Its A Cheerleaders' Nation
Cheerleading - is a sport that uses organized routines made up of elements from dance and gymnastics to cheer on sports teams at games and matches, and/or as a competitive sport.
I became involved in cheerleading because of my mother.
She was a cheerleader for many years, and began coaching
high school varsity teams when I was just a year old. At
the age of seven I became the team’s mascot, and would do everything the “big girls” did.
It wasn't’t
until my freshman year of high school that I actually became
a cheerleader. I tried out and made my high school team.
I did not love it at first, because I was a hard-core gymnast,
and gymnasts did not jump up and down cheering on the basketball
team. At the end of my freshman year, my team and I went
to a competition, and that is where I became passionate
about cheerleading. I loved being on that mat, and showing
people
what I could do. In high school I still continued with
my gymnastics and dancing, however nothing could compare
to
the energy of cheerleading, and knew I wanted to compete
in college. Today, I am still involved in cheerleading.
I just love the rush of being on the mat for two and a
half
minutes. Cheerleading to me is everything, without it that
knows what I would be doing.