I hear this controversy all the time, so does my daughter and boy does she get hot under the collar. I don't blame her, she would know if it is s sport or not since she is a cheerleader. Not 'just' a cheerleader, but a competitive cheerleader. There is where I think is the difference.
Last weekend, we were in Indianapolis for a cheerleading competition. 500 teams were there to compete! Imagine the crowd for that! It is non-stop cheering, cheerleaders, parents, siblings, judges and so on. It is two crazy days of this too. My daughter's team had some tough competition at her level and division, it was made me nervous for her team. They had only competed in two competitions so far with no other teams to compete against so this was the first competition for them. Three of the teams they were up against have been annual world champions, cah-razy!!
My daughter's team ended up placing in last place the first day, the girls were so disappointed, as were the parents. The second day came and the girls were pumped and boy did it show on the competition floor! They did awesome, had awesome energy and nailed it! Their hard work paid off. At the awards ceremony, they announced sixth place, not her team, YES they were no longer in last place! 5th place, still not them! I was so happy for them that they could get fourth place, but NO, they weren't in fourth place either! WOW! Third place was awesome! BUT NOOOO! They got 2nd place!! I was so happy for them and they were so happy and cheered loudly and jumped up and down on the stage. I think the first place team was drowned out by our team! And that was quite the 'win' too, coming in 2nd to the annual world champions!
So watch the video and you be the judge, is cheerleading a sport?
2 comments:
One should never have to ask this question....is the sky blue?
LOVE the video...those girls ROCKED it out!!!!
This was so great to see. We've never watched Kora and team in action before. Do we get to see another one soon? Go Blaze!
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