Cheerleading involves athletic feats like tumbling, lifting, and stunting that require strength, flexibility, and skill. However, some argue it is not a true sport because historically it focused on supporting other athletes rather than competing against opponents. While competitive cheerleading has guidelines and routines are scored similarly to gymnastics, most cheerleaders simply motivate crowds rather than compete. There is also debate around whether cheerleading emphasizes looks over athletic ability. Overall, whether cheerleading qualifies as a sport depends on one's definition of sports and whether the focus is on competitive or supportive cheerleading.
Cheerleading involves athletic feats like tumbling, lifting, and stunting that require strength, flexibility, and skill. However, some argue it is not a true sport because historically it focused on supporting other athletes rather than competing against opponents. While competitive cheerleading has guidelines and routines are scored similarly to gymnastics, most cheerleaders simply motivate crowds rather than compete. There is also debate around whether cheerleading emphasizes looks over athletic ability. Overall, whether cheerleading qualifies as a sport depends on one's definition of sports and whether the focus is on competitive or supportive cheerleading.
Cheerleading involves athletic feats like tumbling, lifting, and stunting that require strength, flexibility, and skill. However, some argue it is not a true sport because historically it focused on supporting other athletes rather than competing against opponents. While competitive cheerleading has guidelines and routines are scored similarly to gymnastics, most cheerleaders simply motivate crowds rather than compete. There is also debate around whether cheerleading emphasizes looks over athletic ability. Overall, whether cheerleading qualifies as a sport depends on one's definition of sports and whether the focus is on competitive or supportive cheerleading.
Cheerleading involves athletic feats like tumbling, lifting, and stunting that require strength, flexibility, and skill. However, some argue it is not a true sport because historically it focused on supporting other athletes rather than competing against opponents. While competitive cheerleading has guidelines and routines are scored similarly to gymnastics, most cheerleaders simply motivate crowds rather than compete. There is also debate around whether cheerleading emphasizes looks over athletic ability. Overall, whether cheerleading qualifies as a sport depends on one's definition of sports and whether the focus is on competitive or supportive cheerleading.
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Schmidt 8th
Speech OutlineTopic: Should Cheerleading be considered a sport?
1. Introduction a. While cheerleading evokes images of pompoms and pleated skirts, it has relied on increasingly athletic feats of grace and strength in recent years. Is cheerleading a true sport? b. I am a dancer and also like cheer. My Mom was a Cheerleader in High School and College and danced professionally for a while, so Ive learned a lot from her. She also was a coach for gymnastics while I was growing up, so I would go to the gym with her and learn how to tumble. c. A sport with athleticism, guidelines, and injuries or not a sport for supporting other athletes, having no opponent, and based off looks. 2. Body a. Pro i. The athleticism of cheerleaders is unquestionable. 1. Cheerleading can be defined as an activity that involves a physical act of stunting, dancing and tumbling. Found on Daily Republic. 2. Daily Republic stated, To perform their routines, cheerleaders are often spotted doing flips in the air, lifting people from off the ground and even doing backflips. ii. Just like any other sport, cheerleading has Guidelines. 1. The whole routine has to be completed in two minutes and 30 seconds and the cheerleaders are required to stay within a certain area on the floor. Found on ChampionCheerCentral.com 2. Competitive cheerleaders goal is to be the best. Just like gymnasts, they are awarded points for difficulty, technique, creativity and sharpness; Found on the New York Times. iii. According to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research, cheerleading is the number-one cause of serious sports injuries to women.
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Cheer is not equipped with hip pads, knee pads, shin
guards or helmets, but smiling cheerleaders that are tossed into the air and spiral down into the arms of trusted teammates, quoted from Teenink.com Because cheerleading is not yet recognized as a sport by many schools, neither proper matting nor high enough ceilings are provided to ensure safety. Instead, the girls use whatever space is available, Found on abit clueless.
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"Historically, cheerleading has been about supporting athletes,
not about being an athlete," said Barbara Osborne, found on SIRS Issues Researcher. 1. Cheerleaders are often caught as being a girl shaking her pom-poms, shouting at the top of her lungs and cheering for the home team. 2. It is an activity solely dedicated to entertain and motivate the crowd during sports events and cheering to support their team. Cheerleading is not commonly considered a sport because of the inability to compete against an opponent. 1. Statistics show that only 15 percent of the cheerleaders in the United States compete; therefore, cheerleading should not be considered a sport, found on dailyrepublic.com. 2. Since only the minority of cheer squads compete, it would not be ideal to classify cheerleading as a sport. And one of the most important requirements of a sport is to compete against other opponents, not just cheering for their own team. For now, cheerleading can be fairly classified as an activity, instead of a sport. Cheerleaders tend to have a look to be bubbly, pretty, and in great shape. 1. It can be argued that cheerleading, when it is simply yelling into the crowds, does not require a great deal of skill and do their best to just try to look pretty; Found on Cheerleading.lovetoknow.com.
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Many cheer programs have requirements for game day
hair. Peer down at the sidelines of any D1A football game, and youll find that almost every female cheerleader has on a nice bright lipstick; Found on Varsity.com.
3. Conclusion a. Can you say that some cheerleading is a sport while other cheerleading is not? That all depends on who you ask and their definition of sports. b. Today, cheerleading involves skills which require the strength of football, the grace of dance, and the agility of gymnastics. But does that make up for the lack of an opponent?
