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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Cheerleading started as a male endeavor in 1898‚ when a University of Minnesota football fan led the crowd in verse in support of their team. It was not until World War II‚ when men shipped out to war‚ that women took over. Then cheerleaders came to represent the American ideal of femininity: wholesome apple pie with washboard stomachs‚ perfect teeth‚ and flawless complexions. Stereotypes cast them as blond‚ petite‚ and impossibly perky. “From its humble beginning cheerleading has blossomed into
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conversation about how cheerleading isn’t a sport or shouldn’t be considered one. Cheerleading is the fastest growing girls sport‚ yet more than half of Americans do not believe it is a sport. In addition‚ they fail to distinguish between sideline cheerleaders and competitive ones. A real cheerleader doesn’t stand on the side; they are performing‚ working hard to be the best of the best. You have to be physically and mentally prepared to take on competitive cheer. Cheerleading should be a sport because it requires
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Should Dancing be considered a Sport? What is the true definition of Sport and Dance? Sport is the activity of which a person or team competes against each other and involves the physical effort of skill to master. Dance is the series of movement that matches the speed and rhythm of a piece of music. Also‚ injures that dance and sports share. Therefore‚ Dancing should be considered a sport because it has the qualifying requirements of a sport. In the first place‚ the requirements of skill and competition
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What defines a sport? There has been a controversy‚ whether or not golf should be considered a sport. If old men‚ injured athletes‚ and people of all backgrounds and athletic ability can play this sport‚ can you really consider it a sport? The Oxford dictionary states that a sport is‚ “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment.” Golf can be considered a sport by the definition alone‚ plus golf is supported
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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
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when someone sparks the “Is cheerleading a sport?” debate. According to Webster’s Dictionary‚ a sport is defined as a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other. The amount of intense training that cheerleaders do is crazy. Cheerleaders get injured‚ sometimes it is serious then other times it’s not. Cheerleaders also get offered scholarships and many other opportunities. Cheerleading offers many scholarships for
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How is cheerleading a sport? Cheerleaders are commonly seen on the sidelines at football and basketball games supporting their teams. Fans see them as other poeple supporting their team. Cheerleading is a sport becaues it envalys physcail excase like actrowbatics and stunts. very competive and frestighting just like any other sport. So just like a sport like basketbal‚ football‚ and even baseball you have to wear your team uniforms so with cheer if they didn’t wear them how would you know who’s team
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that cheerleading isn’t a sport because all you do is be on the sideline or you’re just supporting and not competing for anything‚ cheerleading actually comes with a lot. A lot as in hard work‚ having to pay fees plus the games and activities you are expected to attend just like any other sport. It is true that you’re not competing for anything and you’re just on the sideline being a cheerleader‚ but all the after school practices and conditioning that you have to do to make the cheerleading team
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Cheerleading is a predominantly American activity that began with all male participants. The first documented cheer was yelled by the students in the stands at Princeton University football games in the late nineteenth century. Princeton football officials named three students and the cheer leaders to lead the crowd in specially designated cheering sections at the football games. A few years later‚ at the University of Minnesota‚ a student named Johnny Campbell led the crowd in a special cheer at
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