English 101 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
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do. This is a cheerleading squad. Most people do not consider cheerleaders athletes. Cheerleading should be considered a sport because cheer squads can compete and they are required to maintain a healthy lifestyle. To begin‚ cheerleaders have competitions and can win trophies and medals. Competitive cheer squads show commitment with two to three hours of practice varying in intensity depending on the day. There are squads that only train to compete and do not cheer for other sports teams. However
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Is cheerleading a sport? Yes‚ cheerleading is a sport. Many people argue that it should not be considered a sport. Cheerleading involves physical activity‚ competing against other cheer teams‚ and time and work just like any other sport. Cheer leaders put a lot of effort in there routines and practices as do football players when they have a game. My point is‚ cheerleading should be considered a sport. The first point I would like to raise Is‚ how is cheerleading different from any other sport
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Sports have been around since the beginning of man‚ even if they weren’t classified as a sport yet‚ but maybe just a way to pass time. It’s always a sensible subject when someone starts talking about what they believe is and what isn’t a sport because no one wants to work so hard for something and have others take that away from them because what they’re doing is not a “sport”. Although it seems easy to differentiate between what is and what isn’t a sport‚ there are many arguments today trying to
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years there has been a lot of arguments about how cheerleading is not a sport. Some people would disagree that cheerleading is not a sport people think this because they have never done cheerleading before. Cheerleading is not easy it takes a lot out of work‚ people have to ready to work because people are not alone you have a team that counts on you. People think that it is easy because you are just in quote “Lifting people in the air.” it is not that easy. Cheerleading is not just going practice
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Cheerleading‚ a Sport What is the definition of a sport? A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team is competing against one another to win. The sport cheerleading contains a wide range of physical exertion including: tumbling‚ various jumps and tricks‚ stunting‚ and choreographic dances‚ thus resulting in needing great stamina. Another reason cheerleading is a sport is the preparation time involved‚ and the athletic scholarship opportunities competing
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Professor Urie Composition 2 7 March 2006 Cheerleading To be or Not To be A Sport? Cheerleading is a nationally recognized activity. Some people do not see it as a sport. But people who are in the so called activity consider themselves to be a athlete. Although schools and National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) do not consider cheerleaders as athletes‚ but make them go by the same rules and safety guidelines of all other recognized sports. Cheerleaders have some of the same concepts
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A sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Cheer does all of that‚ but people this don’t think it is a sport. No one was really into cheer until 2012. Cheer 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
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2010 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
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Cheerleading is a physical activity based on choreographed routines that involve tumbling‚ dance‚ jumps‚ cheers and stunts to lead spectators or crowds to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate in competitions. Cheerleading began in 1898 at the University of Minnesota when a student named Johnny Campbell lead a football game crowd in cheering “Rah‚ Rah‚ Rah! Ski-U-Mah‚ Hoo-Rah! Hoo-Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity! Minn-E-So-Tah!” It originally started as an all-male activity but since then
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