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Save statistic in. XLS format. PNG format. PDF format. Show details about this statistic. Exclusive Premium functionality. Register in seconds and access exclusive features. Cheerleading is a fun sport, accessible to all, where individuals can come together as part of an extended family. It can be both recreational and competitive and there are several disciplines under the one umbrella:. There are five judges on a panel and the score sheet is divided into the individual cheerleading skills required for the discipline.
Each of our highly qualified national and international judges from around the country score a competing team on all of the skills. The highest and lowest scores are discarded and the remaining three judge's scores added to give a final total. Cheerleading promotes teamwork, friendship and fun, whilst setting individual goals, both physical and mental, to enhance wellbeing.
If you want to learn the skills of Cheerleading, look for a club in your local area. If you would like to get involved in coaching, we have many courses available to give you the relevant qualifications across the cheerleading disciplines. The divisions are ranked from levels one to seven.
Navarro College's Cirque du Soleil-style stunts unsurprisingly make them a level seven, while the highest mixed level division at Legacy is three. One of the reasons is that most student cheerleaders, like Lily Norris, 21, who studies education and psychology at the University of Cambridge, are new to the sport when they enrol.
She says cheerleading had a bad reputation when she was growing up in Southend, Essex. Although it was born on the sidelines of American football fields - and was originally a men's activity before women took over during the First World War - today cheerleading is a sport in its own right, geared towards competitions. In the UK, around 89, athletes compete at regional and national level. Legacy is just one of a number of competition organisers, holding events for everything from children's "all star" teams which train specifically for competition, to the student teams in February's competition.
The sport is being taken ever more seriously, especially since England's national team won gold in the World Championships. SportCheer England, a new national governing body, hopes it will be officially recognised by Sport England within the next two years, and eventually be incorporated into the Olympics. But it is still not nearly as well resourced as it is Stateside, says Andrea Kulberg, a former cheerleader for the University of Texas, who founded Legacy with her twin sister.
Breathing a sigh of relief backstage as she removes the earpiece she has been wearing all day, she says: "It's just a matter of time. It hasn't had time to evolve to that stage.
Andrea still lives in Houston but flies to the UK for competitions. And her first experience here, 21 years ago, couldn't have been further from Friday night shows in front of packed-out stadiums. She had been invited to consult on the sport for a competition in Norwich, where judo mats had been pushed together in a sports hall. The judges asked her how long the routines were meant to be.
She believes the standard of student cheerleading is now "shifting" because the sport has been growing at a junior level, and athletes who took part as children are now going to university. In one episode of Cheer, Navarro College's formidable coach, Monica Aldama, says she likes her female cheerleaders to have a certain "look".
But Laurel Boxall, the year-old secretary of the Oxford Sirens the Cambridge Cougars' main rivals says they take on new members based on ability and personality.
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