Talk:Cheerleading

UK Cheer

Can we also have referance to the UK cheer page. Or have it almogomated as a subsection of this page. http://wiki.riteme.site/wiki/Cheerleading_in_the_United_Kingdom — Preceding unsigned comment added by 194.116.199.187 (talk) 10:59, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Princeton Cheer

constant deletions of the obvious antecedents of the University of Minnesota cheer do not make this article beter. Pep clubs, yelling cheers, formed in the late 1870s, the earliest recorded cheer from the stands is from 1882 and these were common at many colleges including Minnesota before 1898. The difference is the megaphone from the field, rather than from the stands. That is a seminal moment and should be highlighted, but it is not when cheerleading was founded. Stop deleting every mention of this! vsevolod4

Yes there were cheers befor Minnesota form it's cheerleading squad, but most organizations view Minnesota's as the first because it was the first sanctioned team. This does not preclude adding Princeton before Minnesota and emphasizing Minnesota less, but if you're going to make such a change, please have a discussion here first rather than just a post.Thinkbui (talk) 22:36, 31 January 2012 (UTC)

I disagree. I think that should vsevolod4 should be bold and if you don’t anybody doesn't like it then you can start a discussion here. --ITasteLikePaint (talk) 00:01, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

The issue I have with it is that major cheerleading organizations recognize Minnesota as cheerleading's birthplace, though to be fair to vsevolod4's perspective and Princeton Cheer, the Princeton information show very strong connections. At this point, I'm looking for clarification for what vsevolod4 is making. In the links I saw, I only saw indications that specific cheers predated Minnesota's team, not the Princeton team itself. Is vsevolod4 making the case that the origin of those cheers should be interpreted as Princeton being much more influential to the creation of cheerleading than this article indicates and than Minnesota has or did Princeton have a sanctioned cheerleading team that has slipped under the radar?Thinkbui (talk) 02:56, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

I took a closer look at the edits and they're actually really good. I do have questions on the amount of emphasis Princeton should receive, but I like the edits enough to reverse my position and bring them back.Thinkbui (talk) 04:00, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

Source about the history of cheerleading

Hi! I found a source about the history of cheerleading:

• "The evolution of cheerleading." Houston Chronicle. Tuesday January 31, 2012.

WhisperToMe (talk) 15:06, 1 February 2012 (UTC)

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Is cheerleading a sport?!

Cheerleading is a sport. Cheereleaders dance, lift people, and compete. It takes strength, endurance, and determination to be a cheerelader. Cheerleaders do more physical activity than most other sports do. The competition part of cheerleading is what most people do not see. They just think cheerleaders jump up and down and cheer for other sports. They are wrong. Cheerleaders do major stunts and tumbling that take real athletes to do. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nlmaurakis (talk • contribs) 04:23, 7 November 2012 (UTC) I think cheerleading is not a sport because they do just jump up and down also they scream words at you. As well as they having sloppy toes and legs they may do tricks but they are not as hats as gymnastic tricks . Gymnastics is the worlds hardest sport so cheerleading is not a sport :) ;). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prince$$eslol (talk • contribs) 14:36, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

The Benefits to Cheerleading

There are many benefits to cheerleading. Through this activity people gain strength, endurance, responsibility,confidence,and life-long friendships. The girls/guys through stunting, tumbling, jumping, and dancing, learn hard work and its payoffs especially at competition. All the hard work put in at the gym for many hours a week gives the cheerleader endurance and strength. Through stunting you lift up flyers who are at least one hundred pounds, this gives you incredible amounts of muscle and strength. The flyer must stay flexible and strong to be able to hold their body in postitions for varied amounts of time. Having to show up to all practices, in order to better yourself and your squad, teaches the cheerleader responsibility. Cheering in front of large ccrowds gives the cheerleader confidence. The life-long friendships come from spending so much time with people and all sharing the same goal, to win.Tbird727 (talk) 01:53, 17 December 2012 (UTC) But gymnastics is harder and makes you gain leg strength arm strength and tummy strength and a lot of balance on the beam I'd like to see a cheerleader who doesn't do gymnastics do a back handspring back handspring layout without falling off NEVER WILL HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!