heated when the question “Is cheerleading a sport?” is mentioned. Cheerleaders put a lot of time and effort into cheerleading‚ so when someone says it isn’t a sport‚ it is very frustrating. People act like it is easy‚ and no one seems to understand how much strength and endurance it takes. Allstar cheerleading is a sport because the athletes require exceptional physical ability‚ and they engage in difficult‚ point-based competitions. To determine whether or not cheerleading is a sport‚ we should first
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However‚ I enjoy cheerleading‚ eating‚ and work. I participate in cheerleading four times a week. I eat multiple times every day. I work weekends. I do those things because I enjoy the satisfaction of what they bring. Cheerleading is an extra-curricular activity that is offered by the high school. It is the only sport at Clarinda High School that you have to try out for. Usually‚ fifty to sixty girls try out‚ but only fourteen are chosen for football cheerleading. Cheerleading is a fun extra-curricular
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Competitive cheerleading is an aggressive sport; from throwing athletes in the air‚ to flipping heels-over-head in a gymnastics-like tumbling pass. Behind the cheer activity lays a family‚ one that consists of the gym owner(s)‚ management‚ coaches‚ athletes‚ and their relatives. My gym‚ CG Athletics All Star Cheer & Dance‚ opened in 2016 with three full-season cheerleading squads. Between last season and this season‚ we have lost a handful of athletes to other gyms for various reasons. Likewise‚
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Do you believe doing flips‚ jumps and shouting is a sport? Cheerleading is a sport. Seventy-two percent of people believe it is and twenty-eight percent believe it is not a sport‚ according to Debate.org. I am one of those people who not only believe cheer is a sport‚ but know it is a sport. Although there was a court ruling years ago that declared it to not be a sport‚ there is no reason why cheer should not be considered a sport. It meets all of the requirements of being a sport and it involves
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How is cheerleading a sport? Cheerleaders are commonly seen on the sidelines at football and basketball games supporting their teams. Fans see them as other poeple supporting their team. Cheerleading is a sport becaues it envalys physcail excase like actrowbatics and stunts. very competive and frestighting just like any other sport. So just like a sport like basketbal‚ football‚ and even baseball you have to wear your team uniforms so with cheer if they didn’t wear them how would you know who’s team
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Cheerleading is a predominantly American activity that began with all male participants. The first documented cheer was yelled by the students in the stands at Princeton University football games in the late nineteenth century. Princeton football officials named three students and the cheer leaders to lead the crowd in specially designated cheering sections at 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
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Competitive cheerleading has never been called a sport according to the government. There has been an ongoing debate as to if cheerleading fits the definition of a sport which is “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature” (Dictionary.com n.d.). By that definition you could interpret it to mean cheerleading is a sport‚ but there is much more to being a sport than meeting a definition. Competitive cheerleading does require specialized training‚ extensive
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Hailey Lower March‚ 20th‚ 2013 Ap World History Mr. Glueck Cheerleading traces its roots to the late 19th century‚ when crowds began to chant and yell to encourage their team. Credit for the first organized cheer is often given to a University of Minnesota student named Johnny Campbell‚ who got the Gopher faithful to shout‚ "Rah‚ rah‚ rah! Sku-u-mar‚ Hoo-rah! Hoo-rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity‚ Minn-e-so-ta!" during a losing effort in the 1898 season
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conversation about how cheerleading isn’t a sport or shouldn’t be considered one. 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. A real cheerleader doesn’t stand on the side; they are performing‚ working hard to be the best of the best. You have to be physically and mentally prepared to take on competitive cheer. Cheerleading should be a sport because
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when someone sparks the “Is cheerleading a sport?” debate. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ a sport is defined as a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other. The amount of intense training that cheerleaders do is crazy. Cheerleaders get injured‚ sometimes it is serious then other times it’s not. Cheerleaders also get offered scholarships and many other opportunities. Cheerleading offers many scholarships for
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