CHEERLEADING IS A SPORT
Cheerleading evolved over the years, becoming one of the most elite women’s sports to this day having exquisite stunting, tumbling, and dancing. Millions of women and men worldwide have competitively participated in becoming the best team there is. Debating whether or not these
skills are even considered a sport is in effect.
Cheerleading has changed over the years. Stunting alone has become girls flipping in the air while pulling tricks. Having the flyer pull their leg with their back leg back above their head, while ten feet in the air is a scorpion. Being brought back up into the stunt having to show off their arrow-besks, keeping the body perfectly straight while their back leg is ninety degrees out and then falling having to fully trust the bases below to catching her flawlessly. "It is really difficult to keep your balance in the air when ever the bases are uneven" said Joelle G., JV cheerleader. Tumbling has advanced to backhand-springs, where you flip over with your hands on the ground at all times, to performing double full’s, double twists in the air with your whole body spinning three hundred and sixty degrees’ around, on a spring floor. "To perform a trick while making it look easy, I just lock out and be as tight as I can" said Natalie, competitive cheerleader.IShowing off what cheerleading has become, knowing that at any second if you mess up a stunt formation or hand placement in tumbling, there is a chance of encountering major injuries.
It has been debated whether or not cheerleading is a sport. Many people see the cheer world not being a sport because they perform in skirts with pom-pom’s flying in the air. "They perform to the crowd at halftime, not competitively in-front of thousands of people." said Danielle D. It is seen more as entertainment rather than a ligament athletic. Without having to run or tackle other opponents, like basketball or football, cheerleaders do not put their strength to the test. "You see cheerleaders on the side-lines cheering for the school team, it makes it hard to consider that being a sport." said Jillian C., fan in the stands. Sports require hard-work and teamwork rather than men and women yelling cheers out loud. Therefore, having cheerleading being seen as a dangerous sport is widely debated.
Over decades the cheer world has changed rapidly. Becoming one of the most popular women’s sports around the world with stunting, dancing, and tumbling. The debate for whether this activity should legally be considered a sport in the U.S. has become a popular dispute.
Riley G. with the PTHS Seniors sign, that rallies up the seniors at the pep-ralleys. Picture by: Erin F.
Photo to left is Erin F. showing off a scorpion. Picture by: Riley G.
Emily S. showing off her back tuck. Picture by: Erin F.
Joelle Gallaway- Ive been trying to make it past tense
The most elite women’s sport, Cheerleading, evolved over time to contain exquisite stunting, tumbling, and dancing. Millions of women and men worldwide competitively participated in becoming the best team there is. The world debated whether or not these skills are even considered a sport.
Cheerleading changed substantially throughout the years. Alone, stunting became more difficult. Girls easily flipped through the air and pulled tricks. Cheerleading made flyers pull their leg with their back leg back above their head, while ten feet in the air. This became known as a scorpion.
The most elite women’s sport, Cheerleading, evolved over time to contain exquisite stunting, tumbling, and dancing. Millions of women and men worldwide competitively participated in becoming the best team there is. The world debated whether or not these skills are even considered a sport.
Cheerleading changed substantially throughout the years. Alone, stunting became more difficult. Girls easily flipped through the air and pulled tricks. Cheerleading made flyers pull their leg with their back leg back above their head, while ten feet in the air. This became known as a scorpion.
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Erin F. showing her back-hand spring.
*use more past tense
*get quotes
*try not to use run-on sentences
*make your point then move on to something else
*don't use the same word to describe something, such as "flawlessly," over and over again
-Riley Gillespie
2 of your pictures are the same thing
Use indenting on a paragraph
Do not have enough quotes
Many spelling mistakes
You will have to have a caption for your pictures
Patrick
*get quotes
*try not to use run-on sentences
*make your point then move on to something else
*don't use the same word to describe something, such as "flawlessly," over and over again
-Riley Gillespie
2 of your pictures are the same thing
Use indenting on a paragraph
Do not have enough quotes
Many spelling mistakes
You will have to have a caption for your pictures
Patrick
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