Yesterday I went to the NCA all star nationals cheerleading competition at the convention center it Dallas. It was so excitng especially because I have competed at the same place when i was a competitive cheerleader in high school. It brought back so many memories with the curlers, the hairspray, the bobby pins, the glitter, and the ribbons. It made me want to jump in one team and do the routine with them! I miss it so much!
What made me upset is that when we got back from the competition and told some guys we went to a cheer competition today they just laughed in our faces. It really makes me mad that people think that cheerleading isnt a real sport BECAUSE IT IS.
Cheerleading is one of the few sports that is year round so you barely get any breaks through out the year. Think about running and doing some flips, do a dance, lifting a girl up in the air and than do some more flips and throw a girl up in the air again for two minutes and thirty seconds. ITS A BIG WORK OUT! I feel that people underestimate cheerleading they think it is just a "ra ra" sport and we just go and cheer at games but its not true. We put so many hours in perfecting our tumbling skills and trying to balance a girl up in the air.
As the flyer i was always on top being thrown around. All the pressure was always one me because when your up in the air the judges always look at you. Its nerve racking because every body depends on you. And for some reason you fall in a stunt and even if it isnt your fault your teammates get mad at you. It sucks. Its a lot of pressure and its hard! As hard as it is for a guy to hold a girl up in the air its just as hard for a girl to balance her self on one leg in the air.
I just really want to ask guys that arent in cheer if they could balance a girl with one hand? Because thats what all guys have to do and in unison with the twelve other stunts going up. You only get one chance and if one person bends a knee in a stunt and falls you wont get first place. I just really want all the guys that play sports to just try cheerleading for a day and see how hard it actually is and it isnt a stupid sport. Yes there are teams out there that just cheer at games and arent competitive but the competitive teams that are out there are AWESOME! These people have practice probally 16 hours a week and its hard.
I just want people to appreciate cheerleaders more because it isnt a stupid sport. Its hardcore. Go to a cheer competiton and watch.
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As an ex pom and an ex dancer , I still disagree with you. I mean a sport to me is anything that does not need a judge. While I agree that cheer and pom are arguably harder than most sports, i would not qualify these things as sports. What does it matter what it is called anyway? The fact of the matter is that they work hard and are good at what they do. I think that worrying about classifying things like this is too much.
I went to that same competition last weekend. Two of my friends from home were in town, both of them are hardcore cheerleaders. Katie cheered for TopGun (the team from Miami, they dominate that competition every year) now she cheers for University of Central Florida. We went to the competition to see the new team. I was a cheerleader in high school, and then I thought it was a major contact sport. But nothing compares to the world of competitive cheerleading. It is such an intense sport, and I would fully disagree with anyone that says it isn't. Some of the cheerleaders that I know are some of the most in shape people I have met. My friend Katie looks like a linebacker her traps are so huge! I fully agree with you that (competitive) cheerleading is a real sport, and should definitely start getting some more respect.
samantha...
every sport has judges...they're called referee's.
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