What if what were doing isn't cheerleading, what if it is something else? (serious)

[hAhLe_yEaH]

When people ask me to do a cheer i'm like will i don't know but one and they say your not a very good cheerleader then and i'm like I don't do school cheer. School cheer is lame. It's not a sport but what i do is.

 

[Mclovin]

Has the sidelines evolved at all? That still technically works the same way it always did. It is the competitive part that has evolved and created itself.

Absolutely it has!! In the 60's and 70's the cheerleaders weren't doing basket tosses and stunts on the sidelines. They were flashing their pom pons and doing leg kicks and looking pretty. Maybe a cartwheel or two once in a while. By the time I started cheering in the mid 80's, we were tumbling, stunting, tossing, and doing REAL motions, not just high V low V. lol

 

[cheerKT]

I added this new signature to provide comic relief in this time of turmoil. =)

 

[imrichhowboutu]

Ok. Well my issue with the word cheerleaders. It is way too broad

I don't do the same thing as a dallas cowboy cheerleader.

 

[Jessica]

Ok. Well my issue with the word cheerleaders. It is way too broad

I don't do the same thing as a dallas cowboy cheerleader.

Ya i agree
The word cheerleader is way to broad
when i tell people i cheer on an open team and try to explain that it is for people who are done with college cheer they think i mean an NFL cheerleader

Maybe if people used the terms- school cheerleader, competitive/allstar cheerleader, and then pro cheerleader cough dancer cough- then there would be less confusion etc

I agree with kings thought on moving away from the word cheer because of the initial connotation but at the same time cheerleading (sidelines) is where sport cheer (competitive) stemmed from... therefore i am not in favor of leaving the name completely

 

[Mclovin]

Ok. Well my issue with the word cheerleaders. It is way too broad

I don't do the same thing as a dallas cowboy cheerleader.

Ugh! I HATE that professional cheerleaders are called cheerleaders!! They don't do one single thing that compares to even sideline cheerleading. They dance. Period. End of Story. Don't get me wrong. They are GREAT dancers/entertainers, but they certainly are NOT cheerleaders. They should be called professional entertainers. :)

BUT once again, it goes back to the belief that cheerleaders are just pretty little girls in short skirts shaking their pom pons and doing high kicks. Thanks for keeping us in the 60's and 70's Varsity!

 

[KRECCheer]

Except for the Ravens Cheerleaders. Two corners have dancers. Two corners have male and female cheerleaders who stunt and tumble.

 

[King]

Ugh! I HATE that professional cheerleaders are called cheerleaders!! They don't do one single thing that compares to even sideline cheerleading. They dance. Period. End of Story. Don't get me wrong. They are GREAT dancers/entertainers, but they certainly are NOT cheerleaders. They should be called professional entertainers. :)

BUT once again, it goes back to the belief that cheerleaders are just pretty little girls in short skirts shaking their pom pons and doing high kicks. Thanks for keeping us in the 60's and 70's Varsity!

Is what we do more the word 'cheerleading' or is what they do more the word 'cheerleading'?

 

[imrichhowboutu]

They should be called professional entertainers. :)

If someone told me they were a professional entertainer i would think that either involved a pole or a video camera

 

[Jessica]

If someone told me they were a professional entertainer i would think that either involved a pole or a video camera

Yeah to me 'professional entertainer' may be more of an escort type situation.... eekk dont want to to get confused with that... ha

 

[KRECCheer]

Is what we do more the word 'cheerleading' or is what they do more the word 'cheerleading'?

I think what the Ravens Cheerleaders do would be more of the word Cheerleading.

 

[Mclovin]

Except for the Ravens Cheerleaders. Two corners have dancers. Two corners have male and female cheerleaders who stunt and tumble.

Oh cool! I had no idea!! Is that Baltimore?? Maybe I need to look into this for my girls! :)

 

[Mclovin]

Is what we do more the word 'cheerleading' or is what they do more the word 'cheerleading'?

To me what we do has directly evolved from cheerleading. What they do is dance. Not even close to the same. Professional cheerleaders don't lead anything. They dance in skimpy little outfits to entertain the male population at the games.

 

[King]

I think what the Ravens Cheerleaders do would be more of the word Cheerleading.

So we have come full circle. What the Raven Cheerleaders do on the sidelines is more 'cheerleading'. What we all do is more of a sport.

 

[Mclovin]

If someone told me they were a professional entertainer i would think that either involved a pole or a video camera

Ya, I hesitated using that word, but they seem to fit the "entertainer" aspect more so than "dancer" really.