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Question: Is cheerleading a sport!?
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No it's not, and I don't care what any cheerleaders have to say about it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

No it is NOTTTTTTTTT!!!!!!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

it can be!. it depends on who you ask!. i dont think it's officialWww@QuestionHome@Com

I know competetive cheerleaders who don't even cheer for games, but just for competitions, and I think that's a sport!. (I also think it's just a fancy name for gymnastics!.) But I really don't think it's a sport in other contexts, especially when it becomes more about the football than the cheering!.

And can I just say CHEERleaders is a misnomer!? Cheerleaders tend to make my life miserable; Some of them definately have nothing cheery about them!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

It is a sport!. We condition, work out, and compete!. You should watch a state competition!. They are intense!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Most Definitly!.
We practice!.
Compete!.
have coaches!.
team-mates!. (squads)
Rivals!.
Whats diffrent about Cheerleading from any other sport!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

I would consider it a sport!. It requires strength, dexterity, timing etc!. To anyone who would disagree, I would challenge to try it!. I betting you'll be sore the next day!.
So, do you also not consider track and cross country sports either!?
I suppose then they should implement "shot-put battles" and goalies in bowling!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Sport: 1!. a Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively!.
b!. A particular form of this activity!.
2!. An activity involving physical exertion and skill that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often undertaken competitively!.
3!. An active pastime; recreation!.

According to this definition, in the dictionary, cheerleading IS a sport because:
1!. It is a "physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively"!.
2!. It "an activity involving physical exertion and skill"!.
3!. It is an "active pastime" and is also "recreation"!.

Cheerleading does take skill because your arms have to be in the right position and have to be really strong!. You also have to be really sharp in your movements and hit each move on the right count!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

yes it is !.!.!.and im not a cheerleader by the way !.!.!.but it requires alot of stamina , strength and discipline just like every other sport !Www@QuestionHome@Com

No!.!.!.it takes no skill!. Lifting 100 lbs isn't that hard, and the girls are usually anorexic anyways, so 80 lbs!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

cheerleading (and dancing too just in case you were wondering) is a sport! you have to train by working out, lifting weights, and building up LOTS and LOTS of strength!. and about the whole physical contact thing!.!.!.there are lots of sports that don't require physical contact with the other team!. (volleyball, tennis, swimming, etc!. etc) and no cheerleading is not just fat girls lifting anorexic ones in the air!.!.!.!.you try lifting some one into the air!.!.!.holding them there and then catching them!. the ones who are flyers also have to have a lot of strength because they have to balance on a very small surface on one leg and do stunts!. what's more is that in other sports you get to show how hard you're working!.!.!.but in cheerleading (and dancing) you HAVE to make it look easy!. if you have any other pathetic arguments on why cheerleading/dancing aren't sports you feel free to e-mail them to me and i will be obliged to shoot them down because you know nothing!.
PS: i'd like to see you try to do a decent toe touch, back handspring, and arial and keep smiling the whole time!Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes!
1!. We lift weights to lift other people
2!. You don't actually know how much time and strength it takes until you've done it
3!.We have teammates
4!. We are competitive
5!. We put a lot of time into it
6!. We have rivals just like all the other sports
7!. The comment about fat girls lifting annorexic girls is not true most of the time!. I lift girls much more heavy than me!.
8!. How is volleyball or stuff like that any different!? In cheer offs you stand on opposite sides and compete against each other
9!. ITS A SPORT!!!Www@QuestionHome@Com

You can go freaking try it for yourself if you don't believe me, trust me it takes just as much as soccer!. And saying "fat girls are lifting anorexic girls," is completely ignorant and stereotypic!.Www@QuestionHome@Com