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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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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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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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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(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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Christian Petersen/Getty Images ABC News’ Anna Wild reports: An Oklahoma City Thunder cheerleader has some strong words for the female blogger who criticized her figure and posted a poll asking whether she was “too chunky” to cheer. “Shame on you. I mean you are a woman … you know exactly what we all go through on a daily basis just being a woman‚” Kelsey Williams said. “Shame on you.” Speaking to ABC News’ Bianna Golodryga on “Good Morning America‚” today Williams‚ an Oklahoma City native
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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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Every cheerleader gets fired up when someone tries to argue with them‚ whether or not cheerleading is actually a sport. It could be a cocky football player in one of their classes‚ a teacher that talks down about cheerleading‚ or just a friend that wants them involved in something more “athletic.” When in all reality‚ cheerleading requires just as much effort as any other sport. Varsity.com states that there isn’t an actual definition of a sport‚ but there are many qualifications required to be considered
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enthusiastic Student Government representative smile.” This shows that she likes being a cheerleader and would want to make the team better with new uniforms. At the end‚ on page 209‚ it says‚ “ I just wanted to let you know in person that I’ve decided to leave my position as cheerleader‚” Marylin said.” This text is saying that she doesn’t want to be in cheerleading anymore. At the beginning she is all about being a cheerleader but as it gets to the end little things happen
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