Acrobatics & Tumbling vs. STUNT
I recently realized that there are two new formats for competitive cheerleading at the collegiate level. I’ve already talked a lot about NCATA’s Acrobatic’s and Tumbling, and I recently discovered College STUNT Association’s (CSA) STUNT. So, let’s do a little comparison of the two: OBJECTIVES: NCATA: Make Acrobatics and Tumbling an emerging intercollegiate sport with the NCAA. … Continue reading
Let’s Make it Legit
This is the final installment of the series of posts I’ve been working on for the past week or so, which includes; Is “Cheerleading” a Sport?, The Lack of an Official Format, Cheerleading: The Most Dangerous Female Sport, and Are we Really “Cheerleaders” Anymore?. All of these posts contain reasons for the difficulty competitive cheer faces in becoming an official … Continue reading
Are We Really “Cheerleaders” Anymore?
Is competitive cheerleading even really cheerleading? And, as an extension of that; are we actually cheerleaders in any traditional sense? The answer is “No,” on both accounts. The only way that I can think that we are still “cheerleaders” is that we still smile and wear bows in most forms of competitive cheerleading. It is … Continue reading
Cheerleading: The Most Dangerous Female Sport
So far in this Controversy series, I’ve talked about whether or not cheerleading is a sport, and our obvious lack of an official format. Today, I’m talking about another major issue for competitive cheerleading: it is the most dangerous female sport. This is not to say that other sports aren’t dangerous, they are; look at … Continue reading
The Lack of an Official Format
The lack of organization in the form of an official format for cheerleading is one of the major obstacles on the path to becoming an officially recognized sport. There are so many different kinds of cheerleading; it makes the sport a bit confusing to outsiders. Formats: 1. Sideline 2. Co-ed Sideline (Varsity Cheerleading at most colleges) … Continue reading
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