Cheerleading Being 15-20 feet in the air is a breath taking moment the whole crowd has their eyes on you. That moment is what every flyer lives for. Cheerleading looks fun, but there are also many challenges to overcome to become a college cheerleader. Being a cheerleader isn’t all fun and games. There are many requirements in high school that need to be met in order to do cheerleading.
In gymnastics gymnast tumble, well cheerleaders tumble as well, Tumbling is a big part in cheer and requires skill as well. If you don't know exactly what you're doing you can sprain or even break a body part. Also cheerleaders must contain a great deal of endurance like football players, basketball players, and many other sports. With out the good endurance cheerleaders wouldn't be able to carry out routines. In order to do these many things cheerleaders must be in shape.
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.
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.
This act of coming so close to an enemy but not hurting or killing them with just a touch of your hand or a stick; even though you could have killed them before they knew what happened. This act alone was viewed as braver than taking a human scalp, horse or prize, because the act was so bold and dangerous. SuAnne used her skills of coup to subdue the crowds taunting and rude remarks by having them watch her as she preformed her traditional dance that she had perfected with practice as a young child. Once SuAnne began to dance using her own jacket to simulate a shawl, she began to win the crowd over. As they watch they began to see the beauty of an actual authentic Indian
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.
The Battle of Sports As a female, we only have a few sports to play without them being a co-ed sport. When asking people is cheerleading or color guard a sport; many people said no it isn’t only because the sport isn’t aggressive or a competitive sport. When comparing and contrasting color guard and cheerleading one will find out they are two very different sports. Although cheerleading and color guard are considered sports, the criteria of the sports differ. Contrasting the sports, cheerleading is the number one sport with the most causes of death and injuries.
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.
21945048 The Writing Process, Part 2 1. There are many different sports in today’s society but my favorite is all-star cheerleading. Being an all-star cheerleader has taught me so many things, it’s my hobby and passion. It is sad how under recognized it is as a sport but that doesn’t make my love for it decrease. Cheerleading is all about competition, teamwork, and dedication and I think that’s why it’s my favorite sport.
Cheerleading Cheerleading is a very popular sport among girls. Some may think that it is not a sport and think that there is nothing to it. However, cheerleading is actually one of the most dangerous sports for girls. Cheerleading is not just standing on the sidelines cheering on the football team anymore; they do complicated stunts and throw each other in the air. Because of these stunts, it increases the risk for possible injury.