I’m sure everyone has seen the cheerleaders on the sidelines, stunting, cheering, and supporting the team. But has anyone ever thought about how cheer began? And where did the idea of it come from? Cheer is actually a very complex sport that involves throwing or being thrown into the air. You have to have an insane amount of trust to let anyone just throw you and hope you'll be caught. The way cheer was brought up and into popularity is actually very interesting.
Cheerleading actually began in 1898 by a medical student by the name of Johnny Cambell. U of M (their football team) was falling behind, and he got a group of students together to energize the crowd and motivate the team. Originally cheer was a boys sport in the us. Though in the 1860s, Great Britain started cheering with, but with females originally. They didn't think It would go anywhere, for a long time cheer wasn't considered a sport, merrily a hobby. And it didn't get popular until around late 1980s early 1990s, when cheerleaders started to be featured in teenage movies in highschool. They believed that Cheer was a big representation of American highschools. Cheerleaders are still shown in TV shows and Movies today.
Obviously since then cheer has advanced and become very popular. However, cheer wasn’t considered a sport until July of 2021, so many centuries later. I am sure many people who do cheer today have wondered at least once in their life where the bizarre idea of stunting started, Thank the six boys with Johnny Cambell. As cheer grew popularity in highschools, cheer teams used to have as much as 30 kids a team, even more if we get into all-star cheer. As we go through generations however, it has slwoed down and now most schools have 12-16 kids. Cheer has gone through multiple generations and still thriving today.
Are you in cheer?
Have you ever considered cheer?
Do you think cheerleaders add fun to the football games?
https://cheer.epicsports.com/cheerleading-stunts-history.html
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Great topic choice and summary Kolbie! The issue is you didn't reply to any student comments which is worth 30 points. I won't count it late since we discussed this via email.
No, i am not in cheer but i play to sports that have cheerleaders like football and wrestling. No, i have not considered cheer becuase i play sports. yes for the crowd i think the cheerleaders kee the crowd and student section intertained.
I was in cheer last year, I do not know if I want to do it next year. I liked cheer, I just have so much going on and want ot focus on toher sports. I think cheerleaders have lot of fun at games and when they do student section cheers is fun.
No I am not in cheer and no I have never considered cheer. I dont watch foot ball but I think it would add more fun.
I am not a cheerleader but I think it would be pretty fun. I haven't considered cheer because I don't think im flexable enough. I think that cheerleaders add fun to football games because they cheer and do cool things, I also like how they do cheers with the student section.
I am not in cheer, however, I think it looks fun. If I was in cheer, I would want to be the person that gets thrown in the air. I think cheerleaders add lots of energy and fun to the football games. Even though it looks easy, I'm sure it is very hard to jump around for a whole game.