Cheerleading and Gymnastics are different sports that are capable of multiple things. Cheerleading was an all boy sport, became popular after sometime, and it also became a competitive sport that still takes place today. Gymnastics is another sport that came from ancient Greek, was brought to the United States, and to this day became one of the most attractive sports. These two different sports are different and comparable, but have come a long way.
Cheerleading first started in the 1800s. Cheerleading was an all boy sport at the beginning. It wasn’t until 1883; Great Britain started the trend of cheering and chanting in unison at sport games. The games included football, basketball, soccer, and etc... The first official cheer wasn’t
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performed until 1884 at Princeton University. There wasn’t much to them cheering because it had all just started. All there was to it was cheering for your team for support to help motivate in to a win. After that was to happen, there was much more to happen during the 1900s.
So, during the early 1900s, gymnastics and megaphones were incorporated into cheerleading routines along with much more. As they found more props and equipment to use while cheering, one of the most important was to come and that was female cheerleaders. In the 1930s women became included in cheerleading. This happened only because a large number of men were deployed to fight in World War I and that opened up doors for the ladies.
Next, came another important year dealing with cheerleading and it was the 1960s. Professional teams started as a tremendous part in cheerleading as well. Football teams started to incorporate cheerleading as a part of the entertainment package. Basketball came into place just like Football and these were the main sports the cheerleaders appeared at. They were being enjoyed just as much as the team enjoyed them and they were being appreciated. They started to get looked at and there were multiple teams who started to cheer against each other for their
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teams. Throughout this year it became probably the biggest idea as cheerleading was going on. Competition cheer was starting for cheerleaders to cheer to against each other for an award and to prove that they’re the best team. The international cheerleading foundation began ranking the best college cheerleading squads. This led to the actual competition between top teams. It led over to 1987 and there was another cheer jump off. The American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Advisors also known as AACCA is for competition cheerleading. The word is derived from the ancient Greek; it has disciplinary exercises, combines physical skills such as body control, coordination, gracefulness, and acrobatic skills, all performed in an artistic manner and the word is Gymnastics. The physical fitness was very important and much looked at in ancient Greek. After some time, the Romans conquered the Greece and decided to make the activity a more formal sport. In the 1700s, props came along as they were developed by Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.
The names of the developments were the side bar, horizontal bar, parallel bar, the balance beam, and the jumping events. In the 1800s, the sport was being introduced to the United States. As the sport migrated its way to the United States, it was centered on the European immigrants. The European immigrants introduced the new sport in the new cities and that made gymnastics even more known. At this time they had a name for themselves, instead of being called gymnasts they were being called “turners”. Modern gymnasts didn’t have traditional events, such as weight lifting and wrestling. There was still much to be included as gymnastics carried on throughout the
years. In 1896, men’s gymnastics somehow made their way on the schedule of the first Olympic Games. As the men did what they had to do continually, there was a surprise to appear a couple of years later. Women began to compete as well in all-around competition in 1936 and along with this in 1952 competition for separate events were added in. Along with the 1950s, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the Eastern European countries began being in lead for the male and female gymnasts. Much sooner, gymnastics popularity sky rocketed up because of the different performances being made. Gymnastic competitions are based upon individual and team basis and that’s also how it is scored and judged. All of the people who are competing must get a required piece of equipment and have a certain amount of moves. There is a scale of one to ten in each event with the participants. Guidelines and rules are provided so the scores can be unbiased. The highest score will be taken and so will the lowest score and they will be dropped. This is because they need a more objective evaluation and because of that they will try to perform their most difficult task. Again, as stated above Cheerleading and Gymnastics are different sports that are capable of multiple things. Cheerleading was an all boy sport, became popular after sometime, and it also became a competitive sport that still takes place today. Gymnastics is another sport that came from ancient Greek, was brought to the United States, and to this day became one of the most attractive sports. These two different sports are different and comparable, but have come a long way.
For competitive cheer you have to athletic if you want to be good. The cheerleaders are non stop tumbling, stunting, jumping, or dancing for more than two minutes. They never have a break in the routine that is pushed to the max with all the difficulty you can make and all of the legal things you can do in a routine. The sport
Comparing two very different sports, Cheerleading .vs. lacrosse. Out of the two sports Lacrosse is more athletically challenging and competitive sport. While cheerleading is also a athletically inclined sport it does not require as much training. I personally prefer to play lacrosse because I like to be involved and more active. By the end of this paper I will prove that lacrosse is the better sport.
Women of the twenties were bold and assertive. They had proved to themselves during World War I that they could do the same jobs as men, and as the twenties progressed, their determination to be equal members of society grew. In the early twenties organized sports, athletic clubs and school teams became popular with women across the country. Women in sports were applauded not only by women, but by men too. It was not uncommon for the spectators at women's sports to outnumber those at men's games.
While cheerleading and gymnastics have similar moves and tumbling passes, the differences in the sports can vary. Varying from if they are a team or not, cheerleading and gymnastics are two totally different sports but also similar in ways. Even though gymnastics and cheerleading include tumbling and the difference in the level of difficulty in the tumbling passes. Cheerleading lifts people while gymnastics is all about how graceful you can be. A big bow, a part of a cheerleader’s uniform, makes the appearance of a cheerleader more interesting. Lastly, cheerleading is some team sport and gymnastics is mainly an individual sport.
School set regulations and the coach then make their own rules. An important part of the "cheer look" are, of course the uniform, cheer bows. Hair, nails, and make up are required to be natural on most squads. The uniform is school color except on special occasions, such as Breast Cancer Awareness month. White, athletic, cheer shoes are on every foot ("Cheerleading Uniform Decoration"). Pom-poms, different sizes and color for different squads, are a part of almost every routine. School that have a historically black culture can be seen with slouch
Ironically, cheerleaders get the name of a “snob” or a “brat”, however a cheerleaders job is to bring positivity and spirit to their school. To be conceited or a bully is the complete opposite of what a cheerleaders job is; which means their primary responsibility is to pump up the student body for the big game or to get others involved and support school functions. Aside from the stereotype that cheerleaders are snobby, another assumption is that cheerleaders only hang out with other cheerleaders, that they are very exclusive. In films, cheerleaders are seen as the girls that always sit at the same lunch table and no one else is allowed to sit with them, or the ones that walk the halls in the same cluster while they laugh and gossip about other girls. A cheerleader is taught to be inclusive and to get others engaged in activities throughout the school, and if cheerleaders are pushing others away by being exclusive they are not doing their
Cheerleading is fun! Of course we cheerlead because it’s fun! From cheer camp to laughing on the sidelines, cheerleading is always a good time, especially with your friends. The memories made my cheerleaders whether they be from practices, games, or spirit activities (like decorating for senior night or baking treats for football players) are memories that will be cherished for a cheerleaders lifetime. Cheering is such a positive and happy experience because we are always doing something fun or accomplishing something new, like learning our new pyramid or mastering our routine. I get to get dressed up in my uniform with my bow in my hair and my white, red-track stained cheer shoes and not only cheer on my favorite football team but run around and cheer and stunt with a team of fun-loving girls and bring my community
They invented this sport because they saw a lack of enthusiasm in their school, so they decided to make it a little fun, and to have more of a fun time at school. These two wonderful men invent a jump that was called a “herkie”, but it is now called a “hurdler”, and i believe they also invented a jump called a toe touch. Cheerleading was invented when the first intercollegiate was played in 1869, but it wasn’t until 1923 that women were allowed to cheer for the first time. During this decade , cheerleaders started to add acrobatics to their routines. These acrobating moves are called tumbling in the cheer language.
Looking back on my highschool career as a cheerleader there are some accomplishments I’ve obtained that I am very proud of such as being varsity cheerleading captain for three consecutive seasons, getting the opportunity to participate in the Varsity Spirit Spectacular hosted at Walt Disney World and being a recipient of 2015 America Needs Cheerleaders Pin It Forward along with many others. But the accomplishment I am most proud of is receiving my Pin It Forward by a Universal Cheerleading Association staff member in the summer of 2015. At the time I had been cheerleading for 12 years and I have received some awards but nothing that meant what this accomplishment meant to me. Pin It Forward is rewarded to cheerleaders who promote values encouraged through cheer, such as leadership, spirit, commitment, kindness, and motivation.
I believe that cheerleaders provide hope and gleam when it’s required the most. Cheerleaders are kind-hearted and continuously display it without hesitation. If you think about it, cheerleading is the only sport where it’s mandatory to smile; Whether it’s scorching hot or freezing cold. When on duty as a cheerleader, there is no time to slack off. The games would never be as enjoyable without the cheerleader executing their full
While the definition of a sport may vary by the person, the dictionary definition for a sport can be best described as, “an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment” (Oxford Dictionary). Cheerleading has been a topic of an ongoing controversial debate as to whether or not it should be recognized as a sport. Players that engage in sports, such as, football, basketball, and baseball all display a genuine liking for their sport, which generally emphasizes why they take part in the activity. Similarly, cheerleaders have this same mindset, but society tends to overlook their passion through the generation of the argument that cheerleading does not require
From an outsiders perspective one may see brainless and beautiful robots, which scream and perform neat tricks. This is not the case from the inside; cheerleading is so much more than that. Many people are under the impression that cheerleading is not a sport. I am the voice of reasoning that will let you in, and I will show you that cheerleading, in fact, is a sport. Cheerleading requires much physical demand from the body just as any other sport would. Cheerleading, in general, is a team effort. There are many sides to cheerleading, which make it a versatile sport. When it comes to cheerleading there’s more to it than what meets the eye.
Cheerleading is one of America’s oldest activities. Cheerleading started in the late 1880’s by all-male “pep clubs.” During a football game in 1898, Johnny Campbell was the first “cheerleader” to grace the field by leading the crowd in a now popular University of Minnesota chant. Afterwards, squads began to start up in colleges throughout the country as “yell leaders.” Although cheerleading is a considered a female sport, women didn’t show up on cheer squads until 1923. Female cheerleading became more frequent due to World War Ⅱ (Purvey). Many famous people are known to have been a part of a cheer squad, including George W. Bush who was “head” cheerleader at Phillips Academy in 1968 (Tho...
Movies portray cheerleaders as the popular girls that everyone likes and aspires to be. But when reality hits at Salem High School, it’s a completely different story. Cheerleading was taken as a joke by the other athletes and even students. It was considered a hobby, but to me it was a passion and something I worked hard to be. Being on the cheer squad in high school was difficult to deal with in school because we were constantly being snubbed by the other athletes and students in our school ever since we were kids in junior high which should not happen because everyone has the right to do what they love and they should not be judged for it being different than everyone else. It was always us versus them up until my junior year of high school when we finally earned the respect of our peers.
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