Cheerleading

By: Brook McCool

Fall 2011
 History of Cheerleading
• The earliest record of cheerleading is in 1898.
The official birth date is considered November
2nd, 1898.
• In the 1870s a gentleman by the name of Thomas
Peebler brought together six guys to lead a yell on
the sidelines.
• Organized cheering (or cheerleading) dates back to
1898.It was developed to motivate the sports
teams to win.
 Cheerleading is a sport.
• Cheerleading is a popular extracurricular for
both kids and teens. The sport's
combination of healthy competition and
physical fitness is a great way for young
people to stay in shape while learning to
work in a team environment.
 Competition Cheerleading
• In the early 1980s, cheerleading squads not
associated with a schools or sports
leagues, whose main objective was
competition, began to emerge. The first
organization to call themselves all stars and
go to competitions were the Q94 Rockers
from Richmond, Virginia, founded in 1982.
 High School Cheerleading
• In high school, there are usually two squads
per school, varsity team and a junior varsity
team.
• These squads have become a part of a year-
round sport, starting with tryouts in the
spring, to year-round practice, to sporting
events to cheer at in the fall and winter.
 College Cheerleading
• Most colleges and universities have a cheerleading
squad. Most squads are coed, but the number of all-
female college squads is rapidly increasing, in an
effort to give female cheerleaders, especially
bases, who have cheered on all-girl high school or all-
star squads an opportunity to cheer at the collegiate
level without making the transition to a coed squad.
 Youth Cheerleading
• Many organizations that sponsor youth
league football or basketball sponsor
cheerleading squad.
 Injuries
• For high school girls and college
women, cheerleading is far more dangerous
than any other sport, according to a new
report that adds several previously
unreported cases of serious injuries to a
growing list.
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