Case Study Of VHS Cheer

“Cheerleading is my favorite high school memory”, said senior Molly Dudas. Many of the cheerleaders would agree, it is a privilege and an honor to be a part of the tradition and school spirit that makes STA. The cheerleaders revelle their favorite parts of the long season “This is my second year cheering for the sta basketball team and every season is always a blast! There’s never a dull moment cheering for the best team around with your friends. Can’t wait to try out again for the squad!”,said sophomore Carli Brent. The girls are always encouraging each other to keep cheering even in the worst of loses on and off the court. “Cheering at STA is like having a second family”, said senior Emily Huard. “Being apart of something so uplifting

Just like anything else, cheerleading has quite a history behind it. From the first chants at Princeton University to one of today’s most popular National pastimes, cheerleading has come a long way the past ten decades. In ancient times spectators cheered for runners in races held during the first ever Olympic Games in ancient Greece. In the 1860's students in Great Britain began cheering at competitive sporting events and soon the idea spread to the United States.

As a kid I never really found the right sport for me. I tried out different kid of sports , but nothing had been the right fit until I found the world of competitive cheer. I had been very hesitant to join because I thought it was something silly, I had been wrong. Cheerleading will always be one of the best opportunity that I have made.

Cheerleading is a sport that many people don’t support in a way that they support the popular sports in most schools, like football and basketball. Cheering can open many doors and create an ample amount of job opportunities. By cheering you can also receive full ride athletic scholarships from many schools. A cute skirt and pompoms is not the only thing you have to work for when it comes to cheering. Just as any other sport you have to have a certain grade point average to try out for your cheerleading team and also you are held accountable for maintaining your grade point average with also being held accountable for remembering cheers, games day dates and events that you will have to attend with your team. Cheer teaches you many things other than being able to tumble and shout! As a cheerleader, you learn to encourage anyone that needs that boost of encouragement, we learn how to work together with other people. Your cheer team members will become your family!

When most people think of cheerleading, they think of the spirit squads that attempt to pump up the local crowd at high school basketball and football games. People are not aware of what these athletes are doing when they are not in front of these crowds. Strangers to cheerleaders who do not follow the sport extensively do not know the exact involvement of the athletes in this sport, at all ages. Cheerleading requires athleticism like all other sports as you must be in shape and at a great fitness level to be involved in most circumstances. Cheerleaders have to know what they’re doing at all times; while knowing what everyone else on the team is doing as well, which involves a high level of mental preparation. Cheerleading, high school or

In conclusion I believe that cheerleading is a great sport, but has a lot of issues that need to be worked out in the long run. Many of the ones I talked about are the main issues that cause problems. Hopefully, cheerleading will keep going as a strong sport, but will find ways to solve all the little problems that come along.

Cheerleading began for me at the age of twelve. In the past I had played soccer, basketball, softball, did ballet. Basically every activity my mom could possibly put me in. All of those activities were okay, but cheerleading became something that was special to me. I first began cheering in middle school for the Hazelwood West Junior Wildcats. I cheered on the team throughout middle school literally dedicating all of my free time to cheerleading. I lived, ate, and dreamed cheer. I went on to continue cheering throughout my high school career, cheering for all Hazelwood West athletics, including: soccer, football, basketball, and wrestling. I was a hardcore dedicated athlete, and I had spirit like no other. From

Training for cheer is not just a one time or a once a week thing it is a constant practice to maintain those abilities (Selke). Abilities that are needed for cheerleading are stunting, tumbling, and dancing so cheerleaders need to weight lift and work out multiple times a week. They work just as hard as any other athletes. Cheerleaders must be able to work together to create pyramids, basket tosses, and stunts in a routine. All of these require timing, teamwork, balance, strength, and stamina which are all clear athlete standards needed to perform in sports(Selke). Most people do not see inside the practices and competitions they just see the cheerleaders on the sideline at a game who entertain the crowd (Bonesteel). Initially they think that it is not a sport because of how easy that looks. Sideline cheering is

I have always wanted to be a cheerleader, but never had the opportunity to do so. I thought it would be a good idea to write about it to expand my knowledge on the sport. Cheerleading was described in a blog, a “community that has certain goals that are primarily set by the captain or the coach of the group; intercommunication amongst the members and the coach; it gives you a way to participate when giving and sharing new ideas and when it comes to the goals; there is a specific lexis that only this community uses; there is a level of expertise when it comes to the different positions associated within this community; and last but not least, there are communication expectations when it comes to delivering specific topics.” Cheerleaders in a squad are involved with so many different types of

Lanie SalmonThere are many school activities that students enjoy however a lot of students, boys and girls pick cheer. Cheer has been around for a while now, and a lot of students try out every year. Students enjoy cheer because of the competitions, the games, and meeting new people.At competitions students can compete against one team or they can compete against ten teams. In competitions students perform whatever cheers or dances the team prepared. Usually before the competitions the coach or coaches will give the team a speech to help calm the nerves. One of the down factors about competitions is when the team loses then everyone on the team will start blaming the people who messed up for the loss of the team. One of the good factors

Words can't even describe the adventure this schools varsity cheerleading program brings you through. There are easy and hard practices. There are obstacles to overcome. There are hardships and happiness. There are victories and loses. All of these aspects bring you through an experience that isn't quite like any other. One adventure.

Cheer Worlds is the biggest competition for many cheerleaders around the world. Teams from everywhere come to compete. There are no pompoms in sight these cheerleaders come with high flying stunts, and insane tumbling skills. At any moment anything could go wrong. Forty countries around the world qualify to teams at their premier national championship to compete at worlds.

I cheered from 5th grade through my senior year yes believe me when I tell you it was hard, it had drama and everyone complained they wanted to quit at least once some did not me though. I was the person who always had extra everything and could tell what was wrong with a stunt without ever being able to do them myself. “The American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators is nonprofit educational organization that promotes cheerleading safety and education for their coaches” (cheerleading as a sport-AACCA). The U.S. Department of Civil Right Title IX this helps with discrimination in education and activities for both sexes the article was revised in April of 2015. “The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a membership driven organization dedicated to safe guarding the well-being of student athletes on the filed in school and in life” (About NCAA). The article I used above was written by Michelle Brutlag Hosick their associate director of public and media communications. ESPN Entertainment and Sports programing Network keeps up with all sports and up incoming sports. Lastly I used the TRC Arch Database Academic Search Elite under EBSCO Host for my source Education week and their source writer Bryan Toporek. The School I used as a reference Quinnipiac University in Connecticut manipulated the roster by deflating the men’s and inflating the women’s and they used to under report, so U.S. District Judge Stefan Underhill thought they were getting

Cheerleading is a time to represent your school spirit and pride. Ever since grade school I was a cheerleader. I continued to cheer in middle school and up to junior year in High School, for a total of six years. I started off with pop warner cheer then junior varsity cheer and ended with varsity cheer in high school. When you cheer you get to get the crowd involved in the game, you make new friends and you also get to compete in competitive cheer at competitions. Cheerleading was a great part of my life and it is an experience I will always treasure. It has taught me that practice builds stamina, competition proves your teams point and it builds the understanding of why teamwork is important.

Teamwork is an integral part of cheerleading. Cheerleading is a team sport therefore; it requires people to work together as one cohesive group. This is something people learn quickly in