Why I Love Cheerleading

                                                            
    

Ever since my dad has been a high school football coach and growing up around cheerleading and football I have been obsessed with the sport of cheerleading. It all really started when I was 4 I went to one of my dad's football games and I would watch the high school cheerleaders do their stunts/flips/cheers, it all looked so cool to me and the story I hear more then often from my mom is when I randomly started teaching myself how to do everything the older girls were doing such as kart wheels being loud and preppy. Needless to say I got hooked on the sport so my parents thought "why not give it a shot" so I entered a league called Pop Warner for ages 4-14 and I started on a team called "I" team as a mascot I loved everything about I always looked forward to practices and games. After awhile of cheerleading on pop warner for years I made my high school varsity cheerleading team as a freshman ..it was always a goal/dream of mine ever since I was 4 I couldn't have been more proud of myself being on a varsity cheerleading team was the best experience I could ever had. My parents were also very proud of me, but the reason why I love it so much is because cheerleading is more then the competing/games and things it builds character and self esteem, it makes friendships and bonds that cant ever be broken or forgotten. As a team you're all going to have disagreements but that's what happens when you put 14+ girls on one team but never do I ever regret sticking with cheerleading I left cheer once to try other sports but quit those and went right back and picked up my pom pom 's and continued to do what I love. But just because I love cheerleading doesn't mean its for everyone the sport is very physical and mentally demanding and tiring& stressful keeping up with 5/6 classes at school and then having school Monday- Friday 6hrs a day then going to practice for 2/3 hrs going home doing homework showering and eating dinner trying to get to bed before 11 is nearly impossible but do able you just have to have dedication to what you do and I do. I would never want to do any other sport but cheerleading I love it to much to quit.