Is Cheerleading considered a sport??? <3?
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DUH!! CHEERLEADERS WORK AS HARD AS ANY OTHER ATHLETE OUT THERE, AND THEY ARE THE ONLY ATHLETES THAT LiFT OTHER ATHLETES.... \npeace&&love♥\nOCwahine
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of course it is a sport! why do you think it's in the Olympics! I used to do gymnastic and believe me it is not easy at all i have also done basketball and volleyball but those two didn't compare up to the difficulty of gymnastics. To do gymnastic you have to be crazy strong, you have to have so much endurance to nail that back tuck and the end of your routine. People who don't think the gymnastics is a sport are probably just jealous because they could never in there life do what gymnast do. Personally I think gymnasts like Carly Patterson are awesome people to look up to because they are amazing!
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I personally would do cheerleading. Cheerleading is a very fun and challenging sport and if you love it I would do it. Basketball and hip hop are cool too and i can understand if you love them too. Hip hop dancing is kind of in a way part of cheerleading and basketball is only one season. I would definitely do cheerleading.
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Hmm..okay okay, to be honest I would probably consider Cheerleading a sport. Because...even Badminton is considered a sport and that's almost effortless.. I'm sure yall take alot of energy and endurance to do some of your cheerleading activities...just like gymnists. I think the reason they don't enlist it under Sports much is because sports seem more based on...i dont know...traditional outdoor agreesive playing i guess...and cheerleading seems more like a performance maybe? i think that's it...dat pplz look at cheerleading more like a performance...but it should be considered a sport.
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I always thought bowling was a sport.  My mom is really good at it, but I suck at it even though I think it's fun.  lol\n\nWhy would they not list bowling as a sport?  If baseball and golf are sports (yawn!), then bowling should definitely be a sport.  Baseball is considered a sport and it's the same thing -- throwing a ball (ok, you don't hit it in bowling, but instead the ball knocks down the pins).  \n\nI'd rather watch bowling than tennis or golf, or worse yet-- poker tournaments.
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Cheerleading is good exercise, but it isn't a sport.  A sport has defined rules and defined scores that determine a winner.  Cheerleading, ice skating, and a lot of "sports" that require a judge to determine the score are not real sports, they are simply spectator events with judge based scoring.
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Both of my daughters are cheerleaders.  They have a B+/A average.  They're hardworking and dedicated.  They practice longer and harder than the football team.  My sons play football.  I dare anyone who thinks cheerleading isn't a sport to attempt it.
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Yes.  Sports don't cease to be sports just b/c they aren't played on a grass field.  It is more of an individual sport, similar to tennis and golf in that respect.  In fact, some argue none of those are "sports" b/c they don't involve teams.  [except ryder cups, doubles, etc...]
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Cheerleading has always been my favorite sport to watch.  I have never participated in it, but when I was younger I tried to get sporty with several different cheerleaders.  Unfortuately I never made the team.
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Yes, it's a sport just like any other.  It is also the fastest growing high school sport in the nation.
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Definitely....gymnastics is much more of a sport than a lot of the other sports they have listed!
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Here is a definition of "sport" from Wikipedia:\n\n"A sport is an activity requiring physical ability, physical fitness or physical skill which usually, but not always, involves competition between two or more people."\n\nI would say that competitive and sideline cheerleading are sports.  There is physical demand and there are several physical skills that not everybody can posses, and it is not necessary to  compete to be considered a sport.\n\nI was never a cheerleader, I was one of those male major sport athlete where the cheerleaders cheered for me!  And I can't do those things that they do!
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Meriam Webster defines sport as a function (noun); a source of diversion; RECREATION; physical activity engaged in for pleasure; and a particular activity (as an athletic game) so engaged in...\n\nThere is such a thing as DANCE SPORT. And people have been lobbying to include ballroom dancing in the Olympics. The Winter Olympics' figure skating may also be considered a dance on ice.  So YES, dancing MAY be considered a sport.\n\nHowever, it may also be considered a PROFESSION for some - like dance instructors, coaches, dancers, entertainers.\n\nIt may also be considered a HOBBY for those who just dance because they want to, but not for sport (competition) or livelihood (career).
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I've been a dancer all of my life and have been asked this question many times...  I don't know that I would call it a sport.  When I think of a sport I think of someone winning something.  While, yes, there are dance competitions, I think that they are worthless.\nI think that dance is something that is extremely athletic to the point that it is a sport just minus the competiveness.  If you asked anyone off the street to do a combination of dance steps, there is no way they would be able to do it.  If a basketball player was asked to do some dance steps, they'd be unable to do it.  Dancers are athletes for sure.  Whether dance is a sport or not is something different.  I guess if they can call cheerleading a sport, dance is a sport too.  You know, "Cheerleaders are dancers gone retarded!"
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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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Don't cheer unless you want to do well in the sport.  You will be bruised & sore.  Every cheerleader gets kicked in the face at least once... it takes a lot of strength.  It's not a giggle fest like some people think.
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dance can be a sport, definately.  very athletic you must be in order to be good