Most people think cheer is not a sport, but they are only half true. All-Star cheerleading is considered a sport because you have to compete against other teams, and travel to places as far as Europe or Asia. Sideline Cheer, however, does not compete and is not technically considered a sport. Depending on what type of cheerleading it is, cheer can be considered harder, and more dangerous than football and basketball. “In high school cheer or sideline, it can be a lot of waving pom poms and doing back tucks and front handsprings. While in all-star, yes back tucks and front handsprings are included, the main focus is stunting,” I think this sentence really captures what this topic is about. It goes without saying that All-Star cheer is considered harder than sideline cheer, depending if you are on an elite team or a prep team. A highschool sideline cheer team may be more difficult than a prep team, but an elite team would most definitely be more difficult than a high school team. Highschool teams also have more restrictions than All-Star teams. A sideline team is not allowed to do a normal basket-toss without a front spot, while All-Star teams can do kick full twist basket-tosses even without back spots, depending on the team. …show more content…
This type of cheer is done outside of school, and squad members practice to compete in multiple cheer competitions a year. All-star cheerleaders generally have a higher skill level than high school cheerleaders.” This really shows how much different All-Star cheerleading is from sideline. First of all, sideline cheerleaders cheer for football games and basketball games. All-Star cheerleading is purely competitive. All-Star cheerleaders only do competitions, while sideline cheerleaders do not usually do competitions at all, and if they do, they are basic and