cooperation. I believe that Hoekstra’s quote applies to all forms of leadership- from being a captain of a sports team to being a Lead Scholar. This quote has truly resonated with me throughout the experience of being my cheerleading team’s floor captain. The definition of cheerleading is‚ “a person
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I was in sports for my whole life‚ cheerleading specifically. I was always with my team‚ staying after school‚ and going to games. After I started high school though things changed cheer became a lot less about your skill level and a lot more about who you knew and how well you could suck up to the coach. The coach of the cheer team hated me she would set me aside from all the other girls and constantly poke fun at me and pick out my short comings. I would go home from practice everyday and cry to
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As an athlete‚ you only want success for your team. For me‚ all-star cheerleading was a mixture of success and anything but success. Everyone had countless of injuries‚ blood was shed‚ tears happened every practice. Everything is on the line with this type of sport. Just one mistake and the months of practice can feel worthless. It feels like a waste of time but it only strives you to work harder. In the end‚ the work is worth it. Generally‚ tryouts are at the beginning of May and from then until
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As I turned the corner into the tunnel that seemed like was filled with 1000 cheerleaders all praying for the same thing I could barrely hear my coach shriek with what she has left of her voice “this is are year LEAVE NO ROOM! Don’t let them take away what you worked so hard for this is NEW RO’S TIME I CAN FEEL IT!” my body churned as the worlds flew through my head. The Nemorie of her saying something simalier to me last year flashed in to my mind and instantly my stomach tightened my heart left
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For the past four years‚ I’ve been captain of my all-star cheerleading team. My teammates are a diverse group of girls‚ ranging from ten to seventeen years old. Working with a large age group has made me a more patient person. It takes more time and effort to answer a ten-year-old’s question‚ than a question from a fifteen or sixteen-year-old. I also must be willing to take my time when explaining parts of routines‚ because everyone learns and understands at different speeds and levels. Along with
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The article written by Grindstaff and West‚ Cheerleading and the Gendered Politics of Sport‚ spells out the ideas of gender diversity in sports along with the expression of different genders specifically in Cheerleading itself. Before title IX women were judged and sometimes even not permitted to participate in sports at the collegiate or even varsity high school levels. The title prevented any persecution to come to any women who participated in school funded events including athletics or even certain
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a profound effect on how we see ourselves” (Mega Essays‚ 2008). Cheerleading has three common stereotypes as this sport gains in popularity. The first stereotype of cheerleading is a controversy that rages on about whether or not it is a sport. Next‚ cheerleaders are often times compared to people with unflattering and unintelligent personalities. Finally‚ there have also been questions about the inclusion of males upon cheerleading teams. Though many examples exist‚ the three examples listed above
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to eighth grade. So‚ I thought of a few things that I think would be really fun. The first thing that I thought of was‚ I thought would be the most fun. Cheerleading was one thing that the school doesn’t have and lots of people would probably want to do it. I was thinking that we could have it for an elective‚ but there would also be a cheerleading team for people who really wanted to cheerlead. The team could practice after school when the sports teams would have practice and could cheerlead at games
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sports. But as seen at other university who provided scholarships for cheerleading there is a way to for it be NCAA sanctioned. But it the case of Quinnipiac “ a U.S. district court in Connecticut ruled Wednesday that Quinnipiac’s competitive-cheerleading squad cannot be used to meet Title IX requirements. The ruling may affect other NCAA institutions interested in sponsoring competitive cheer as a varsity sport” [2]. Cheerleading is to women as football is for men‚ there both sports that only the
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#83). In this study Adams and Bettis try to offer an insight into cheerleading that shows the variety of meanings rooted in the culture of the sport. During the mid-late 1800’s and early 1900’s cheerleading was specifically for males‚ and females did not begin entering collegiate cheerleading until the late 1920’s and early 1930’s. Women were mostly excluded from cheerleading until the 1930s. An early opportunity to join cheerleading squads appeared when large numbers of men were deployed to fight
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