Cheerleading As A Sport
“Cheerleading As A Sport”
Blonde bubbly girls, wearing short skirts with loud voices, defines the typical stereotype of a cheerleader. They are known to be the girls who are the “air heads” of the school and it is thought that all they do is promote school spirit and cheer on other sports, so why do they deserve to be considered a sport? In most cases, they don’t receive this title. Cheerleading is often deemed not a sport but rather an after school activity or club. Cheerleading deserves to be considered a sport because the girls and boys involved, practice difficult skills, follow rules given by the MSSAA, and strategically make a competition routine that will impress the scoring judges. Some people believe that to be a sport, the …show more content…
A lot of people do not know that while cheerleaders are competing, they have panels of 6-8 judges sitting with score sheets in front of them. If they see one thing not right, there is a deduction. The stunt doesn't hit? Deduction. Not everyone is smiling? Deduction. Miss your tumbling? Deduction. Someone is wearing an earring? Deduction. All of the deductions add up and take off from your final score. One small little bobble of a stunt can put you from 1st place to 5th. The judges are all looking at something different so they don't miss a single mistake. The scoring for cheerleading competitions is very demanding to the young adolescents involved, pushing them to have a perfect …show more content…
Many people do not know that cheerleading does. While making a competition routine, the coach has to make sure everything on the score sheet is included. If someone doesn’t have a tumbling skill that everyone else does, the coach has to figure out a way to make it look like that person is doing what everyone else is doing. Whether they do a toe touch when the other team mates are doing a flip, or they crouch down so they can’t be seen, they have to look included. If the whole team can not get a certain skill on the score sheet they have to “dumb down” the stunt to make it more manageable but look like it is the real complicated stunt. Going into competition, if your team knows you’re up against a really good team with a complicated routine, you have to fight to make your routine look cleaner. Good formations, tight motions, peppy facials and energy with a bad routine could still make you one of the top teams. Everything needs to be fun to watch and impress the
Blonde bubbly girls, wearing short skirts with loud voices, defines the typical stereotype of a cheerleader. They are known to be the girls who are the “air heads” of the school and it is thought that all they do is promote school spirit and cheer on other sports, so why do they deserve to be considered a sport? In most cases, they don’t receive this title. Cheerleading is often deemed not a sport but rather an after school activity or club. Cheerleading deserves to be considered a sport because the girls and boys involved, practice difficult skills, follow rules given by the MSSAA, and strategically make a competition routine that will impress the scoring judges. Some people believe that to be a sport, the …show more content…
A lot of people do not know that while cheerleaders are competing, they have panels of 6-8 judges sitting with score sheets in front of them. If they see one thing not right, there is a deduction. The stunt doesn't hit? Deduction. Not everyone is smiling? Deduction. Miss your tumbling? Deduction. Someone is wearing an earring? Deduction. All of the deductions add up and take off from your final score. One small little bobble of a stunt can put you from 1st place to 5th. The judges are all looking at something different so they don't miss a single mistake. The scoring for cheerleading competitions is very demanding to the young adolescents involved, pushing them to have a perfect …show more content…
Many people do not know that cheerleading does. While making a competition routine, the coach has to make sure everything on the score sheet is included. If someone doesn’t have a tumbling skill that everyone else does, the coach has to figure out a way to make it look like that person is doing what everyone else is doing. Whether they do a toe touch when the other team mates are doing a flip, or they crouch down so they can’t be seen, they have to look included. If the whole team can not get a certain skill on the score sheet they have to “dumb down” the stunt to make it more manageable but look like it is the real complicated stunt. Going into competition, if your team knows you’re up against a really good team with a complicated routine, you have to fight to make your routine look cleaner. Good formations, tight motions, peppy facials and energy with a bad routine could still make you one of the top teams. Everything needs to be fun to watch and impress the