Have you ever thought about trying out for the cheer team? Well, you should because cheerleading helps you in many ways. Cheerleading helps you be more flexible and fit. It also helps you focus better at school and it makes you have more self-esteem. You should try out for the cheerleading team, no matter how nerve racking it is. Cheerleading helps you be very flexible. When you join the cheer team, you have to stretch and condition everyday, if you want to be good. This isn’t always fun, but is
in the spring of 2016 for a national title. Through my experience as a UNA cheerleader, I believe that college cheerleading should be considered a sport because of the time put into the sport, the work put into getting better, and how both males and females can be cheerleaders. College Cheerleading should be considered a sport because of the
There is a lot of controversy about whether or not cheerleading and gymnastics are the same thing. People do not realize the big difference between the two sports. While cheerleading and gymnastics both use similar techniques, the way each uses these technique differ. Both sports compel a great deal of physical fitness and proficiency. Cheerleading and gymnastics require a certain physical and mental state of mind in order to have a strong performance. While both of these sports may seem similar
Cheerleading has been overlooked for years and they do not get the credit they deserve. American citizens deny and deny that cheer is a sport but there are many arguments that prove otherwise.America is full of disputes among the citizens and one happens to be whether cheerleading is a sport or not, and many clear points show that it is by its growth and the actual definition of a sport and the factors that are included. Cheerleading has came a long way since 1898 and has become more challenging
are raw statistics that cheerleading accounts for two-thirds of all catastrophic injuries among female high school athletes. Honestly, cheerleading isn’t as safe as you might think, which was one of the reasons New York State - following 34 other states and Washington D.C. - reclassified it as an official school sport last month.”(Hickey, Walt) Competitive Cheerleading is a sport. Many people were upset about this accusation because in their minds they believe cheerleading isn’t a sport. These people
running to keep themselves in shape, in order to be able to perform some of the stunts that they perform such as, high jumps, cartwheels, and the splits. Just because they are female, doesn’t mean that they do not have to train just as hard as male athletes.
even though we throw stunts and tumble at times. Many other people who have no cheerleading experience believe that competitive cheerleading is not a sport. In fact, the definition of the word athlete is a person trained or gifted in exercise or contests involving physical agility, stamina, or strength; a participant in a sport, exercise or a game requiring physical skill. competitions are all about finding
Does cheerleading fall under the category of an activity or a sport? This question has been raised in numerous conversations since November 2, 1898, whenever cheerleading was invented (InnovateUs). A group of young men at the University of Minnesota organized a team of people to cheer for the different sports held at the school. They defined themselves as the school’s cheerleaders. Many people, including the sports authorities, have questioned whether or not cheerleading is an actual sport. In 2010
conceited and do nothing more than cheer for football games but thats nothing compared to what we truly are. They think cheerleading isn’t a sport. What they don't know is we go through hard work to get to the best cheerleader we want to be and to beat other cheerleading squads at competition. Cheerleading is a sport because it is a physical activity, it involves competition. Cheerleading is a physical activity because “Physical activity is any body movement that works your muscles and requires more
Many people think that cheerleading is just performing on Friday nights, but there is so much more to cheerleading than just that. Cheerleading takes a combination of time and effort. Although cheerleading looks easy, it takes dedication, teamwork, and leadership to become a well-rounded cheerleader. First and foremost, dedication is a key role to being a cheerleader. Dedication means you need to absolutely love what you are doing and wanting to succeed at it. For example, I spend countless