleading involves every part of your body. Your abs have to be strong to jump high, legs and arms to lift people, endurance to make it through routines, coordination for dancing, flexibility in general, as well as shoulder strength and balance. And for those of you who say you don’t get points in cheerleading you’re wrong… it’s a judged sport just like gymnastics and ice skating or whatever else you guys want to compare it too.
As for stereotypes about cheerleaders… I mean every girls sports team is going to have people that gossip or try to show off… it’s high school… it happens. And there are plenty of girls that join just to get a certain reputation. But in my experience if you’re on a challenging enough team… those girls usually can’t hang, unless they actually have talent of course. And cheerleaders aren’t all dumb… I cheered and I got a scholarship to Virginia Tech, another girl on the squad is going to UVA… etc.
And for anyone that doesn’t believe competitive cheerleading is a sport… go to youtube and type in allstar cheerleading routine and see what comes up… then try to do half the stuff that you saw and maybe you will get the idea…
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