Comments on: Discuss: Do You Think Cheerleading is a Real Sport?

By: Abby

Abby — Mon, 14 May 2012 01:58:15 +0000

Technically, the definition of sports says that it has to be in a competitive challenge, so only COMPETITIVE cheer leading can be classified as a sport, not cheerleading at football or basketball games.

By: cindyvengeance

cindyvengeance — Fri, 04 May 2012 19:04:02 +0000

You’ve never seen real cheerleading as I can see. They do gymnastics,they do stunts which means they need to be really strong to support de weights of others .

By: MagicalRaspberi

MagicalRaspberi — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:31:13 +0000

Cheering for games is not a sport. But like competitive cheerleading IS sport. :3

By: MagicalRaspberi

MagicalRaspberi — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 03:30:03 +0000

Where you “cheering” or cheerleading”? There is a BIG difference.

By: Kliffi the Great

Kliffi the Great — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:24:24 +0000

While I’ve never been a cheerleader I have seen professional cheer offs and can I just say it looks terrifying, difficult, and dangerous! I can’t imagine spraining my leg or knocking a tooth out but smiling through the pain (and blood). It also takes a lot of strength for, not only the boys, but the girls to lift each other up, with an entire human balancing on their shoulders.
It is a sport, a painful painful sport.

By: Kourt

Kourt — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:02:46 +0000

michelle i am in cheerleading and there are boys in cheerleading toooo

By: Kourt

Kourt — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:01:41 +0000

i’m sorry to say this but you don’t have to have a ball for it to be a ball for it to be a sport…..

By: JJ

JJ — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 20:41:29 +0000

Cheer is a sport. At my school, half the varsity team had concussions one year. One girl broke both of her wrists. Just 2 hours of stunting&tumbling makes me sore for 3 days. We actually condition harder than any other sport at my school.
But it really depends on the intensity, not all cheerleaders work as hard as us. Just like how some people think of soccer as just kicking around a ball, but there’s a difference between that and what you see at the FIFA world cup.
Bre, would you consider swimming a sport? There’s no ball or running in that either.

By: Amber

Amber — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:22:38 +0000

All you people saying cheerleading is not a sport….soooo not true. I did it for 3 years and it was very physically gruelly. There was heavy lifting(considering i had to lift a girl 20 pounds heavier than me, merely because she “looked” lighter), running(laps everyday, and also running into tumbling moves), and yes there was dance but the cheer i was in focused more on tumbling and stunts. Cheerleading gave me flexibility, endurence, and a six-pack to boot! Unfortunately i had to quit because our coach abandoned us and without him we couldnt support the team financially. If it weren’t for that I would have definitely continued the SPORT of cheerleading(which is harder than any other sport ive been involved in which includes volleyball, basketball, tennis,soccer, and track)

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:19:14 +0000

I like to consider cheerleading as more dance then a sport. You do routines and dances and cheers, not plays and strategy. You need to have some strength and coordination, but you’re with a bunch more girls, so you really aren’t doing that much lifting. That’s just how I’ve always seen cheerleading. So no, not a sport.