Many Jefferson students feel that all our cheerleaders do is shake their pompoms in the air and cheer for our schools team. How would they feel if they saw a whole different side of cheerleading? I can honestly say that I was one of those people until I walked into Santa's Cheer Shop competition at Prior Lake High school on Saturday, December 6th, 2014. When walking in, the first thing that will catch your eye is the endless amounts of cheerleaders from the age of 5 all the way to the age of 18 usually dressed in their uniforms and hair slicked back in a ponytail with a giant bow the color of their school. Once you get in the gym where teams perform their routine, you will see a large blue mat that covers most of the gym floor in the middle. Teams are split into divisions based on how many members are on a team. In minnesota there are the 4 main divisions a varsity team can be. Small which consists of up to 12 girls on the mat at one time, medium which is 13-16 girls, large which is 17-20, and finally super large which is 21-30 girls and is the biggest size a team can be. Teams have two minutes and thirty seconds to perform a routine that is required to have jumps, tumbling both standing and running, a stunt sequence which is when the flyers are thrown in the air, a cheer and a dance, and lastly a pyramid. There is usually two sets of bleachers on both sides for spectators to sit. As you will look around at all the people in the bleachers you will start to realize that there split up by clusters of cheer moms from different teams, kind of like a lunch room filled with different social groups at each table. Cheer moms treat competitions as a contest of who can look the best, everywhere you look you will see expensive everything from designer clothes and purses,professional cameras, to even Louis Vuitton ipad cases, cheer moms dress and come to impress. When it was time for the varsity team to perform I noticed how they had more teams watching them than any other team, not only that but when the emcee announced that they were up all eyes were on them.
I was once a cheerleader at Denham Springs High. ... A cheerleader was who I was. ... After being a cheerleader for twelve years one begins to notice the different types of cheerleaders. ... These cheerleaders practice day and night. ... The peppy cheerleader is very active. ...
I was once a cheerleader at Denham Springs High. ... A cheerleader was who I was. ... After being a cheerleader for twelve years one begins to notice the different types of cheerleaders. ... These cheerleaders practice day and night. ... The peppy cheerleader is very active. ...
Cheerleaders sweat too, I can remember the first year I started cheering. ... We had to sit and watch the younger cheerleader's routines until our division was almost up. ... Cheering is tough and it takes a lot mentally and physically to be a cheerleader. It's hard being a cheerleader, not only ball players sweat but cheerleaders sweat too! Sometimes cheerleaders need someone to cheer for them....
Cheerleaders. ... All one hundred and ten percent of energy must be exerted just to hear a few scattered claps a random wow from a five year old little girl who wears a custom uniform to look just as a cheerleaders does, and of course the infamous "boo!...
I think that cheerleaders make what they do look so easy. ... Other cheerleaders are tired of it too. ... A cheerleader represents your school or team. ... Cheerleaders need to be in top physical condition. ... Football players tend to be called dumb jocks, while cheerleaders are ditz. ...
33 of Houston's most attractive and friendly women have been chosen from 1,600 applicants, to be the cheerleaders for Houston's new NFL football team, the Texans. These women, as with most cheerleaders in general are often portrayed as ditzy, trampy, bubbleheaded women who could not make it in life doing anything else. ... They take their role as cheerleaders very seriously. ... Ask any Texans' cheerleaders, and she would tell you that her reason for wanting to be a cheerleader is mainly "just for the fun"". Most love to dance and cheer, and are former cheerleaders if not fo...
Many people, however, criticize cheerleaders. ... "What would cheerleaders know about injuries like that? ... Cheerleaders also master in gymnastics. ... Cheerleaders deserve r-e-s-p-e-c-t! ... Male cheerleaders are "very talented and confident to cheer even with all of the male cheerleader stereo types." ...
Cheerleaders and cheerleading has always gone hand in hand with American sports. Every professional and college sports team with trained athletes has cheerleaders. ... Cheerleaders are athletes because they exhibit physical strength, speed, and skill. ... Cheerleaders meet all the criteria to be an athlete. Cheerleaders exhibit physical strength in the various pyramids and holds. ...
Many people go to the games to see the cheerleaders. ... Minnesota cheerleaders took up gymnastics and also put some tumbling into their cheers. ... In the 1950s, cheerleaders came up with workshops to teach cheerleading skills. ... That was until high school cheerleaders were used on the sidelines to keep the teams spirits high. ... In 1976, the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders performed at Super Bowl X and started an evolution of "dancing cheerleaders". ...
