Practices always started mid July or even earlier sometimes. The weather was always hot and clammy, especially after practicing for hours. The sport, cheerleading. Cheerleading is not as easy as it looks. There's much more to cheerleading than cheering for football or basketball players while they sweat and shoot baskets or make touchdowns. Cheerleaders sweat too, I can remember the first year I started cheering. That year, I think all the girls on my team had sweat coming down all season long. .
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It all goes back to 1997, when I was in the 7th grade I decided to take up cheerleading. Before I started, I thought it was going to be all fun and games. What could be easier than going out to a football field and cheering for a bunch of sweaty guys? I remember being so excited to start that I couldn't wait till July for practice; it came sooner than I thought. First day of practice, I had my spandex shorts on, my extremely oversized shirt on, and my frozen water that was almost burning my fingertips. I got to the empty field; there were so many girls there. All different types of girls tall ones, short ones, and skinny ones too. I wasn't feeling too uncomfortable because my friends Letty and Ashley were on the team too.
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Letty and Ashley had been doing this since there were in the first grade so they knew what cheerleading was about. Our coaches were late but they finally showed up. There were two of them, one was tall, skinny, and very young. The other one was old not to old but old enough and she was shorter that the other coach. Later on I found out that they were mother and daughter, the mother named Debbie and the daughter named Nikki. .
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We started practice with running and I hated running. We had to run around the field four times, I was exhausted. After that we didn't even get a break we had to start practicing our toe touches.
What would they know about blood, sweat, and tears and being a "real" athlete?" ... Cheerleaders are just so perfect that they never get knocked out if a stunt drops, or sweat! ... Cheerleaders deserve r-e-s-p-e-c-t! We are people too and we hear the gossip that goes around. ... Now here is the thing, cheering is for males too! ...
Many don't understand that cheerleading takes dedication, sweat, tears, and hard work just like any other sport. ... Other cheerleaders are tired of it too. ... A cheerleader represents your school or team. ... Cheerleaders need to be in top physical condition. ... Cheerleaders around the nation practice, compete, have rules, go through training, sweat, get hurt, and dedicate their lives to cheerleading. ...
Since cheer includes some aspects of gymnastics, it should be recognized as sport too. ... Cheerleaders are athletes like gymnasts are athletes. ... There are professional cheerleaders, song leaders, and mascots. ... It was not until WWII that 90% of cheerleaders were women. ... It involves a team, a set of rules, competition, hard work, self discipline, sweat, blood, and tears. ...
Being a cheerleader, you are usually the football team's number one supporter because you will always be behind them 100 percent win or lose. A cheerleader pretty much represent the school; you are expected to have the most school spirit and represent your school with pride. ... When people say the saying, "Blood, sweat, and tears," we really put blood, sweat, tears into the routine. ... As for competition, it will always be fun and stressful so don't put too much stress into it. ...
Cheerleaders use dangerous stunts, suspenseful tumbling passes, and strenuous jumps to win awards and prove the "stereotypical cheerleader" to be a myth. Most students at Freedom High School continue to follow this ancient belief of what a cheerleader is. This happens because you, our school board, categorize us as a club as opposed to, what cheerleaders really are . athletes! ... Perhaps if people saw the sweat and falls at practice, which go behind our awesome performances at games, rallies, and competitions they would understand the risks of this sport. ... Well my question for you is, ...
Cheerleaders use dangerous stunts, suspenseful tumbling passes, and strenuous jumps to win awards and prove the "stereotypical cheerleader" to be a myth. Most students at Freedom High School continue to follow this ancient belief of what a cheerleader is. This happens because you, our school board, categorize us as a club as opposed to, what cheerleaders really are . athletes! ... Perhaps if people saw the sweat and falls at practice, which go behind our awesome performances at games, rallies, and competitions they would understand the risks of this sport. ... Well my question for you is, ...
Should College Athletes Get Paid To Play "Should College Athletes Get Paid To Play" Forget about the game-winning touchdown, forget about the cheerleader girlfriend, and forget the pageantry. ... Some people say that there is too much under the table payment going on to enforce anyways. ... Paying athletes to play should be legal they put too much time into it not to get paid. So while the coaches get paid more than the President of the United States does players sit back and have to be content with the sweat off their back as payment. ... So never mind the winning touchdown, never mind the...
Forget about the game-winning touchdown, forget about the cheerleader girlfriend, and forget about the pageantry. ... Most athletes are too poor to be living off of their parents. ... Paying athletes to play should be legal; they put too much time into it to not get paid. While the coaches sit back and earn more than the President of the United States, the players are supposed to be content with the sweat off their back as compensation enough. ...
