Cheer is a sport (try to tell my mom that )?

Question

i am a new cheer leader but my mom thinks it is still dumb and not a sport , what i tell her is ,it is just gymnastics just minus the volt bars and beam , but when it comes to floor it is 10 times harder cus we are sharing the mat whith 35 people we all have to be in unisent. while gymnists do the same tumbiling as we do whe have to smile or we get point duducted . all they have to do is some tubling but we go from one second doing a round off back handspring full twis to hard core hip hop then throwing some one 20 feet in the air and havig to chatch them

i have nothing agenst gymnest the work crazy hard to i mean i would nevver be able to do the uneven bars or enything but what i want to know if there are eny cheerleaders out there how did you deal whith an unsuportive parent thanks !!

Answer 1

HA! same tumbling as gymnasts?

i think not.

cheerleading is not a sport and never will be

put on the olympics hun.

you dont see cheerleading anywhere.

NEVER EVER compare what you do to gymnastics.

Answer 2

I think cheerleading can be assumed as a combination between gymnastics and aerobic. It will train all part of your body and burn some calories as other sports do. So, yes it is definitely a sport.

Answer 3

Cheer is defiantly a sport. Especially Competition cheer! You have to have good leg and arm strength for stunting, and tumbling. Alot of people say, oh cheer is dumb and easy blah blah, but they dont know until they try. Our choreographer was telling us today that he played football all through high school then started cheerleading, and he was one of the guys saying " oh look at the girly girls" blah blah, and he didnt realize how much more difficult it was until he tried. It is alot like gymnastics like you said, if people are amazed by the gymnasts at the olympics, what's the difference. hahaha hope i helped :)