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the sport where you smile through a concussion and stick the landing anyway
means the activity of leading organized chants and performing acrobatic routines to rally support for a team, often as a competitive athletic discipline in its own right.
from A straightforward compound of "cheer" plus "leader": the word "cheer" came through Old French "chiere" (face, expression) from Late Latin "cara," originally meaning the look on your face before it came to mean the glad sound itself. "Cheerleader" emerged in American college sports in the late 19th century, when the rallying was done largely by men with megaphones; the more familiar acrobatic, pom-pom form developed over the 20th century.
- injury rate
- Leading cause of catastrophic injury in female athletics
- male origins
- Started as an all-male activity in the 1890s
- president cheered
- FDR, Eisenhower, and Reagan all cheered in school
- g-forces
- Top flyers launch higher than they fall comfortably
- olympic status
- Officially recognized by the IOC in 2021
uta spirit squad — university of utah won 24 uca national championships, more than any other program
nca daytona cheer championship — annual competition held in daytona beach since 1983, largest cheerleading event in the world
navarro college cheer — navarro college in texas won 14 nca national titles and featured prominently in netflix's 'cheer' documentary series