Question by Vcjfriends: How to stop friends from making fun of me because im a cheerleader?
When ever i spend the night over my friends house they always talk about how being a cheerleader is dumb. And i try to explain to them that it’s not dumb to me but they won’t listen. How do I make them understand that cheerleading is much more than being preppy it’s actually hard work. It’s alot harder than all of the other sports at school
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Answer by lunatic
You think cheer-leading is a “sport”?
Sorry. At best, it is a combination synchronized gymnastic and dance competition where a judge’s “opinion” decides who is most popular.
Real sports are not decided by judges. They use unambiguous points or carefully measured times/distances.
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That’s really mean. Everyone has things they like and don’t like. If they are your real friends they should support you and make you feel good not try to tear you down.
Cheerleading is usually for popular girls. Your friends are probably jealous. try explaining to them about how theres actually techniques and lifts and takes a lot of practice. You could also tell them that their teasing bothers you. If they dont listen maybe you should make friends with the cheerleaders
Soo… according to responses to this question, certain winter sports aren’t a sport (AKA: Shaun White is not an athlete), gymnastics itself is not a sport, martial arts are not sports….[because they’re decided by judges] SURE.
Anyway, moving on from the naive answers, I’m sorry your friends don’t think cheerleadings a sport. At my school, the girls have the same problem, but no one’s seriously trying to be mean to them or anything, they’re generally just joking. If your friends don’t think its a sport, link them to a youtube video of more elite gymnastics, maybe Kentucky? Show them some partner stunting and the actual skills involved in gymnastics. I agree that there’s not much excitement (sports wise) to the cheers themselves and the clapping and marching around, but the stunting…there’s no question that that takes athleticism.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7A0lcUNKDA — was the first partner stunting that came up, not the most convincing but still talented nonetheless.
Good luck with your friends, I encourage it, and I’m sorry that people don’t look at it as an actual sport. You didn’t say how old you are, but in highschool or college you’ll be able to do more skillful stunts that’ll hopefully get peoples attention.
Competitive cheerleading is a hard, demanding sport. People say it’s not a sport, well my opinion is that they should go to one practice and try stunting or tumbling. I used to do cheer and I was on the senior level 4 team doing a partner stunt with a male high-school senior, and it got to the point where I just got really uncertain about my stunt, so I messed up a lot and my coach started yelling at me which only mad me not want to go to practice. So yea, cheerleading really is a demanding sport.
Many sports have judging like gymnastics. Gymnastics is in the olympics and people say it isn’t a sport. I am a gymnast as of right now, and it is a very hard sport.
Tell your friend that why they are at home making fun of your sport, you are at practice getting stronger everyday. Also, tell your friend that you like this sport, and that’s all that matters. If she really is your friend, she shouldn’t be making fun of the sport. The fact is, she is just jealous because she isn’t a cheerleader. If that doesn’t work, then just don’t go to her house anymore, and tell her why.
For of all, cheerleading is a sport. Why don’t you take them to one of your pratices and then they might be able to how hard you work, because I am a cheerleader. My friends thought that it wasn’t a sport, but one day I took them to one of my pratices and the shut up about it.