Pom-pon Essays

NAME: ROLAND ARMOOH PROFESSOR: LETIA BROWN COURSE: ENGL101 DATE: 16 DECEMBER 2017 NEW YEAR’S DAY: MY FAVORITE Some people have interest in various holidays such as : Veterans Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving, Labor Day, and memorial Day , just to name a few. During my time in high school, I felt Veterans Day as my favorite holiday since is the time for honoring people who served in the united State Armed Forces. Coming from a family with many past and present service members, I

all the components of a sport, some people still see it as merely an athletic activity. The United States district judge, Stefan Underhill, deemed "competitive cheerleading [as] too underdeveloped and disorganized to be truly considered a sport" ("Pom-Pom shake up"). Current Events student reporter, Alexis Brindley, supports the Judge's

In every sports game, people root for the teams they like; their ways of rooting can range from yelling to professional one called cheerleading. Cheerleading has a long history just as other sports. Cheerleading does not exist to simply motivate the team, but also makes audience and the game itself interesting. That is the reason why it should be considered as one of the sports. Although many do not see cheerleading as a sport, it is definitely considered as sport, as it requires intense physical

What is Cheerleading? For centuries, spectators have cheered for people playing sports. Still, cheerleading did not officially being until 1898. Johnny Campbell, a student at the University of Minnesota, led the crowd at the football game in a famous cheer. He yelled," Rah, Rah, Rah! Shu-u-mar, Hoo-Rah! Hoo- Rah! Varsity! Varsity! Varsity, Minn-e-So-Tahh!" This cheer is still used, Thoes who use it today use the name of their team or school. Cheerleading is more than leading crowds in cheers. Cheerleaders

How many people think cheerleading is a sport? According to the Google Dictionary, a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another for entertainment, and cheerleading follows these guidelines. There are a three different types of cheerleading. The first one is sideline cheering, which is like high school cheer. The second one is competition and the last one is college cheer. A sport says that you must physically exert

Cheerleading: Is It a Sport? You do cheer your whole life and do just as much as other athletes. Someone walks up to you and says cheer isn’t a sport. How would you respond? Competitive cheerleading has become one of the fastest growing activities in the country. There is competitive cheer and non-competitive, know as school cheer. Although there is a big difference that people don’t know about. While it’s true competitive cheer would seem like it’s not a strenuous activity, but competitive cheer

There are a lot of sports that you can play that are fun to play and watch! Cheerleading is one of the best sports ever created. Most people think cheerleading is not a sport but I am here to tell you that CHEERLEADING IS A SPORT. Some of the best cheer teams are World Cup, Cheer Athletics, Spirit of Texas, Woodland Elite, and Cheer Xtreme. All of these gyms have been to big competitions like Worlds and Summit. The definition of cheerleading is an activity that involves tumbling, stunting, dance

at the top of their lungs, rooting for their team. But what you don’t know is that cheerleading and their shiny pom- pom’s are not an actual sport. You’d think it be a sport with all the competitions, and the number of accidents. Cheerleading has more accidents than gymnastics, and gymnastics is considered a sport. So should those girls with the sparkly outfits and the bright pom poms be considered a sport Cheerleading is one of the highest fatal injuries in the world. In 2016 66.7% of all females

gymnastics, diving, and other sports” (pom pom shake up). Lastly cheerleaders have rules to follow just like football does, like no going off the mat just like football players can 't go off the field. “Cheerleaders do compete, and when they do, they have to follow guidelines and rules, just as in any other sport. For example, their routine has to be finished in less than three minutes and 30 seconds, according to the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA)” (Pom pom shake). Certainly cheerleading is

Did you know that cheerleading is one of the most intense sports? Cheerleading was first thought of in 1898 when Thomas Peebles took an all male club who he named the princeton cheers to the University of Minnesota where fight songs and songs for football were becoming very popular. Then one day University of Minnesota was on a bad losing streak and a college student named Johnny Campbell created a group to help energize the crowd and team. They began to to shout stuff like “Rah! Ski-u-Mah! Hoo-Rah

To a lot of people, mostly boys’ cheerleading isn’t considered a sport. But did you know that cheerleading was originally meant for boys? I bet you didn’t, the first cheerleader’s name was Johnny Campbell; he decided that one day that he wanted to lead chants at the University of Minnesota’s football game. He then created a whole team that would help him lead the crowd at different University of Minnesota sports games. Then, on November 2, 1898, Johnny Campbell was recognized to be the world’s first

Safe Activity Although most might look at cheerleading or think of cheerleading being a dangerous sport, if taken seriously, cheerleading is taught to be one of the most safest activity performed, if performed serious and in correct motions. With an approximate number of 3.5 million members of cheerleading in the United States solitarily, cheer is one of the most mass favored athletic activities (Rosario, 2016). While cheerleadings persists to expands as a whole in popularity, the talk of safety

A brief history of the entrepreneur: Robyn Rihanna Fenty (better known as Rihanna) was born on the 20th of February 1988 in Barbados. She is the eldest of three children who were born into a family were drug and alcohol abuse was prevalent. Rihanna turned to singing to release the stress of her family life which became worse after her parents’ divorce. At a very young age of 16 she was signed to Def Jam records and started producing and releasing music hereafter. Despite Rihanna’s harsh family life

cousin Alyssa entered a report for the Family of the Year, and she won! We got to go to the Iowa State game,and I watched Nafayia well watching the volleyball game.She was springing with joy and bouncing off the walls.My dad took a picture of her pom-pon mustache.The crowd was roaring because we were up by 3 and all I could hear was Nafayia’s Laugh, well poking my dad and seeing his reaction.I could smell my perfume that Nafayia put on earlier and the cold seat touching my leg. After all of the excitement

United States. When cheerleading first started, it was only men and no women. Now ninety eight percent of cheerleaders are female. Most cheerleaders range from the age five to fifteen. The cheer capital of the United States is Texas. Pom poms used to be called pom pons. The Dallas cowboys were the first to have a recognized cheerleading squad. For stunting it is not required to have a back base. Lawrence Herkimer invented the herkie. Another name for a twist cradle is a three hundred and sixty down