Is competitive cheerleading considered a sport? For decades people have been arguing about whether cheerleading is a sport or not. Some of the loudest protests come from other athletes. It is a physical activity that is governed by rules under which a winner can be declared and its primary purpose is to compare the skills of participants. Cheerleaders are just as athletic and physically fit as those who are involved in other sports‚ and a substantial majority of the cheerleaders play other sports
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appeals to us. Basketball‚ baseball‚ gymnastics‚ dance‚ and even cheerleading are the most popular sports that are have its participants viewed as “role models”. Every day you can see younger kids being captivated by any of these sports and the people who are involved. Cheerleading has typically been seen as a group of popular girls who aren’t intelligent in any way. Throughout my research journey though‚ I was on a mission to find out what is it about cheerleading that captivates people and what the
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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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Good evening everyone‚ I hope everyone is enjoying their night. My name is Keyona and I was the one of the 4 captains chosen for the 2011 Montclair High School Cheerleading Squad. During my 3 years on the squad‚ I’ve had so many memories‚ good and bad‚ that helped me grow as a person. Cheerleading throughout my high school career took part in shaping me as the person I am today. I’d like to congratulate this year’s squad for making it through the season successfully as a new team. There were a
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I have been involved in some type of cheerleading ever since I can remember. Although I took part in other sports‚ clubs‚ activities‚ I have always returned to cheer. It was and has always been more than just a sport to me‚ it is a way of life. When I think of all the characteristics one must have to be true to this sport‚ many come to mind. Every member of a squad strives to posses as many as possible‚ if not all. As we grow from the child teaching cheers and stunts on the play ground‚ to attending
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My participation in cheerleading throughout my high school years has not only taught me‚ but prepared me a lot for my future work experience on behalf of children. I have been involved with cheerleading since I was in the second grade‚ and I always remember the older girls coming and helping with out practices‚ and now I am that older girl helping the younger girls like me‚ giving me plenty of experience with children and educating them. My freshman year of high school I began coaching younger future
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Don’t you just love when everything in your life is wonderful? Your football team is going to state‚ there’s only 2 days until Christmas‚ and your girlfriend is a super hot cheerleader. But even though everything in your life is perfect you feel like it may be too perfect. I felt like that when I woke up Thursday December 23‚ but the thought was quickly pushed out of my head as my phone went off‚ “Hey boo! I just wanted to tell you I love you and I wanted to remind you that we have appointments
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my mother asked. I was 7-years-old and we were sitting in traffic on the way to gymnastics practice. Little did I know that this question would become my reality in a few short months. There is no other way to describe how I felt about this move‚ besides absolutely devastated. We lived in Virginia at the time and I was beyond happy. I had great friends‚ I liked my school‚ but most of all I absolutely loved my gymnastics program. I suddenly felt as though my whole world was coming to a halt. This was
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to know how to get the crowd going? Cheerleaders do it everyday; it only takes 2 minutes and 30 seconds. Cheerleading began over 100 years ago. “Basically the guy is the frame. The girl’s a piece of art‚” says Justin Carrier‚ a former cheerleader (Valliant 13). Cheerleading has evolved from an all male activity to mostly female and some co-ed squads. In order to fully understand cheerleading one needs to know the history‚ proper techniques‚ and benefits of being a cheerleader. Competitiveness
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that competitive cheerleading is not a sport‚ but it is a sport. When individuals hear the term cheerleader people only think about those seen on the sidelines at your typically sporting event. But‚ not those who are out there cheering on the mat for about the most important two and a half minutes of their life. Sport is defined as an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment (Oxford). Cheerleading requires hard
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