Having the opportunity to interview various cheerleaders on the subculture of cheerleading has shared how much they enjoyed what they do along with what it means to them being a cheerleader. The subculture of cheerleading is based upon teamwork and maintaining athletic abilities to perform the routines in front of a live audience. One of the interviewees, Jada Williams shared that “a cheerleader must always remember that they are representing their team in and out of their uniform, and the image you carry is everything when it comes to cheerleading.” Experiencing a cheerleading practice was a very different environment and having the opportunity to interview five cheerleaders was a very different opportunity, which brought me out of my shell. Four questions were prepared for the interviewees which were, “What are the advantages of the cheerleading subculture?”, “What…show more content… Cheerleading is a competitive sport and not many people realize it. Another disadvantage would be not getting the response we want from the crowd at times, sometimes after a performance, people just look at us like we are crazy.” Imani stated that “Some disadvantages of being a cheerleader is being unrecognized as an athlete. We do so much when it comes to training, what we do on that every game day, and how passionate we are to keep pressing no matter how hard it gets.” Kiara stated that “It is a time commitment and you most likely won’t have time to do something else you would like to do.” Alyssa stated that “We are ATHLETES. People often don’t take us serious or see the importance of us. We weight train at 7 am every morning and RUN! NONSTOP! We are some hardworking
