I would consider sideline cheer more of a hobby than a sport--and I can get away with saying this since I am a sideline cheerleader myself. However, competitive cheer is more of a sport than sideline cheer. For many, it is easy to confuse sideline and competitive cheerleaders because from the outside, they potentially look identical, wearing similar cheer uniforms and using similar cheer voices. Competitive cheer is an activity that many do not categorize as a sport; but with the increasing athleticism of cheerleading, we are trying to break that "blonde hair and peppy," good-for-nothing stereotype. Imagine hair bows, short skirts, and constant yelling and smiling.
Cheerleading: Definitely a Sport There are so many things that go into the sport of cheerleading. Yes, I said sport. Most people don’t consider cheerleading a sport. It takes more than a ponytail to whip around, a loud voice, and a dumbfounded look on your face to be a cheerleader. It requires drive, focus, the ability to work as a team, physical strength, but more importantly mental strength.
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.
Cheerleading is a Sport During cheerleading season, there are cheerleaders all over the world who have to argue the meaning of a sport. The cheerleaders have to argue that the activity is a sport and not a hobby. People fail to realize that cheerleaders do not only prance around and cheer on individual sports. The media too often neglects the true values of cheerleading. Television shows and movies stereotype cheerleaders as quirky, dumbfound, and popular.
Short skirts, pom-poms, and cheering are usually the first things that people think about when they hear the word cheerleader. What they do not know is that cheerleading is much more than that. As of 2010 cheerleading has not yet been considered a sport because a U.S. Judge thought that it was “too underdeveloped and disorganized” (Pom 1).What that judge does not know is that cheerleading has already earned its place as a sport but now needs to earn the title of being a sport. Cheerleading needs to be considered a sport so that cheerleaders will finally get what they deserve to have. To begin with, cheerleading is a sport is because it meets the Title IX standards.
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.
Cheerleading is a Sport Many people do not think of cheerleading as a true sport or that cheerleaders are athletes. Some perceive the sport as all fun and games, flips and chants. Cheerleading can be a fun activity, but requires dedication and hard work from all of its participants. In my opinion, cheerleading is a sport, because it takes time to master the difficult stunts, strength to carry them out and time to practice daily. It can be a dangerous sport that demands a lot out of the athlete both physically and mentally.
Color guard’s dances are more contemporary and lyrical unlike the cheerleaders cheering. Unlike cheerleaders going to every game, Color guard only goes to the home football games to dance on the football field. After football season is over they’re getting ready for competitions for the rest of the school year. In the same way, one can say these two sports are similar to each other, but they aren’t. Cheerleading and color guard may have the same concept to pump the moral of the school spirit in school, but they are different.
When one thinks of cheerleading, one usually thinks of girls standing on the sidelines of games waving pom poms cheering on their team, not the competition aspect where you are basically running a full-out sprint for two and a half minutes. Competition cheerleading is far from the cheerleading stereotype of looking cute while yelling cheers. It requires strength, stamina, balance, dedication, and perfect synchronization by each member of a team. Choreographers create high-risk routines that include throwing, flipping, lifting, and catching. Many say cheerleading is just an activity or hobby, rather than an actual sport, but they have never tried it and don’t know how much work, sweat and dedication it takes to rise to the top.
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