Cheerleading Options

[bitesnkisses]

Some people think cheerleading is a sport...

what do you think?

sport or not?

[Gypsy Eyes]

their physical challenges, or the hard work, or anything else.
To me, the main purpose of dance is not to be athletic. I thought it was considered more of an art? It doesn't take away from how physically challenging it is.
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I also think sports should have a cut-throat, win or lose. One team makes more baskets--win. One team makes more touch downs--win. Someone jumps farther--win.

Things like dancing, gymnastics and cheerleading are left up to personal judgement depending on what judges you have. Like lets say you lost by .01 points. With a different set of judges you might have lost by .2 points or won by .45 points! There isn't a cut-throat win or lose--because "judging" opens the door to human error, and personal opinion.

If you take the same basketball game (exactly the same), and play it in front of 10 different crowds--it will still be exactly the same. Whoever scored more baskets, would win the game.

Actually in most elite dance judging you get points for certain things. You start out with a perfect score and lose points for errors in technique, energy and skill. Therfore all the judging would be almost the same if not identical. I'm not talking about classical ballet which is more of an art form, I'm talking about things such as modern, lyrical, hip hop, tap, etc. The more athletic you are the better you perform with them. The same with sports.