peppy attitude accompanied by a smile? Competitive Cheerleading incorporates all of these components‚ but it isn’t recognized by the NCAA as a sport. So‚ should the NCAA recognize Competitive Cheerleading as an official sport? Some may say that cheerleaders exists primarily as entertainment at male-dominated sporting events and fail to recognize it as a legitimate athletic sport‚ which is inaccurate and unfair. Recognizing Competitive Cheerleading would ensure gender equality and equal rights for
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NIGERIA The purpose of this essay is to describe Nigeria. Officially it is a federal constitutional republic‚ located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west‚ Chad and Cameroon in the east‚ and Niger in the north. Its coast in the south lies on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean. Its three largest and most influential ethnic groups are the Hausa‚ Igbo and Yoruba. The name Nigeria was taken from the Niger River running through the country. This
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Is Cheerleading a Sport? Cheerleading was first introduced at Princeton University in 1884. There at Princeton University the audience that attended the football games came up with a cheer that involved yelling and chanting to encourage their team. The initial stages of cheerleading were simply just crowd involvement. Over 100 years later‚ skills have progressed and become extremely complex‚ cheerleading is now a form of entertainment that uses organized routines. These routines are made up from
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Most people think cheerleading is a bunch of girls and guys dancing and throwing girls in the air. Although that’s what it seems like‚ there are more than that‚ there are stunts‚ tumbling‚ chants‚ dances‚ and skills. A sport is an activity including physical‚ mental‚ and skill. Cheerleading needs physical‚ mental‚ skill‚ memory‚ and flexibility. Cheerleading is a sport because it takes time and dedication. Therefore cheerleading is considered a sport and will be in the 2020 Olympics. There are national
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February 23‚ 2012 The sport of cheerleading There has been an ongoing controversy for years on end about cheerleading being a sport due to Title IX laws and statements. It is now classified as a sport‚ but some people still argue about it being a sport. What most people do not know about cheerleading is that today‚ cheerleading involves skills which require the strength of football‚ the grace of dance‚ and the agility of gymnastics (AACCA 1). Competitive cheerleading hit the scene in the late 1970s
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person who inspired me even more to cheer was my cousin Stephanie. I remember the way she danced was amazing and I could feel her commitment to the cheer routine. I don’t know how‚ but that’s just the magic of cheerleading. Throughout this journey‚ I have been exposed to various cheerleading styles. For example: stunting and jumping. Stunting is all about using various people to lift another person into the air. They all work together as a group. The term jumping is just using flexibility to your
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Cheerleading‚ if you’re not associated with the sport‚ then you probably have a different perspective on cheer. Cheer is nowhere near the stereotypical image of the mean girls in movies‚ who are ambitious to be popular and bully their classmates. When in reality it’s the complete opposite‚ cheerleaders are known to represent their school and have an outgoing personality with a confident attitude. Every cheerleader has to be physically in shape to enjoy the activity with a sociable smile that stands
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“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
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I can’t say I am perfect at what I do‚ which is cheerleading‚ but I do consider them one of my talents and skills. I also have a strong passion for it. I started cheering in the 6th grade‚ and it has been the only sport I have ever done. My first day of cheer‚ I was completely lost at everything and I had the word “flyer” thrown at me‚ which I had no clue of what to do. I was put to do the basic stunts‚ I didn’t really know what I was doing‚ but I slowly learned throughout the first season. Even
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Several years ago I made a trip to Cape Town South Africa‚ and it was one of the most memorable trips of my life. The excitement of the unknown grew with each passing hour spent in the air‚ high above the earth. Though my sons and I had a planned five day excursion‚ I still couldn’t stop wondering what might still lie ahead. Would it be something about this new culture I was about to experience; or would it be something more‚ something about me? After clearing customs and retrieving our luggage
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