Cheerleaders Book Report

Since the birth of sports people have yelled, screamed, cried, and jumped for jubilance watching their teams rise to victory or fall to loss. In the past, encouragement and praise was left up to sporting spectators and fans, but thanks to one pep-club at Princeton University encouraging their football team the concept of cheerleading was born. (princeton.edu) Cheerleading was once dominated by male yell-leaders on sidelines, but over time transformed into a predominately female sport - and with it, a new culture was birthed. As a sport, cheerleading is young, and is still endeavoring to pave a way and establish credibility. The purpose of this paper is to explore the evolution of cheerleading into modern day cheer, while highlighting its’ founders.

Cheerleading isn't just a hobby, but a full time career for some, devoting their entire life wanting to make it big and cheer in front of millions. Taking their personal time and devoting it to constant practice, day and night, wanting to be the best. It's sounds like a similar career that many young athletes wish they had. The NFL, NBA, NHL, all big name sport associations where gifted, hard working, talented athletes can show everyone why they were given a chance to be in the big leagues. They work day in and day out, practicing to get better, just like any cheerleader on those teams. The only difference between those sport athletes and the cheerleaders is the wages they are earning. Why should cheerleaders who devoted their life, physically

Cheerleader tryouts officially ended April 12. The new squad is composed of four seniors, five juniors and three sophomores that was announced Monday, April 14.

“Here you leave today and enter the world of yesterday, tomorrow, and fantasy.” (Walt Disney Company). In today's hustle and bustle of the stresses of school, church, athletics, and home life it is crucial to take a break every once in awhile. Disneyland was, is, and always will be a place of joy and unity. It’s a place for families and friends of all different backgrounds to be together. To celebrate life, even for one day. Allowing Hailey to go to Disneyland on Friday, October 20th would also allow our family and her to take a break, have some fun, and make some memories.

Cheerleading is a fascinating sport that is done all over the world. The sport has many interesting aspects and some cheerleaders have even been put in movies and T.V. shows. Some of the most important parts of cheerleading are:jumps,stunts,tumbling,outfits,and the all star and college divisions.

Cheerleading competitions are hold all over the country. The essentials in order to compete are; uniforms, shoes, socks, hairpieces, makeup, and bow. There are also different competitions between All-Star, college, and sideline cheerleading. Sideline cheerleading is usually hosted at a high school in their gym, and consists of the high school cheerleaders. All-Star competitions are held all of America. Usually competitions are held at the convention center and the competitions are for two days. All-Star Cheerleaders perform on a huge stage with a lot of light shining down on them. College cheerleaders are a mix of both. They perform at high school to recruit and they also attend some All-Star competitions. College teams don’t always recruit,

The way the cheerleaders act towards each other as sisters. Everyone seems to get along and have good relationships with each other. If anyone needed help with a stunt or a jump, one of the cheerleaders who was advance with the technique would go and help the cheerleader. Even in the basketball game if a cheerleader forgot one of the lyrics to the chant there would be another cheerleader who would help them by giving them the lyrics. Although it seems like they treat each other like sister, they only did that because that is one of the rules of being a part of the cheerleading team. Noticing this at the basketball game there was some girls who would not talk to each other only because the coach was not there. When the coach is not there they

Two, Four, Six, Eight who do we appreciate? I hope you were thinking the same thing I was, Cheerleaders! Cheerleading is a sport because they work out, they have to stay in shape, and they physically have to be strong just like any other normal athlete. Cheerleading takes just as much effort as any other sport, such as wrestling, football and/or basketball.It's not just jumping up and down in the air, doing back flips, and screaming as loud as they can at the top of their lungs. But the truth is, cheerleading is the most demanding sport out there. Hard work is key to any sport, even cheerleading.

Cheerleader and a million other cheerleaders would agree with this topic. Cheer is sport for a sport to be considered a sport the players are athletes when you are called an athlete or have hell week you are considered a contact sport

The Cheerleaders at Marble Falls Middle School have had a phenomenol season this year. The 30 athletes are divided into a 7th and 8th grade squads plus Marble the Mustang Mascot. Traditionally, the cheerleaders only cheer at home football games but this season they travelled to two away games. They perform amazing stunts, cheers, and dances. You may have seen them in the Marble Falls Walkway of Lights Parade or in the Alamodome performing at halftime for UTSA.

At first glance it may seem that new pop artist OMI's smash hit Cheerleader has been an overnight success by climbing the Billboard Hot 100 charts immediately. After further examination one would see that OMI originally released the track in 2012 and wasn’t a success in the United States but took off in Omi's home country of Jamaica and in Britain.

Cheerleading I had served as one of the first and youngest cheerleading captain representing my high school in our joint Cheerleading team with our sister school. My background in music composition and dance as well as my dedication led me to earn my title as rookie of the year as well as prompted my promotion to co-captain and later captain. As a leader,with the help of my coach,I have brought together my high school with our sister school, increased student participation and have developed my skills as a leader by stepping out of my comfort zone and learning from my mistakes. From my experience as a cheerleader not only have I learned how to lift up a team spirit, but I redefined the typical definition of what it means to be a cheerleader

“Out with old, in with the new,” from being on the sideline to being up in the air. While being a cheerleader there are things that can and will cause accidents, such as being tossed up into the air and not being caught, twisted ankle, or a broken bone. A cheerleader has the chance of being in an accident. This sport is very dangerous to the lives of cheerleaders, even though football has its powerful hit, cheerleading is still considered more dangerous than football. Cheerleading have effects on the physical body, injury’s, accidents, and the stunts that can cause accidents.

Table 1 above, explains the daily workout routine for NFL Cheerleaders across the nation. Exercise plans are not just for highschool cheerleaders or college cheerleaders but for professional athletes as well. Table 2 above, gives a 30 day everyday workout schedule and types of workouts for competitive cheerleaders throughout the season.

I first started cheering I was ten years old, and I remember being the girl on the team that had no clue how to even do a simple cartwheel, stunting, dancing, and jumping. The first year of cheering was the building ground to where I am today. I am so glad to have had such a positive experience when I was little. I believe that my coaches saw something in me and wanted to push me to my full potential and be the best cheerleader I could be. Knowing that my coaches believed in me giving me the confidence that I could achieve anything I wanted to as long as I put all my hard work and effort into it.