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Do you think cheerleading is a sport?
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@ 18-01-2004 02:05 Puddle_of_sugar | 3,690 posts
| i used to be one of those people who would say "hell no" but now i've changed my mind. to me, the stupid high school stuff is not a sport, the do nothing that i couldn't do, and i'm not particuarly athletic. our cheerleaders suck, they are so non-coordinated, but they think they're awesome. at practices, which i've watched cuz i was going to become one for a while, they practice for 10 minutes, not very hard and then break and sit around chatting. then 15-20 minutes later they'll do a move or someting and then go back to sitting. they do nothing. they suck. that is not a sport.
however, real cheerleading as in like bring it on type cheerleading, competative i think is the word, that is read stuff. the routines they do are amazing, and there is so much hard work and determination in that. i think that is most definatly a real sport. |
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 0  @ 18-01-2004 19:40 stupot | 14,962 posts
| the basis of sport is good natured physical competition and cheerleadin is physical, people compete doing it, and, as with most sports, what happens behind-the-scenes isnt good natured  | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 19:40 Jez | 12,757 posts
| Cheerleading in my opinion is never, and will never be, in a million years, a sport.
A dance aerobic workout maybe... sport, no. | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 20:17 Gaute | 1,405 posts
| OKei.. I've never seen cheerleaders live.. since the only place i've seen them is in american high school movies.... So I don't really know.. to me sport is like soccer & such.. But maybe cheerleading is sport too, for all I know?! | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 20:19 the_locust | 5,582 posts
| I do think it's a sport... | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 20:19 loser_kid_71 | 9,668 posts
| i dont | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 22:57 KTB2422 | 104 posts
| I know everyone has their own opinions. But I'm very irritated.
I know most schools and high schools cheerleading teams really aren't athletic teams, but cheerleading isn't as easy as is looks. I was on an all star team in New York and we competed all over the country. We ran one mile ever practice, and we practiced 5 days a week!! We stayed in top physical condition so we can throw people across the floor, stay flexible so we can be thrown across the floor, and stregthen our leg muscles to help us on our jumps. I bet if that half of the people who voted to not thinking its a sport got up off their asses and tried it, they would fail miserably. I'm sick and tired of all cheerleaders people stereotyped and blond sluts who wear short skirts and just stand their on the sidelines. We do more than that, but most people don't pay enough attention to know!
*hmmph!*
| | 0 @ 18-01-2004 22:59 andro | 
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| It certainly looks very challenging physically from what I've seen of it... I know I could never do anything like that | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:00 Kickink192 | 6,823 posts
| its as much of a sport as tap dancing or ballet, which to most of the public, isnt a sport. | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:17 KTB2422 | 104 posts
| NO its not. It's so much more than that! This is the kind of that irritates me. Comparing it to dance. It is gymnastics, dance, and stunts. Gymnastics are in the Olympics. We do back handsprings, back tucks, lay outs, full twisted layouts. Ahh! More people get injured by breaking bones and pulling legiments than basketball or football. It's a proven fact! All of you people need to get over to 1950 stereotype and realize that cheerleading has developed into a physical, difficult, sport that you probably can't do!
| | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:19 DaRkSiDe | 21,558 posts
| I don't think it is... that's just me tho | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:22 Dekar | 36,120 posts
| But it's still just a performance. It's entertainment, not a sport. And yes, all entertainment takes some sort of physical skill.
I also agree with what Stan (I believe) said: it's based on judging and not a concrete set of rules. And yes it IS comparable to gymnastics and figure-skating...hell, it's even comparable to American Idol. | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:24 Kickink192 | 6,823 posts
| agrees with dek. | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:25 Kickink192 | 6,823 posts
| and no, i cannot do it, but can you play an instrument to the proficiency that a professional can? no i didnt think so, but musicianship isnt a sport, now is it? | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:27 Dekar | 36,120 posts
| That thought was running through my mind too.
Guess what? I couldn't play basketball well if my life depended on it. What difference does that make? Learning to shuffle a deck of cards takes practice too. Spend enough time practicing and preparing and you can do pretty much anything, but that doesn't make it a sport. What about cooking? No one's born with the ability to cook. I'm stopping now, as my point's been made so much that it's beginning to hurt. | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:29 DaRkSiDe | 21,558 posts
| If Cheerleading was a sport, then the card game "Poker" and Pool (Billards) is consider a sport, but it's not!!! | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:31 Dekar | 36,120 posts
| I always thought Billiards was a sport, or is it officially recognised as a game? | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:32 Kickink192 | 6,823 posts
| i think its just a game..... | | 0 @ 18-01-2004 23:32 DaRkSiDe | 21,558 posts
| it's more of a game, I don't think Bowling is a sport either, although they show it on the sport channels... | | 0 @ 19-01-2004 00:13 KTB2422 | 104 posts
| I give up. You guys aren't open minded enough to realize new things, OR admit your wrong. You're judging things before you know half of it. And THAT isn't fair.
Hmmph. assholes. | | 0 @ 19-01-2004 00:14 Kickink192 | 6,823 posts
| ? we said our points and you arent contradicting them! | | 0 @ 19-01-2004 00:18 BrandNew88AFI02 | 7,960 posts
| i understand where gavin, matt, and khent are coming on this one.. all-star teams, now thats hard work, but just school teams, and lazy teams that don't do anything, i wouldnt consider as a sport. | | 0 @ 21-01-2004 20:29 Chica_20 | 19 posts
| Have you guys seen "Bring it on"??
I think after seeing that movie I changed my mind about cheerleading.I used to think it's just a jumpin around in tiny "you-can-hardly-call-them-clothes"-stuff to make boys hot,but it takes more than that...practicing,determination,and stand on the top of that tower-thing...ugh...I could never do that  | | 0 @ 21-01-2004 20:51 vandy | 
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| I will NEVER deny that cheerleaders have to be in top physical condition, etc. etc. etc....and what they do is athletic enough...but if it's not in competition...how can you call something that's not competitive a sport? I know that some cheerleading teams DO go to competitions, and in that instance, i do consider them a sport. Two of my best friends in high school were on the dance team, and they went to (and WON!) a LOT of dance competitions. I considered that a sport. With cheerleading...I'd consider it an athletic team but without the competition piece, I couldn't consider it a sport.
Also, whoever was calling people ***holes for being closed minded...whenever you say that about people you gotta look at yourself and see if maybe you're not willing to consider their points, either. | | 0 @ 21-01-2004 21:50 jmannhaupt | 817 posts
| If cheerleading were any easier….it would be called football.
I was a cheerleader from the time I was 11 until I graduated college. While I cheered in college, I coach my old high school team. Since then I’ve been coaching a pee-wee squads. This topic hits close to home because I’ve been defending myself since I was 11.
In the 1860's students in Great Britain began cheering at competitive sporting events and soon the idea spread to the United States. At Princeton in New Jersey, in 1865 the first pep club was formed and they created the first-known cheer:
Rah rah rah
Tiger Tiger Tiger
Sis sis sis
Boom boom boom
Aaaahhhhh!
Princeton! Princeton! Princeton!"
The history of organized cheerleading started in 1898 at the University of Minnesota. Due to a pitiful football season, one of the University's professors presented a scientific thesis on fan support stating that the collective stimuli of several hundred students focused on sending positive energy in the team's direction would help the team win. Jack Campbell, a then first-year medical student, stepped in and he became the first ever cheerleader, leading the crowd with organized cheering. Thus, cheerleading in the United States was born.
I agree with some of the points mentioned disagreeing that cheerleading is a sport. Girls who jump around for 15 minutes and then sit and chat are not athletes, they are active socializers. Cheerleading, as it was done back when it originated, is not a sport. Although a cheerleader’s job first and foremost is to lead cheers, yelling is not athleticism.
Competitive cheerleading, however, is most definitely a sport. To touch on the point made regarding cheerleading’s outcome based on judges (just as gymnastics, dance and ice skating), a football, soccer, hockey, basketball, baseball, etc game is based on refs/umpires calling shots. So while there is no visible scoreboard at a cheerleading competition, you are still waiting for the ref (aka judge) to make a decision on the points earned. There are set rules for competitions that all teams must abide by. Points are based on difficulty, showmanship, crowd involvement, creativity. No, there are no goals in cheerleading. But there are no goals in boxing…is boxing a sport? There are no goals in wrestling…is wrestling a sport? Moreover, there are no goals in volleyball…is volleyball a sport?
And yes, cheering at a game, where the main intent is to lead the crowd to cheer for the game at hand - that is a performance. We are active spectators. Even with the jumping. Even with the stunting (or pyramids) used to get higher up in the stands. Our job is to make fans yell. In order to achieve that main objective, we flip around and throw each other around to grab your attention and make you yell!
But when we compete against another cheerleading team...that is pure sport. Our main objective is to win. Score as many points as possible in all the appropriate ways and win. Just like basketball and football and baseball and soccer…
Sugar, I love the forums you start 
| | 0 @ 23-01-2004 21:47 KTB2422 | 104 posts
| I know some of you don't care...but yesterday at practice I was trying a double twist cradle and sprained my ankle, wrist, and broke a bracket! Braces suck. I now I can't compete next week!  |
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