Inspired by SDAngel101~ Do you think Cheerleading is a sport?

[TiggerBelle05]

Originally posted by minniegirl88
. In cheerleading, you have a whole group of girls, and I don't think you win anything.
And this is just my opinion, so its not the right thing to believe.

Originally posted by KittieKat
If your not a cheerleader you usually dont get it.

Originally posted by teh fish
yes, but in gymnastics, they keep score.

minniegirl88~ there is not neccesarily a whole group of girls, there are individual comps. too. And i respect your opinion. IM not trying to make anyone change their minds, i was just curious.
~KittieKat~ I agree. People who arent cheerleaders usually dont get it. My friend, Mere, always said cheerleading was dumb, but ended up going out for it herself ans she realized how much compitition there is.
~Teh Fish~ They keep score in cheerleading too. except its not like you do 5 separte things at seperate times. you put it all together. At compititions thats how you place them, just like gymnastics, you score on technique, sharpness and many other things.

 

[DiSnEyGrL13]

OMG!! We have had this debate sooo many times in Soc. St.

I think that it can and can't be a sport. For Instance, cheering along the sidelines at a football game in my opinion should definatly not be considered a sport because basically you are just standing there saying words that rhyme.

On the other side, In competitions I think that it is absolutly a sport, NO QUESTIONS ASKED! I have been through Competition Squad in my cheering days (back injury put a stop to it) and it is no piece of cake. We practiced EVERY DAY for 4 HOURS each night for 2 weeks straight and before that we were doing 3 nights a week for 2 hours at a time. It is a very demading physical activity whenever you put yourself up against other competitors.

 

[WDWfanatic288]

is people on the sidelines cheering for the football a sport..NO!
but going to competions and stuff...yes that is a sport!
and in competitive cheerleading they do keep score...if they didn't you wouldn't know who won the competition

in gymnastics they keep score but it is the same way as they do in cheerleading!!
the harder stuff you do and the more you get it right the higher your score is


so if gymnastics is a sport then so is cheerleading...cheerleading is alot like gymnastics

 

[teh fish]

since when do they keep score of the cheerleaders at football games?

 

[SDAngel101]

You dont keep score of the cheerleaders at football games, but keeping score is for competitions.

 

[KittieKat]

EXACTLY!

 

[IOASnake]

After several lectures from one of my best friends, Nicole, who was captain of the cheerleaders last year, I am convinced that cheerleading is a sport. She just kept going on and on about how hard they work and now I honestly believe that cheerleading counts as a sport. (Either was I'm big a fan of cheerleading... )

 

[teh fish]

you keep score in ANY competition. Chess, theatre, spelling bees, game shows, etc. but none of them are sports.

 

[TiggerBelle05]

Originally posted by teh fish
you keep score in ANY competition. Chess, theatre, spelling bees, game shows, etc. but none of them are sports.

sooooo? they keep score in a gymnastics compitition & dance!

 

[ShuisFan584]

Originally posted by teh fish
you keep score in ANY competition. Chess, theatre, spelling bees, game shows, etc. but none of them are sports.

Exactly!! Sports aren't called competitions, they're called games, matches, tournaments, etc.

I'd also like to add that if I saw cheerleaders being able to play real sports like softball, basketball, volleyball, bowling, soccer, etc., and being good at it, without complaining about breaking a nail or whining for a guy to protect them from the ball, then I'd believe it was a sport.

 

[TiggerBelle05]

Originally posted by ShuisFan584
I'd also like to add that if I saw cheerleaders being able to play real sports like softball, basketball, volleyball, bowling, soccer, etc., and being good at it, without complaining about breaking a nail or whining for a guy to protect them from the ball, then I'd believe it was a sport.

Hey, i also play soccer, and i have never complained about "breaking a nail" or "whining for a guy to protect them" <- only a seriously deflicted person wuldask for a guy to protect them. i dunno about cheerleaders your way, but up here, a lot of cheerleaders play others sports like softball, basketball and soccer. And they dont complain. only th prissy ones who ar afraid to break a sweat act like that, but not me.

 

[PigSoldier]

I should probably stay way out of this , but I think cheerleading is a sport, just like ballet or synchronised swimming are sports.

(Were they good examples? My entire knowledge of cheerleading comes from the movie Bring It On, so I'm fairly clueless really )

- Suzi

 

[waverunnerchick]

hey im a cheerleader and i am one of the best basketball nd soccor players in my school

 

[TiggerBelle05]

Originally posted by PigSoldier
I should probably stay way out of this , but I think cheerleading is a sport, just like ballet or synchronised swimming are sports.(Were they good examples? My entire knowledge of cheerleading comes from the movie Bring It On, so I'm fairly clueless really )
- Suzi

Suzi, those were great examples!!! i prob wouldnt have thought of them!!! and the cheerleading world is barely anything like bring it on, in some aspects, like the strict compitition, but the ditzy, guys & girls thing, heck no. U brought up a good point!

 

[teh fish]

I just think this thread is funny. I should point out that the thread said "do you think cheerleading is a sport", not "is cheerleading a sport?". Slight difference. I don't think we're going to change anybody's opinion. We had a similiar discussion as to whether or not riflery was a sport.

And I know a few cheerleaders that also play sports

I guess what it comes down to is the concept of cheerleading itself. Are you talking about what they do during a game? If that's the case, I don't consider cheerleading a sport. But when you talk about competitions, that's where the gray area is.

 

[keypooh90]

CHEERLEADING IS A SPORT !!!! I should know cause I have been on a cheerdance team for almost 3 years, when you cheer you have to be strong and fllexible. When you compete, you are expexted to know how to have sharp moves, accurate jumps, marvoulous stunts, and precise rhythm .

 

[wDw*CrYsTiNa*iOa]

OF course cheerleading is a sport!!! How can you even say it isn't!! I have been cheering for 3 years this will be my fourth, and everyone at my school likes watching the cheerleaders better than anything else, cheerleading takes the most skill than any other sport, people think its so easy, but that is only because we make it look easy, cheerleaders practice forever just to look that good, anyone who says cheerleading isnt a sport is just dumb, cheerleaders arent dumb and they arent snobby either, actually most are staight A students, its the football players and basketball players who fail all they're classes!!
CHEERLEADING IS A SPORT!!!
~*~CrYsTiNa~*~

 

[waverunnerchick]

my school thought it would be cool; to see the jocks try to cheer so they sent all the jocks to cheerleading pratice for a week needless to say the jocks never told us it wosn't a sport again

 

[ShuisFan584]

Originally posted by wDw*CrYsTiNa*iOa
OF course cheerleading is a sport!!! How can you even say it isn't!! I have been cheering for 3 years this will be my fourth, and everyone at my school likes watching the cheerleaders better than anything else, cheerleading takes the most skill than any other sport, people think its so easy, but that is only because we make it look easy, cheerleaders practice forever just to look that good, anyone who says cheerleading isnt a sport is just dumb, cheerleaders arent dumb and they arent snobby either, actually most are staight A students, its the football players and basketball players who fail all they're classes!!
CHEERLEADING IS A SPORT!!!
~*~CrYsTiNa~*~

I'm sorry, but just because I say cheerleading isn't a sport, that doesn't make me dumb. I happen to like playing real sports and cheerleading does not take as much skill as a lot of sports.

 

[KittieKat]

LOL, yeah i do ski Club too...the reason you dont see te "cheerleaders" doing any other sports..is becuz...WE DONT HAVE TIME! Its an all year sport not just seasonal.