Personal Narrative: Cheerleading

When a cheerleader phoned me to get a team trophy, fierce energy was poured on my body and hit my heart. It is not 4, 3, 2, it is ranked first in 3 consecutive years. Being a team captain is a wonderful experience. You can see that your team is ready for competition both physically, mentally and emotionally. It is a difficult task, but if you study hard, do all exercises and passion for cheerleading. It is wonderful to make routine for the game over the course of several weeks and go out, but celebrations are the best part.

My sister, I am talking to you. Bystanders are cheerleaders (a proud cheerleader by Monbero Warriors, 1988 class, Denver, Colorado, and an enthusiastic observer of a cowboy cheerleader in Dallas). Cheerleading is necessary, but action is in the stage. Stadium investors and chief directors are paying attention to what will happen on the field. If we want to shoot, we have to enter the arena! "Normally men can be counted, but it is not the case if women who support men point out that they can stumble or improve their behavior.

Cheerleaders are primarily women, but male cheerleaders are becoming more common throughout the country. The participation rate of high school students is only 3%, but about half of university cheerleaders are men. Women are not the only ones exercised and trained in team building cheerleading. The American Academy of Pediatrics agrees. A report published in 2012 pointed out that during the period from 1982 to 2009, cheerleaders accounted for "65% of direct catastrophe injuries of high school student's female athlete, 70.8% of university level" . These numbers make the cheerleading team more efficient than most other sports high school students. Some even instruct them to call "It is more dangerous than football."

In the first part of this series on cheerleading, I discussed a recent policy statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. In this statement, the AAP Sports Medicine and Fitness Committee recommended that the cheerleading team be designated as a sport. The statement also provides some useful damage statistics and recommendations to prevent cheerleading injuries. Up to 60% of cheerleading injuries, 96% of concussion, head injuries are caused by stunts. In particular, pyramid stunts cause up to 66% of head and neck injuries. Other common injury mechanisms are discovery and aiming (23%), falls (up to 26%), falls from height (up to 25%).