'The Sport of Cheerleading'

'Short skirts, obstreperously voices, and tons of cypher; thats what ab give away high educate students define as a exemplary invigorateleader. Most of the teenagers in the world forget have this opinion. Although cheerleading is formally deemed not a blow, it is actually whiz of the most demanding playfulnesss out in that location.The average cheerleader practices most 6-8 hours a week. some(a) teams practice just about 10-12 hours a week, and thats not still counting contenders. instantly thats what I call committal.\nIf you scene up the rendering of a sport in the dictionary, it go away tell you that a sport is a physical act that is governed by a set of rules or customs and very a great deal engaged in competitively. exactly what it doesnt hold is the teamwork, necessary for any(prenominal)(prenominal) sport. Cheerleading isnt considered a sport because postgraduate naturalize cheer, by definition thier important objective is to cheer on another(pre nominal) teams in their witness sports. But on that point is so more more to what they do than just providing school spirit. There is trust, teamwork, and family that in truth isnt at that place as much in any other sport you will find. A cheerleader is someone you real have to guess on. There is a trust in that respect that is not easy broken, as with a dedication to your team. And with that dedication educes practice and unsaid work. Lots and lots of it.\nAlong with competitions come rules, and with cheerleading there is a lot of them. harmonize to the National Cheerleading Association(NCA), there are 6 categories in which separately team is judged; technique, stability of stunts/strength, choreography/ commingle of routine, degree of difficulty, nonpareil of routine, and overall impression. If a stunt moves, or the flyer wobbles a little bit, its considered a muck up, and results in a .5 deduction from severally of the (on average) six judges. If anything is go forth on the competition floor aft(prenominal) the allotted sequence for the cheer is done, thats another .5 deduction. If the euphony ends before you do? Deduction. If youre... '