sports girls only in middle school grades 6-8?

Question

ok well at my school i want to do cheerleading and basketball...but the thing is that the cheerleaders cheer at the girls basketball games.i have been playing basketball for 4 years but i really really really want to do cheerleading!!!!!which one should i do???♥

Answer 1

Wow...you really do have a delimma. You are the only one that can decide what you want to do, I can only give you some advice about cheerleading....so here it is!

As a current cheer coach, I can tell you what we expect from our girls.

First and foremost we stress academics. Being a good cheerleader requires a great deal of practice, and this can sometimes hurt your grade point average. We always stress that you can't go on in life to make a living at cheerleading....you have to have an education to do that. Girls must maintain a 2.5 or better grade point average or risk being dropped from the squad for a season. If the grade point average is not raised, she is dropped for the year.

As for the actual requirements:

Knowledge of routines, cheers and chants: Know them backwards and forwards....well enough to begin them anywhere in the middle of the cheer. I have seen many good candidates dropped due to the inability to start a cheer at any point in the routine. We teach one cheer, one chant and a pretty complex 1 minute dance routine. The girls are given 3 days to learn this with tryouts on day 4.

Tumbling/Gymnastics to include cartwheel, roundoff, and back hand spring. Girls who can do a tuck usually get extra points.

Flexibility and Posture: Be able to do splits and heal stretch. In a Liberty or heal stretch position, hold your balance for 20 seconds. Extra points are given for girls who can do arabesques or scorpions.

Judges always look for personality and smiles as well as how well the contender keeps their movements sharp and in proper form! No sloppy arms, wrists etc. You can lose lots of points in this area.

The girls must do 3 jumps: herkie, toe touch, 1 other.

Most of all, the judges are looking for girls who have the ability to work as a team and engage the crowd to cheer on their school! make the judges feel like cheering with you by engaging them every time you get a chance.

For pics, help and cheers that you can learn, go to
cheerleading.about.com

If you still feel like you would like to cheer...then you go for it girl! If you feel as though you would be more of an asset to the girls basketball team...then go for that! YOU HAVE TO dO WHAT IS RIGHT FOR YOU!

I hope that this helped some....and good luck with your decision!

Answer 2

i can't tell you which you would prefer but think about these things: how competitive do you want to be? how competitive is your cheer squad and basketball team? who are the girls on both teams? do you get along with them? which are you better at and will enjoy and be successful in high school (if you wish to follow thru)? consider practices and time consumation: basketball is usually more time consuming. these re just a few considerations.