2007-03-01 09:11:05 · 17 answers · asked by Sk8r Chick 1 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
I do think it is a sport... but I am also one, but We do stunting and tumbling and I think it is a sport, but there's alot of controversy at my school.... so I was wanting to know your opinion....
2007-03-01 09:17:07 · update #1
absolutely! you are an athlete just like any other! you run, you jump, you lift, you do gymnastics, and you can get hurt just as easily. you compete, you win trophies and you are on ESPN! besides, if broom ball can be an olympic sport why can't cheerleading?
2007-03-01 09:19:33 · answer #1 · answered by orange blossom honey 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, when cheerleading teams are competing against other teams it is a sport. Just as much as gymnastics is a sport when they do their tumbling routine or ice skaters do a skating routine. If it can receive a score, than it is a sport.
2007-03-01 09:51:50 · answer #2 · answered by binary sunset 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a cheerleader and I do not consider it a sport unless you start intoducing tumbling and stunts or going to competitive stuff.
2007-03-01 09:15:15 · answer #3 · answered by Oh Snap! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, let's see. You have to be in top physical shape to participate, there are competitions for cheerleading. I must say, I'm pretty impressed with what those men and women can do when I watch the competitions on tv. I personally wouldn't participate, but I do consider it a sport, although it's not mainstream.
2007-03-01 09:15:56 · answer #4 · answered by AMY 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope. It would be like calling Band a sport. Even though it involves a lot of athletic ability and fitness. It doesn't meet the "sport test". Here is the test:
-Must involve a ball or sperical item of some sort (baton, etc also)
-Must involve an opposing defense
-Must be able to be performed by males w/o lookin kinda gay sometimes! LOL!
Thus, by that criteria, Cheerleading doesn't make it
2007-03-01 09:45:01 · answer #5 · answered by Joseph 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really, but I sure do like watching the hot women and their skirts come up as they are tossed in the air... If only the girls wore kilts... Now thats a sport! Hey you have to air out sometime..
2007-03-01 09:18:53 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's on ESPN, so yes :P just like hot dog eating and the U.S. Scrabble Open (yes it was on one night at 3am), ping pong tourney, hot dog eating, poker.. it's not traditional, but it's still a sport.
here's the thing.. it CAN be a sport.
most of the time, no.
but in competitions.. yeah it is!
2007-03-01 09:20:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. Cheerleading is more then a bunch of girls in micro minis. It takes good body composition, a lot of muscle, flexibility, strength, and endurance.
2007-03-01 09:16:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anon101 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
YES! We tumble and dance and cheer. I would love to see half of you do a round off backhand spring back tuck. :]
2007-03-01 18:04:27 · answer #9 · answered by Andrea<3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I was in the best physical shape of my life back then, no matter how much I work out now!
2007-03-01 09:18:41 · answer #10 · answered by Pitchow! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋