It makes me mad that no one thinks that it is a sport but they consider pool to be a sport. Excuse me but in pool all you do is push a ball into holes with a stupid stick. In cheerleading you get thrown 10 feet inn the air and brake bones, lose you voice, and there have even been events where girls had died!!!!! It reall does make me mad about it. I also think that gymnastics should be consider a sport. It is almost just as worse in other ways!!!
2006-09-03 05:07:20 · 16 answers · asked by Cheergirl...Go Falcons!! 1 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Yes, because it's takes alot of balance, coordination, spunk & practice. They have national competions, so I'd say it already is a sport!
2006-09-03 05:10:44 · answer #1 · answered by Helzabet 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
cheerleading is not a sport in my book, its a school activity all there doing is cheering there team on and getting school an team spirt up. think it has to do with the insurance companys getting out of insuring them,,, the only compation there is ,,,,is cheerleader tryouts an when they try an get the honor of being the best cheerleaders in the state,, gymnastics is a sport but not very many schools have it cause they can not aford it an kids dont like doing that kind of stuff this day an age ,,,pool is a game
2006-09-03 12:20:23 · answer #2 · answered by featherman_65018 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
A sport is a "physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively."
However, the primary purpose of cheer leading is NOT competition, it is entertainment at a sporting event. Until the majority of the squads compete, cheerleading should not be considered a sport. That is why dance and gymnastics are sports. It would help if more than just America competed too.
Cheerleaders are athletes because of the demands put on them by cheerleading, but cheerleading is not a sport.
2006-09-03 18:18:52 · answer #3 · answered by Voodoo Experience 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
There's one major issue with it being declared a sport. There's no standard rules, no standard scoring method, no method to determine a winner.
Sports, including pool, have a standard set of rules, a standard scoring method, and set guidelines of competition to determine a winner in every competition.
Now, competitive cheerleading, being judged in contests, is a sport, and an athletic event. But the weekly practice of cheerleading is not a sport, for exactly the reasons metioned above.
2006-09-03 12:17:21 · answer #4 · answered by KansasDragon 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I agree that cheerleading is a sport we do just as much as anything else or more.....And hate when people say it is not competitive because they act like they know what they are talking about and they don't because it is and I'm on a competition team!
2006-09-05 00:29:32 · answer #5 · answered by trisha w 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
As physically demanding as it is, cheerleading might as well be considered a sport.
2006-09-03 12:10:30 · answer #6 · answered by WC 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I enjoy it as a spectator sport. And I guess if twirling, bowling, golf, and pool can make the cut, why not cheerleading?
U-GO, gurl!
2006-09-03 12:09:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
There is competitive cheerleading so essentially it is a sport.
2006-09-03 12:13:20 · answer #8 · answered by Jared S 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Pool is competitive. Cheerleading isn't. It's standing at football games screaming and jumping like an idiot. Everyone can scream (unless they'tr mute) and almost everyone in this world has broken a bone. Give me a medal for that. Being judged on how high someone can throw you doesn't justify being a sport to me.
By the way, it's break not brake.
2006-09-03 12:09:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 7⤋
competitive cheerleading is definently a sport
2006-09-03 14:04:29 · answer #10 · answered by cheerchick504 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋