Personal Essay: The Sport Of Cheerleading
Have you ever thought about cheerleading? I’ve only done cheerleading for the 7th grade middle school football season, but i’ve had so much fun! In the beginning of the football season, I was a base while stunting. Close to the end of the football season I became a back because of a serious problem that I had. Throughout the football cheerleading season I had an enormous amount of mistakes,and I know i will make more in basketball season.
Cheerleading IS a team sport. It all started in 6th grade, when my best friend, Kiara at recess told me that I should do mini cheer camp wit her this year. A week or so after I hear the office say in the announcements that there was mini cheer camp sign up sheets in the office. Kiara and I got signed up. A couple weeks after mini cheer camp started, and I loved it! I learned all the cheers so quickly, I could already do most of the stretches. There was this one special cheer leader that stood out to me because she was so nice and great at cheer, She told me that i should try out for the Middle School cheer leading, and that’s when I got the idea to try out. My aunt was also a cheerleader and convinced me to become a cheerleader. My best friend, …show more content…
Stunting is where there is a group of 4 to 5 people. There are 2 bases one on each side. The bases lift up the flyer into a stunt. I’ve always wanted to be a base. There is also a back, the back holds the ankles of the flyer while they are into a stunt. The back also helps lift up the flyer into the stunt. The flyer is the main purpose of a stunt. The flyer gets lifted into the stunt, in many different ways. Sometimes there is a front, the front stands in the front of the stunt to keep the girl stable if she falls forward, it is very rare to have a flyer. I think stunting is the most exciting part of cheerleading. I think this because it is a group performing and learning new
Cheerleading IS a team sport. It all started in 6th grade, when my best friend, Kiara at recess told me that I should do mini cheer camp wit her this year. A week or so after I hear the office say in the announcements that there was mini cheer camp sign up sheets in the office. Kiara and I got signed up. A couple weeks after mini cheer camp started, and I loved it! I learned all the cheers so quickly, I could already do most of the stretches. There was this one special cheer leader that stood out to me because she was so nice and great at cheer, She told me that i should try out for the Middle School cheer leading, and that’s when I got the idea to try out. My aunt was also a cheerleader and convinced me to become a cheerleader. My best friend, …show more content…
Stunting is where there is a group of 4 to 5 people. There are 2 bases one on each side. The bases lift up the flyer into a stunt. I’ve always wanted to be a base. There is also a back, the back holds the ankles of the flyer while they are into a stunt. The back also helps lift up the flyer into the stunt. The flyer is the main purpose of a stunt. The flyer gets lifted into the stunt, in many different ways. Sometimes there is a front, the front stands in the front of the stunt to keep the girl stable if she falls forward, it is very rare to have a flyer. I think stunting is the most exciting part of cheerleading. I think this because it is a group performing and learning new