Well i like cheering its my favirite sport some ppl think it's not but it's harder then u think learing new stuff every week. i've like cheering snice 6th grade & now i'm a freshy in high school & now i luv cheering more then ever!
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Australian Rules Football.\nNo it isn't Rugby.\nNo it isn't Soccer.\nNo it isn't Gridiron.\nImagine all threee being played at once by crack addicts? Thats it!!!!
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I do.\nyou might be good at football\nyou might be good at track,\nbut when it comes to basketball you might as well step back come on step back,\nuh huh, uh huh, uh huh, uh huh, \nGo to ask.com and type in cheerleading cheers\nPlease Pick Me For Best Answer. Not Trying To Sound Desperate. You Don't Have To Pick Me
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I think it's a sport - they have competitions and what not - people turn up to training and learn routines. Dancing is a sport - chess is a sport - hell even computer gaming at Lan parties is considered a sport by some. So i'm my opinion yes cheerleading is a sport!
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Yes, it was very confusing especially when the cheerleaders at my high school did that cheer during our basketball games...\n\nI learned the rules of football just like every American kid growing up in my neighborhood did...Electric Football!
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I just graduated high school last year and am now in college. I did cheerleading every year in high school and it greatly affected my high school experience. I made new friends, it kept me busy, and was great to put on resumes. It was extremely hard working and very demanding on my time and energy, but it was so fun and completely worth it. Now when I look back on my high school years, I remember so many memories from cheerleading, not memories of sitting on the couch eating potato chips after school. It gave me a purpose and I strived to do my best and to improve. During my senior year, I had a falling out with my group of friends and I had no one to turn to, but I had cheerleading and just got closer to my cheerleading friends. I don't know what I would have done without them.
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In my opinion, no. If you don't like the sport, you're gonna have the worst time of your life. You should explore other sports and see which one you like. Only pursue the sport you really like because you're gonna have a good time with it.
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why can't you do both, then you would be ahead of the competition once you get to high school. You have some time, don't get stressed about it when it only your 7th grade year. RELAX and think it through, make a pro con list for each. Maybe you could talk to a high school cheerleader or a coach and ask them.
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if you like cheering and stunts/tumbing than do cheerleading, if you prefer to dance than do the dance team, both are good choices as well as good forms of exercise and neither means youll be the stuff the one person said, just do what you want
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Depends on what aspect of cheerleading.  As for sideline cheerleading, I would say no.  Yes, you practice, but there is no competition.  As a sideline cheerleader, I can tell you that even doing the occassional stunt, it isn't THAT exhausting.  If anything, you are exhausted from yelling.  Now, if it is competitive cheerleading where you are competing against other squads (like stunting), then I would say yes.  You aren't really doing the 'cheer' aspect, but stunting over and over again is exhausting.  It is a fine line because I think cheerleading kind of falls in between of being a sport/not being a sport.\n\nAnd if cheerleading is a sport, then dancing is a sport.  And if dancing is a sport, than Colorguard (tossing flags and rifles) is a sport because like dance, Colorguard involved practice, competition, dancing, and physical stamina.  Many schools still do not recognize cheerleading, dance, and Colorguard as 'sports,' even though technically, I think they all should be.
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Basically, i love football, and i like to hear other people's opinion's about football, especially when it comes to the Brasilian national team, you know you do hear alot of things that are untrue, and if i can clear them up a little bit i will, i support Brasil cause i am Brasilian, and it's in my blood, i like to give people different opinion's from my prospective, and as well as my father's perspective, cause i speak to him alot about brasilian football, and he's into just as much as i am, so it's good to hear from an old school guy that's been around brasilian football for many years, you know like they say, there's just not one coach of the Brasilian national team there's 180 million......
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Cheerleading in Australia.  It is not a big thing generally in Australia.  At the bigger games - games supported by corporations - yes we have cheerleaders.  It's not a career thing here.  It is one of those things we seem to be copying from the USA. On this basis it is not something most Australia are wrapped it. On the basis that it can be nice to look at while the team is taking a break, it is accepted and enjoyed. Naturally if you have a family member in the squad you probably are very into it.
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Now I happen to like my sports.  Maybe not football or basketball which has to depend on other members to win...........but I like Karate.  Where it's just me and the other person.  I get to kick his *ss and say I win or I lost.  Which I might say  (him kicking my *ss) will PROBABLY never happen.
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Yes. It's fun, it can be competitive, you can have teams, you keep score, people try their best, it is a physical activity. I think that qualifies it as a sport.
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Cheerleaders are no snobbier than anyone else. It is very poorly portrayed by the world. I am a cheerleader and we all get along really well with each other and with everyone else. I have a lot of other friends other than the girls on the squad and most of us do sports other than cheerleading as well. For example, most of us do volleyball. Because cheerleaders are on the volleyball team, does that make volleyball players snobby bitches too? I would hope not. It's just a sport and we don't feel any higher on the "food chain" than anyone else does. We work just as hard as many other sports. How long and how much muscle and training do you think it takes to lift a girl up into the air? Or do a bunch of "back flips"? I am not afraid to break my nails, I peel them off anyway. I sweat too. If you haven't been a part of cheerleading then you have no idea what you are talking about when you say that cheerleaders are mean and self fish. MOST cheerleaders are really nice. \n\nAs for you.. I think you need to try it and keep going with it. Just because you THINK the girls are mean, doesn't mean that they are going to be. You can always join another sport as a backup.
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No, people do not consider cheerleading a sport.  It is a highlight to a sport.
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Yeah, I think it can have an impact on your game. When the whole stadium is cheering for you, there is an estra dimension of energy in your bloodstream - the players might not feel or acknowledge it, but it's there. Fan support is most of the time does improve the home team's play.
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You know, I understand how you may feel this way. However, it's quite natural for people to stick up for a sport they like. Just like football...for example...if people like it, they will stick up for it until the end no matter what people think. That's the beauty of being a fan...a true, old fashioned fan of a sport. I happen to be a large NASCAR fan and I would stick up for it in a second. But I'm far from being a redneck. I live in the Northeast, and I do a lot of things that a lot of people think is stuffy and elite...and not redneck-like. I am nothing like a redneck, but still adore the sport. It's just something I like...just like I enjoy watching water polo....or just like I enjoy playing tennis or fencing. I'm sure you understand what I mean. Don't assume that all NASCAR fans are all rednecks. I'm not, and I know others who also aren't. I know you'll probably just pick a best answer from somebody who writes the opposite of what I'm saying (or should I say, typing!) but try to understand my meaning.