Cheer is a sport, 100%. Cheer is a sport because you can be in the gym seven times a week. Now I know you might say well, the time does not matter and you are right there. I will now tell you how it is a sport if you don't believe me. They also cheer in the Summer Olympics, which means that if it is in the Olympics, then it is a sport. A lot of people also think that cheer is just like pom pom cheer but it really is not, if you look up All Star Cheerleading then you will see what it really is. All…
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her first sport, gymnastics. All Peyton’s life she has been very athletic. She does gymnastics, volleyball, softball, and cheer, and still, manages to get all of her homework completed in the small amount of time she has. I don’t know how she does it! It is probably from the continuous support she gets from her family and friends. Peyton says that her family is, “extremely supportive in every sport I do and strive for me to do my best” (Collier). That is completely true! Kimberley, Peyton’s mom, said…
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thoughts startled by the sound of the coach shouting out terms I didn’t understand. What was I doing here? Everyone around me seemed to be twice my age, twice as better, like they belonged here. This was my first cheerleading practice ever; I didn’t know what to expect. I was eight years old and only wanted to make friends; but standing here I felt alone and scared. My mind was screaming to leave, this wasn’t for me, but my feet wouldn’t budge. Turns out, that eight-year-old girl did belong there…
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The Year to Change Me For as long as I can remember I have always loved the sport of cheerleading. I attended all of the cheerleading camps, watched the movies, danced and cheered all around. Cheerleading was nothing less than a pure passion. After two years of Junior High cheerleading you can imagine how beyond ready I was to tryout for the High School squad. However it would end up being the most nerve-wracking thing I had ever done yet. The fear of trying out for a team and knowing you may…
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The Coast Guard's core values are Honor, Respect and Devotion to Duty. Describe what these words mean to you. To start off, Honor is something that should never be sacrificed. I think that honor goes hand in hand with integrity. It is doing the right thing not because it benefits you but because it is the right thing to do. But honor does not just apply to oneself, rather it applies to things one does. For example, I would never cheat in any of my sports or on any tests, because cheating is…
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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…
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Stepping up to the plate, you get in your stance; you imagine whacking the ball over the outfield fence and winning the game. The crowd cheers and you are the hero. This is every baseball player’s dream. In reality, it ends as a base hit. This however was never me. I was not any good at playing and as season after season passed, it became ever more disheartening. After moving from team to team and never getting any playing time, I had finally had enough. After several years of not being capable…
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What Does Emmaus Lacrosse Mean to Me? For me, Emmaus Lacrosse wasn't something I had always pictured being a part of my life. I didn't grow up playing, watching all the girls' high school games, or going to camps run by the players, but instead I was a cheerleader. So to really understand what Emmaus Lacrosse means to me, we have to start from the beginning. As a young child I wanted nothing to do with contact sports, which my parents found out very quickly during my first ever soccer game. I found…
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“good” athletic trainer, you must strategically and proficiently use a large set of special tests when you are presented with a particular injury; regardless of whether they are “good” tests or not. What I mean by “good” is not whether it is a “sexy” or “sophisticated” test to perform but rather does it get me closer to making an accurate diagnosis of the problem? Authors: Lori Michener, William Doukas, Kevin Murphy, and Matthew Walsworth J Athl Train. 2011:46(4)343-348. Commentary Paul A. Borsa…
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anything like that, just a little on the plump side.”(Gilchrist) LeLe expresses a feeling most teenagers can relate to in her struggle with body image. In Gilchrist's Traveler, LeLe is a sterotypical teeenager who is a little plump and doesn’t make the cheer team because of her weight. She spends the summer in Clarksdale, Mississippi with her cousin Baby Gwen and during this time she tries on a new persona. This short story wouldn’t be as powerful if it was told from a different point of view. When the…
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