A Career In Cheerleading

It is very important for athletes to know what they are doing before performing. For the veterans of the team, it is easy for them because they have done certain skills many of times. For freshman, or rookies, it can be very difficult keeping up with the advanced stunts. Cheerleaders spend about five to eight hours at the minimum a week practicing. If an athlete is on a competition team, it is often twice the amount of practice time. Practice is where the discourse community really comes into play because we use almost every word in cheerleading in a single practice. On eight hour choreography days, words are thrown around all day long. Whether it is coming up with new ideas for skills, stretching, or doing run-throughs. A run-through, or full