became so popular‚ that boys started to join it’s a Co-Ed sport now. Cheerleading is a sport because they compete against other teams‚ they use skills and physical for everything‚ and they put a lot of effort and work into everything they do. Cheerleaders compete against other teams‚ "The Golden Hawks have won three national titles since 2011 and have stockpiled dozens of trophies from other regional competitions during Bowers’ 10-year run at the school" (Connolly). Their team won three national
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Coordinating and carrying out all of these tasks can become exhausting to the team. Since the cheerleaders are always serving others‚ I‚ as a captain‚ strive to always serve the cheerleaders. I achieve this goal by several different means. On many teams‚ younger cheerleaders would be expected to set up mats‚ poms‚ signs‚ and megaphones for practice. However‚ on our team‚ the other senior cheerleaders and I make it a point to arrive at practice fifteen minutes early and set up so the others will
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a lot of hard work and dedication. When competition season starts‚ my life revolves around cheer. Cheerleading has always been a part of me‚ ever since I was a little girl. I grew up hearing my mom tell me stories about when she was a cheerleader. She took me to high school football games to watch my cousin cheer. I cheered for JFL in fifth and sixth grades and I absolutely loved it. In seventh grade‚ there was an actual cheer tryout and
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out a stunt‚ It can hurt but with professional cheerleaders they go up in the air high‚ when you fall out of that stunt you can get your back messed up and can even get a concussions. I think that cheerleading is a very dangerous sport if you mess up or if you don’t know what you’re doing. A recent study in the "Journal of Pediatrics" In October found that cheerleading is the most dangerous sport for female cheerleaders because of high risk
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Many people argue 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
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girl who has tumbling. By picking the girl with tumbling‚ the coach is improving her team. The cheerleader with the most skills will always be picked first. Cheerleaders practically do the same things at practice that other athletes do. They condition and run drills. Basketball players memorize plays‚ whereas cheerleaders memorize routines and cheers. Football players throw balls; cheerleaders throw girls in the air. If there are so many similarities between cheerleading and other sports
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November 29th 2010 Should Cheerleading be Considered a Sport? A sport is defined as “an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature” (Dictionary.com). Someone can’t roll out of bed and be an amazing cheerleader. Cheerleading is an activity that takes massive amounts of skill and physical prowess‚ but on July 22nd of 2010 Connecticut Judge Stefan R. Underhill ruled competitive cheerleading as not being a sport. Considering the physical demand of the activity
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(Gutgold). Not only are news programs asking the question is cheerleading a sport‚ but they are asking if it’s the most dangerous sport in the nation. Girls and boys who compete in cheerleading perform difficult stunts and tumbling passes where the cheerleader is risking getting injured anytime. Tumbling and stunting can lead to high risk of head injuries‚ such as concussions‚ or neck injuries. (Gutgold). These athletes take risk of injury every game‚ practice‚ and competition‚ just like any other
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judges in there eye it makes you a lot more nervous. I have been a cheerleader for 2 years and when I tryout this year ill feel the same way. So my main and top advice to you is try you hardest and don’t give up.” former varsity cheerleader Lilian Dominguez” says. To become a cheerleader you will have to take the following steps. 1. Go to the meeting that’s required. 2. Fill out forms to become a cheerleader that you get from ms.Tabbasco. 3. Get a physical.
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data in which could be numerically analyzed. Overall‚ men who participated in cheerleading felt very strong social stereotyping of all male cheerleaders being gay. This was in turn called the “gay cheerleader syndrome”. Women who participated in cheerleading however were always highly sexualized and believed to be there for entertaining the men. Male cheerleaders work to preserve their masculinity in the sport by throwing impressive stunts‚ lifting weights with a sports team‚ and displaying a sense
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