October Newspaper

A Sport or a Club?
By: Nichole Sico
Cheerleaders are peppy, loud, and energetic. Cheerleaders
spend hours practicing and learning their cheers and half time
routine. They work really hard to perfect everything. Cheer is
really hard. Everyone thinks it?s so easy. Most people think that
cheerleaders just dress up in little cute uniforms and stand on the
sidelines and scream words while moving their arms.
Cheerleaders are very dedicated to what they do. Most people
don?t realize how hard it really is, and should be considered at
sport not a club. The school considers is a club. Many people
think cheer is amazing and really insteresting.
Cheer should be considered a sport because it?s really
exhausting. Cheerleaders have to spend hours conditioning. They
have to do push-up and sit-up. It takes lots of energy to do to
them. Cheer involves many trys to get a stunt, defintly when its a
new stunt.
It is time consuming just like an other sport. Cheerleaders
spend hours practicing and learn everything. Cheer is hard work
and takes dedication. This hard work and dedication is needed
when you also play a sport. If they don?t try hard to get a stunt,
they may end up dropping the girl, and that?s scary. Just like
football, soccer, basketball, or volleyball, they have to work
together to succeed, and absolutely have to do that with
cheerleading because if you don?t it won?t look fantastic when you
perform. They have to be very energetic because you have to be
positive and cheer on the school. Cheerleaders also have to work
on being loud and self-confident. If they aren?t loud, then they
can?t be heard. They also have to have self-confidence to perform
in front of many people and don?t screw up .
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