Cheerleading is often thought of as a sport only for high school and college athletes as well. The risk of getting an injury in competitive cheerleading is very high, but there are also very many safety tips to help reduce injuries. Such as, equipment, fitness, spotters, and coaches. Using a mat when you cheer or stunt is recommended so if a flyer falls they won’t hit hard floor. Fitness is very important in cheerleading.
Lucas Dennis PE Weinrich Period 6 8 March 2015 Is Cheerleading a Sport? People have debated over whether or not cheerleading is a sport. Sports recently have shown none equality since the beginning of their popularity. Some people believe cheerleading is a sport for multiple reasons. One reason is that cheerleaders compete against the other team just like in any other sport.
Sport, an activity that involves physical activity and skill in which an individual or team compete against another individual or another team. In order for something to be a sport it must fall under this category, so why isn't cheer leading a sport and who gets to define whether it should be a sport or not? Cheer leading doesn't just involve a bunch of girls trying to look pretty in mini skirts. Male cheerleaders are also included and the sport was in fact founded and started by males. Now cheerleaders don't have to get all down and dirty either because they have to look good while competing.
Competitive Cheerleading Is a Sport There are a number of people who believe cheerleading is not a sport. A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Therefore there are some very strong arguments that support that cheerleading is in fact a sport. Firstly cheerleading is an activity involving physical exertion it is competitive, it is a team sport that entertains judges and audience at competition and lastly it is a skill based activity. Competitive cheerleading includes lots of physical activity.
Now the only question is why did the Federal Court still title cheerleading as just an activity? Although all schools allow males and females to try out for the squad there is not always both genders on a squad. This brings up the question if cheer should be named only a women’s sport or still both a male and female sport since they are both given the same opportunity to try out. Also some college and university squads choose to only cheer on their school instead of to compete and to become the World Cheerleading Champions. These two factors could have been the proof the Federal Court used in order to call cheerleading just an activity instead of a sport, even though it in a matter of fact meets all criteria.
Cheerleading is a sport Introduction Is cheerleading considered a sport? It’s a very huge debate among most athletes and people outside of athletic programs. While most sports only have one season, cheerleaders have two; football and basketball. We have the same requirements as other sports; cross country we run, like soccer we kick, and like track and field we run. We also have to go through tryouts and injuries.
It is definitely considered as a sport. When I was ten years old, I realized that my dream was to become a college cheerleader. College cheerleading at the right school is very impressive and it’s something very special to be a part of. When I got accepted to South Ga, I discovered that Valdosta cheerleading team was awesome. I was scared because I thought I wasn’t going to be able to be a part of it because I didn’t go to Valdosta State, it was going to be out of my comfort zone and it was going to be very expensive.
“It is clear that motivation for sport participation is linked more closely to intrinsic reasons (i.e., challenge, social recognition, and enjoyment), whereas motivation for exercise is tied to more extrinsic reasons (i.e., appearance, health pressures, stress management, and social recognition)” (2005). Numerous other studies have been conducted on the intrinsic and extrinsic motivations to exercise. Some studies have studied the importance of just intrinsic motivators and other studies have researched using just extrinsic motivators. The common finding was that both intrinsic motivators and extrinsic motivators need to be strong to keep the behavior occurring for a long period of time. Interestingly, "individuals who have extrinsic reasons for beginning to exercise may eventually develop intrinsic motivations to exercise over time because their motives have become internalized" (Maltby and Day,
Competitive cheerleading is similar to gymnastics in the aspect of performing in front of a panel of judges. Two of the main things that separate competitive cheerleading from gymnastics is that gymnastics is actually a Title IX sport and the fact that gymnasts compete individually. Competitive cheerleaders typically compete with a group of 15 to 36 others. During one performance, competitive cheerleaders will flip and twist their bodies through the air, catch girls that are airborne and stack bodies on top of each other to build a two-story pyramid. Of course, some may say that competitive cheerleading is not a sport because it does not involve a ball or that it is subjective because routines are judged, and they are right.
Cheerleading has been argued as being a sport and not being in a sport. Cheerleading is based upon organized routines that range anywhere from one to three minutes. The routines contain components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers and stunting which are used in order to attract spectators of events such as sports games or to participate in cheerleading competitions. Cheerleading originated in the United States, and remains predominantly American, with an estimated 1.5 million participants (“Cheerleading”). In 1997, ESPN International started broadcasting cheerleading competitions and in 2000, Bring It On was released.