People always judge and make fun of cheerleaders saying it’s not a real sport but cheerleaders practice just as hard as any other sport, go to competitions and compete to be the best and win number one. It is also considered to be one of the most dangerous high school sports. First cheerleaders practice and work just as hard as any other team. We run laps, condition and do just as much physical activity as any other sport. We have to depend on one another if even one person misses a practice it can affect the entire routine.
I could not help but wonder if I had helped these girls truly be the best players they could be or if their hopes would be crushed by embarrassment on the field and a large margin of defeat. Before the game, I took them to the end zone for a quick pep talk to remind them of the time and hard work they had given to this team. We broke out of the huddle and the game began. We scored on our first possession and never looked back from that point. The girls were executing every play to perfection.
One reason is that cheerleaders compete against the other team just like in any other sport. Another reason is that they have to be extremely physically fit and be trusting in their teammates much like in almost all other sports. The final reason they think cheerleading is a sport is because they suffer just as many injuries as any other athlete would in their respective sport. The other side of the argument is that cheerleading is not a sport and is
Why would Goodwin play nearly an entire season of competitive collegiate basketball knowing that she was pregnant and taking a substantial risk of miscarriage? (Prompt) Goodwin herself has remained largely silent on this matter, but other elite athletes have been more forthcoming. For some the reason is simple: they enjoy competing in their sport and believe that it is possible to continue playing in relative safety. For scholarship athletes there may be a financial incentive to keep pregnancy quiet and continue to compete. While Title IX of the Civil Rights Act specifically prohibits public discrimination against pregnant women, some may assume pregnant women are unable to compete in athletics and this view may lead to the termination of athletic scholarships.
Being captain of my senior year was the biggest accomplishment I have ever made. Having the chance to stand front and center gave me chills each and every time. Although knowing every move and cheer is required when being a cheerleader, that does not mean that you need to be perfect. As long as you are in sync with your team and you have a smile on your face that's all that matters. That's where people get on my nerves, they think all that cheering involves being the best and most pretty person who dates the caption of the football team.
She competed in Heptathlon, cross country, hurdles, and field events where she excelled. She started weight lifting at 14 to be more competitive in the hurdles and 400s, so she could compete against her male track mates since her female track mates weren’t competitive enough. Lifting was also a way to rebel against the other girls. She knew that they would look differently at her if her body looked differently. She started training in a small weight room at high school and began to seriously follow a strict training regime at 15.
The addressing of the media having a role in projection of a female athlete role interjects the media may not always send the best message concerning a female athlete, which is a message of femininity concerning the athlete. The interjection of the media cast typing how female athletes are always feminine no matter the sport you play; it will always have a feminine illusion of the female athlete. Society tells us that boys are the athletic ones and girls are beautiful. However, more and more women are making a living for athletic ability, most of the time because they are a beautiful athlete. Women athletes have made huge strides since Title IX but there is still room for improvement.
Describing the bad shape "The team" is in with one member a broken rib, another concussion from a fall, one with sprained ankle, and to top it they have been practicing in this mannor all day and all night focusing everything they have while their coach is screaming at them from the sidelines! Every team in every sport in this condition always needs a little positive shove, and cheerleaders are the best at it! But Jennie throws the twist, or even irony, they are the cheerleaders! We can imagine this situation in many sports but football will be our prime comparison. This use of Imagery sets the physical strain, time, focus, and determination cheer has just like every other sport.
There are side-line cheerleaders and competitive cheerleaders. Side-line cheerleaders are there to entertain the crowd and lead them in chants. A competitive cheerleading team’s goal is to earn the most points while doing a complex routine with anywhere from twelve to twenty members that consists of precise formations, flips, tumbling passes, stunts, and tosses. I do not agree that side-line cheerleading is a sport; however, I do believe that competitive cheerleading is a sport. There is not one set definition of a sport, but a common understood definition of a sport is one from dictionary.com that defines a sport as “an athletic activity that requires physical prowess or skill and often a competitive nature.” I will take aspects of cheerleading and compare it to the definition given.
The Stephanie Hess The lights are dim, there is only a minute left in the game. The team is exhausted, the fans are on the edge of their seats, but there is still hope. The team’s motivation, the sideline cheerleaders, are chanting their hearts out for their team to win. They are a dedicated group of young women who give all to their sport of cheerleading, a sport that traditionally supports players of other sports. Cheerleading, however, which is now considered a mostly female activity, was actually begun by men.