How Cheerleading Is A Dangerous Sport

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Majority of people in world watch some type of professional, college or high school sport if its football, soccer or even golf something about that particular sport is it’s the team that plays in your hometown or if you are actively playing the same sport or even if they just have the love for the game. A sport the generally has a lot of controversial is it is indeed is a sport is Cheerleading. Not only has cheerleading evolved into a large a actively participated since the 1970s where the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders were first introduced and is considered a dangerous sport. According to a recent survey by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS), there are almost 400,000 individuals involved in high school cheerleading in the United …show more content…

Which a pretty large number so about 22 young men and women are actively playing this sport in High schools around America. What is a sport defined as? A sport is defined as “An activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment:” Cheerleading is not only known for supporting teams such as basketball, football or volleyball by shouting cheers to get not only the crown involved but to also encourage the team to ultimately become victorious over the team being played against. But it is known for its level and difficulty and danger as an induvial is not only using physical exertion to lifting another person above their head or vice versa being lifted above another individuals head and still being about to pull a specific skill such as a heel stretch all while still entertaining the audience as well as incorporating an clean, in sync, visually appealing routine, that include dancing, tumbling, stunting and crowd involvement. Last time I checked cheerleading fits the sport definition requirements to be able to be called a sport. Cheerleading is a not very understood by people who have not firsthand seen all that goes into the