Cheerleading Persuasive Speech

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What is the one thing that 69% of young girls and 75% of young boys take part of after school?
Sports, youth from all around the nation take part in multiple kinds of sports. Wether it's football, soccer, basketball or even dance the title of "sport" is highly esteemed and seen as athletic. But there is one "activity" that everyone is so adamant against calling it a sport. Cheerleading is a widely watched and popular activity including over 1.5 million girls and boys who cheer. Even thought the Supreme Court ruled cheerleading as not a sport, competitive cheerleading fits every aspect of the definition of a sport. You might say "if the Supreme Court ruled cheer as not a sport than it's not one" but I am going to give you multiple reasons why competitive cheer fits every aspect of being a sport.

Imagine this, your talking to someone and they ask you what sport you play. You reply and name your sport, and they immediately go "oh that's not a sport". That's how it is for all cheer leaders. I think that I speak for the whole of us but we are sick of being told we are "un-athletic" or "just there to look pretty". We train for hundreds of hours for just 2 minutes and 30 second on the mat. If cheerleaders weren't athletic or there to just look pretty than we would have a …show more content…

If you land a flip wrong, you could tear your ACL and be out for the rest of the season. If you drop a stunt, you could be responsible for ending another cheer career. 65% of high school and 71% of college injuries are a result of cheer. Even if a cheer leader gets an injury they push through unlike most other "sport" players would would sit out for the rest of the season. For example, I had an injury that doctors told me I would be out for months, but I got back in a month and a half. The second day I got back I was flipping. Cheerleaders are some of the most determined people you will

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