Cheerleading Vs Competition

Improved Essays
I have been a competition cheerleader for 7 years now. Cheerleading has taught many things, including life lessons. Now competition cheerleading is nothing like sideline cheerleading. In competition cheerleading you give absolute all you have for two minutes and thirty seconds of a routine. You’re two main goals at a competition are to have fun and beat all the other teams at the competition. So in preparation for a competition we practice for months, spending hours upon hours of time in the gym. We work our hardest and make our routine the best to beat everyone else, to be the best at what we do. After months of practice it was finally competition season. Having won every competition we attended the season before we expected nothing less than

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    The aforementioned training regime was a necessary price to pay if I ever hoped to improve and outperform peers, and I stayed dedicated to it from the beginning. Because of this, I grew accustomed to the ring of the victory bell and the satisfying validation that came from it. However, after many years of relentless training and competition, what has taught me most is not the split-second touch of victory, but the long stretch of perpetual failure. At the age of sixteen my athletic improvement became halted without explanation in a sport in which the sole purpose is to outperform the athlete you had been in the race before.…

    • 717 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I have participated in the all-star competition cheerleading world since I was a very young girl. Over the last ten years, cheerleading has not only taught me how to stunt, tumble and dance, it has also taught me so many remarkable life lessons, such as leadership, teamwork, determination, and perseverance. One important lesson I have learned over the years is how to overcome failure as well as learning to control the fear of failure. The all-star cheerleading industry is very competitive; one small mistake in a routine can make an incredible impact on the outcome of the competition.…

    • 606 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Alyssa Roenigk, a senior writer for ESPN, presented an argumentative article, “Sorry, Cheerleading is not a Sport,” which opened a pivotal argument on cheerleading being classified as a sport. Roenigk states that all cheerleaders are athletes, but cheerleading should not be considered a sport. Why is this? Roenigk claims that sports teams are made to compete, to go against another team to win, not to entertain the crowd. Although Roenigk tries to persuade her audience that cheerleading does not fall under sporting guidelines, she contradicts her argument in immeasurable ways as she shifts cheerleading “athletes” away from sport.…

    • 957 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    There are many sports in the world such as football, basketball, baseball, hockey, and etc. But my favorite personally is cheerleading which has been in the industry for almost 20 years now. Cheerleading has been one of my most favorite sports since I was 8. All of my brothers always loved to stay active so they always ended up on a football team.…

    • 244 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Some people may argue cheer is a hobby and not a sport. However, competitive cheerleading is different from sideline cheerleading. Sideline cheerleaders are the typical cheerleaders that people automatically picture in a cliché movie where head cheerleader dates jock. Nonetheless, competitive cheerleading is different, since they are the ones that spend hours practicing on their skills to get better.…

    • 1293 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Decent Essays

    One of my greatest interests include cheerleading. i take part in sideline and competitive cheerleading for my high school. I also junior coach for a little league cheer team. from being a cheerleader myself, I look up to my coaches and see what it takes to be a good leader. from being a coach as well, I know how to act professional and to set an example for those who look up to me.…

    • 110 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I walked into that gym on the first day of practice after 10 years of soccer. I was nervous and didn’t know anyone. This was all brand new to me. I thought I was always going to stick with soccer. Cheerleading was something I never thought I would be interested in but decided to give it a try.…

    • 640 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The second type of cheerleading is ‘competitive,’ with competitive cheer, you have tumbling and non-tumbling. The debate of whether or not cheerleading is a sport dates back to 1869 when cheerleading first began. By definition competitive cheerleading is a sport and here is why.…

    • 906 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    "Let's go generals let's go!" What do you think of cheerleading not being a sport? Then get your Pom Poms and come along. They keep the crowd going, I would definitely not enjoy football games without them. The first cheer squad started in 1898.…

    • 467 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Ever since I was six years old cheering on my local Pop Warner team, I have dedicated an unwavering amount of time and dedication to my beloved sport. Whether it’s staying at school until six o’clock every day or spending my weekends making choreography for my team, cheer affects my life inside and outside of school. The life lessons and qualities I’ve developed through cheer are traits that I can utilize for the rest of my life. Most notably, cheer has taught me the value of hard work. My team at Kennedy High School has competed in 3 competitions through Sharp Internationals and Jamz Cheer and Dance.…

    • 644 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Persuasive Essay On Competitive Cheerleading

    • 1043 Words
    • 5 Pages
    • 7 Works Cited

    Though still new and misunderstood, competitive cheerleading is a sport and should be treated as one by society. It not only requires an undeniable amount of endurance and strength, but it also fits the definition of a sport perfectly. When it is considered a sport, the amount of injuries will drastically decrease, protecting the lives and bodies of our sisters, brothers, daughters and sons. Cheerleaders defy gravity and look good while doing it. Their teammates are their brothers and sisters, and their coach is their second mom or dad.…

    • 1043 Words
    • 5 Pages
    • 7 Works Cited
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    Imagine a world where cheer is a sport and all is wonderful. If this was hard it is because that world does not exist. For years cheer has been discussed if it is a sport or not. Cheer meets the definition of a sport, yet for some unknown reason a U.S. judge and others declared it not a sport. The guys and girls that participate in cheer believe it is a sport, others believe cheer is silly.…

    • 934 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I was never the fastest competitor on the team, never the one with the lofty goal of achieving an Olympic medal, or compete at the international level. I wasn’t a natural by any means, but I knew how to work hard, and when I put in the effort and I could get results. I was in the upper quarter of finishers and finalists, winning some events, losing others. I was happy, and had fun competing in the sport, reveling my recently discovered realization – as long as I continued to work hard and dedicate myself to the sport, I could do well. I trained and…

    • 1176 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Cheerleading doesn’t go to the Olympics. You never see cheerleading running around competing in the Olympics because there are so many more actual sports working hard. You don’t go to the Olympics for standing on the sidelines yelling. Cheerleading should never be called a sport, they do nothing special. Cheerleading don’t really have competition because they all do the same thing.…

    • 1220 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Human beings are difficult to understand and that is because we are all different. Though for many, it is easy to say that many of us have a passion that we all pursue. I, too, have a hobby that dwindle upon as well. Up until my freshman year of highschool, I never quite been active until I joined cheer.…

    • 949 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays