do you think cheerleading is a sport?
468544
Definitely.  The word sport is defined as "Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively."  Cheerleading is just that.
272798
No offense to anyones opinion, but cheerleading is to a sport. Cheering A. gets the team pumped up, B. is great excersise, and C. Did you know that cheerleading has the second most injuries of any sport following right after football. Cheering has also grown to be competitive. There are competitions where sometime over 50-60 squads will compete for the national title.Cheering also isn't just yelling ra ra ra. Cheering involves pushing yourself as far as you can go. It also include stunting which is basically lifting a person 10 ft. in the air! Why don't you try doing five backhandsprings in a row. Cheering isn't what it used to be. It IS A SPORT, and if you ever try it and still think isn't a sport then you can ask this question.
1007256
I am a cheerleader and of course cheerleading is a sport!!!!!!\nit actually is the most dangerous sport in the world too!!!! more people get injured in it then any other sport.....\n\nit is a sport because you run around, scream as loud as you can, lift and throw ppl up into the air, do jumps, and do gymnastics....\n\nanyone that thinks cheer isnt a sport...i would really like to see them try to do all-star cheer, or any kind of cheer at that
1037332
cheerleading. and yes it is a sport.
459390
"A sport consists of a physical and mentally competitive activity carried out with a recreational purpose for competition, for self-enjoyment, to attain excellence, for the development of a skill, or some combination of these. A sport has physical activity, side by side competition, self-motivation and a scoring system. The difference of purpose is what characterises sport, combined with the notion of individual (or team) skill or prowess."\n\nSo yes I say karate, tkd and almost every competetive martial arts is a sport!
828045
I agree.  I am unable to serve, but I am still considering it.\n\nOh, what purpose exactly to cheerleaders serve for the football teams, anyway?  Yes, they do provide a service, after all.   Don't they?
934173
Cheerleading! It's soooooo much fun and. I used to dance and cheer but then it came down where I had to choose, so I chose cheerleadin. Who cares what your friends think. You should do what makes you happy!
1109168
Definitely....gymnastics is much more of a sport than a lot of the other sports they have listed!
445349
Yes, it's a sport just like any other.  It is also the fastest growing high school sport in the nation.
474594
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.
44833
I DONT THINK ITS A SPORT AND HERES WHY. IF YOU WIN BY BEING JUDGED, NOT BY SCORING POINTS LIKE IN FOOTBALL OR BASEBALLOR FROM BEING TIMED LIKE BOBSLEDDING, I DONT THINK IT CAN BE A SPORT. JUDGING IS TOO SUBJECTIVE. WHILE I THINK DANCING AND ICE SKATING ARE VERY ATHLETIC EVENTS, THAT DOESNT MAKE THEM SPORTS
439588
A sport should meet three criteria:\n\nI. It should require athletic ability.\nII. It should involve some unique skills.\nIII. It should involve direct head-to-head competition in which one side's performance directly affects the other side's.\n\nIn this case, while cheerleading may meet the first two criteria, it does not meet the final one. Thus, cheerleading, like ice skating or gymnastics, is not a "sport".
585982
well i fly fish if that helps\n\ni truly believe that's a sport\nand dancing is too\n\nDancing is competitive because your all ways learning the next thing and your competing with yourself to get better\nAlso there are competitions in dance\nwell at least i was at one\n\nEveryone well most American guys use football as a basis for anything that is called a sport.  Thats why most guys dont think its a sport\nso yes i think it is a sport
764527
Definitely an art form.  You could try to call it a sport, but you'd have to use a loose definition of the word.  If you have judges, it's at least as much of a sport as figure skating.  (No disrespect for the physical requirements to be a dancer or skater, we are just talking about what you call it!)  \n\nI have trouble calling anything that is judged subjectively a sport, especially if the code of points used to score it may cause two competent judges to score it differently.  You'd know better than I if dancing falls into that category or not.
544515
umm you labeled this in the wrong catagory? Cheerleading is not a sport. What are you stupid
342832
Cheerleading is judged similarly to gymnastics and figure skating, and those sports are in the olympics. They are also very physically demanding. So yes cheerleading competitions are sports.
660454
dance can be a sport, definately.  very athletic you must be in order to be good