Cheerleading Have you ever wondered what cheerleading is? Cheerleading is one of the most dangerous sports. As a cheerleader you are there to support your team and you show your school spirit. Also you are looked at as a positive role model to other students. As a cheerleader you must have a 2.0 GPS.
The three main things a cheerleader does though is getting the crowd involved, the things cheerleaders do outside of the games for the school, and helping out the community. Getting the crowd involved is one of the hardest things about cheerleading. Cheerleaders do cheers they know the student body will like. Cheerleaders really like to put up stunts during cheers because it gives the crowd something to be excited about. At halftime, cheerleaders usually put on a show so it keeps everybody’s energy going for the rest of the game.
Unfortunately, people still view cheerleaders as pretty, dainty and dumb. More people would think of cheerleading as a sport if they knew more about the dedication and hard work it takes to be a successful cheerleader. Being aware of the facts will help people understand the dedication it takes to cheer. Many cheer squads across the country require the girls and boys have higher grade averages than other students. These students are often on the honor roll and are involved with charities and civic groups.
This essay will explain how I will always have the passion, dedication, and talent to pursue my goals in cheerleading. First, I became interested in cheerleading because my cousin Dana worked at Pittsburgh Pride all-star cheerleading gym as a private tumbling coach. As a little kid she would always take me out to her work and let me run around and play at the gym. I would always see the cheerleaders practicing on the mats in front of me, until one day I joined the class with everyone. I loved it and wanted to come back or more.
Competition cheerleaders learn to tumble like standing back flips and full layout twists. Cheerleaders do perform lifts and tosses like where they throw fliers in the air, who are held by bases in different positions that require strength and cooperation with other teammates. There are guidelines for competition cheerleading. Guidelines being where the routine has to be completed in less than three minutes and 15 seconds and the cheerleaders are required to stay within a certain area. It is a physical activity that is governed by rules under which a winner can be
Kaira Gonzalez Akeelah and The Bee Paper English___________ 11/12/2009 Akeelah and The Bee Akeelah is an outstanding speller. Labeled as the brainiac in her school every student makes fun of her. Akeelah tries to keep her smarts to herself in order to protect herself from other students who mean harm to her. Akeelah is offered to go to the spelling bee nationals but she doesn’t want to be considered a freak if she accepts. No one from her school has ever had a offer like this.
There are 10 girls and 10 guys whom stunt together as partners and then there are 6 girls who only stunt in the all girls group. There are certain requirements you must master along the way such as stunting, tumbling and cheering in order to maintain your spot. The Co-Lin cheer squad holds practices everyday of the week, but game day, Saturday, and Sunday. The squad meets at the same time as a group and they are instructed by their sponsor on what to practice. They then interact with each other by talking their stunts out with each other, helping each other to spot different stunts, and by collectively working as a group to learn new cheers and routines.
Cheerleading has evolved immensely from sideling squads, which base their success on looks and popularity to competitive teams, which strive for perfection. Competitive cheerleading is more athletic than high cheer squads, or sideline squads, because it requires the strength of football players, the grace of dancers, and the agility of gymnastics (“WeatherNet5”). At a cheerleading competition, cheerleaders are the main focus and their goal is perfection. Their routines are reviewed by a panel of judges and winners are determined by the overall score a team receives (“Cheerleading”). Just like gymnasts, cheerleaders are awarded points for difficulty, technique, creativity, and uniformity.
Cheerleaders stunt flyers into the air for a majority of the routine. The second requirement is that the sport must have competitions against an opponent. The whole purpose of competition cheerleading is to compete against several teams, win, and rise to the top. Third, it must be governed by rules that explicitly define the time, space and purpose of the contest and the conditions under which a winner is declared. Every routine must be two and a half minutes, teams can only compete on nine mats, and score sheets determine the winner.
Through free verse, readers are taken into teenage Clare’s head. She has been training as a ballet dancer for ten years, living and breathing dance. Her goal to make it into one of the sixteen spots in the City Ballet Company, which has been a dream of her family’s since she was a little girl. However, the strain put on her body and mind threatens to burst as she tries to deal with everything surrounding her. Her best friend Rosella has taken to puking in the bathroom after class, with her mother’s encouragement; their classmate Dia has gained weight and everyone snickers that she will be kicked out any day; the girls silently compare their bodies to the others; and Clare can’t stop herself from growing into the tallest girl in class.