catlady
Cheer Parent
- Jun 6, 2012
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It's not the hair or the makeup that is making people not take the sport seriously--- it's the music.
The cheer community, when it comes to social media, often talks about and puts emphasis on music, uniforms, and appearance, and that's what the media and public picks up on and emphasizes, as well. If we talked about stunt, tumble and dance technique, and critiqued turn out, placement, feet, timing, rotation, height, etc. outsiders would see and critique cheer much differently, IMO. Mediocre dance and tumbling skills tend not to be as impressive to those that have been technically trained in gymnastics and dance, and scored on technique and difficulty in those areas. Music, costume/uniform, make up, and hair can enhance the entertainment value and experience but, have absolutely nothing to do with sport by definition.