Every cheerleader gets fired up when someone tries
to argue with them that cheerleading is not a sport. Whether it’s a football
player in one of your classes, a teacher who talks down about cheerleading, or
a friend who doesn't understand why you’re not involved in something else “more
athletic,” you want people to know that being a cheerleader does make you an
athlete! Competitive Cheerleading is a sport in my eye and has been for 12
years now, but in a lot of others it is nothing but a hobby. Cheerleading takes
the time, effort, team support, and money every other team sport takes. I did
Competitive Cheerleading for 12 years and it was all I did for those 12 years.
The practices, the traveling, and the competitions was a great deal of my time.
From the article Cheerleading is a sport it says “Competitive Cheerleading is
said to be the most dangerous sport in the world.” I want to know what makes cheerleading
so different from any other sport out there and why people have such a strong
belief that is it not considered a sport. We tumble standing and running,
stunt, dance, and jump. The 2 minute and 30 second routine do look easy just
like throwing a football looks easy but we both know they are quite hard. We
interpret 5 different skills into one big routine with remembering the whole
thing move by move. From the article Cheerleading gets tough it says “If you
think Cheerleading is for sissies your wrong. The hard work and dedications is
like no other. If you think anyone can do it I would like to see you try.
