has evolved and the risk of being a cheerleader has evolved as well. For many years there has been a debate on whether or not cheerleading truly is a sport. So why is it that cheerleading isn’t recognized as a sport in the state of Texas? “More and more young cheerleaders are ending up in the ER after being injured during a cheerleading routine‚” Orthopedic Surgeon William Bryan‚ M.D. of The Methodist Hospital in Houston‚ Texas. More than 16‚000 cheerleaders are seriously injured every year in
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disorders in cheerleaders. The social factors include: idealization of a standard weight‚ competition among the cheerleaders‚ and coach pressure. On another hand‚ the psychological factors include mainly understanding performance‚ demographic factors such as gender and race‚ and exercise orientation. Cheerleading is a sport in which the females get lifted and perform stunts often. That lead to the idealization of a standard weight for cheerleaders who get pressured
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Many cheerleaders seem to get offended or fired up when they hear the phrase “Is cheerleading even a sport?” I personally have been a cheerleader for fourteen years and the sport is like any other. Every team must come together to perform athletic skills such as jumps‚ dances and chants to gain a response from spectators at a competition or school event. Cheerleaders all over the world want to get the same respect like any other sport because it meets all qualifications to call it an official sport
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Cheerleading is a sport Do you consider cheerleading to be a sport like football‚ or any other sport? In most cases‚ many people tend to laugh at the idea of cheerleading being called a “sport”. People sometimes laugh because they are use to seeing cheerleaders cheer‚ and doing basic jumps only on the sidelines of games. In reality‚ they should know that cheerleading can be as dangerous as most sports. In the following essay I will be telling you why I consider cheerleading is a sport. Some part of
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how many times you may have seen something you don’t like or agree with cheerleaders doing. Well I guess that’s just the wonderful world of cheerleading. Cheerleading can be a great sport to become involved in‚ but many things need to be changed‚ like their skimpy outfits and sexual moves. First of all let’s take a look at cheerleading as a whole and the basics of it. Well to start off there are two types of cheerleaders‚ competitive and noncompetitive. Competitive cheerleading seems more controversial
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Cheerleaders are athletes too. They practice just as much as everyone else‚ sometimes even more. They get hurt just like everyone else‚ but only more severely. In “Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug!” Rick Reilly attempts to get people of his side of cheerleading as a sport or in his mind not a sport. He does not want girls cheering on the other athletes at sporting events when they could be in the event instead. Rick Reilly conveys his message through a sandwich of logos‚ pathos‚ logos statements; this was
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early 1900’s. Many aspects have changed since then. Cheerleading has always been socially stereotyped and criticized by how people perceive cheerleaders to look and act. Over the years specific movies and television shows such as‚ the Bring It On movies‚ The Princess Diaries‚ You Again‚ and Glee‚ all perceive cheerleaders to be evil‚ slutty‚ and dumb. Any cheerleader in North American media can be expected to be portrayed as shallow and superficial‚ because popularity is her first and only concern. As
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Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport‚ yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition‚ they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. Sideline cheerleaders’ main goal is to entertain the crowd and lead them with team cheers‚ which should not be considered a sport. On the other hand‚ competitive cheerleading is a sport. A sport‚ according to the Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors‚ is a "physical activity [competition]
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Sidelines vs. Competition How different are sideline and competitive cheerleading? I have personally experienced both sides of the sport so many little girls‚ and boys want to be a part of. In high school I cheered for the school‚ and a competitive squad on the side. Juggling both teams was difficult at times‚ but now that I am in college the team consists of both sides. Both sides of cheer take dedication‚ skill‚ and time. Although the competition side is more demanding and exciting which leads
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the football games. A few years later‚ at the University of Minnesota‚ a student named Johnny Campbell led the crowd in a special cheer at a football game. He is recognized as the first cheerleader and as a result‚ a squad of six male “yell leader” was formed. It wasn’t until many years later‚ that female cheerleaders joined in on this activity. 12/6/16 Today‚ the majority of cheerleading
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