Is cheerleading a sport?

Many people still debate whether cheerleading is a sport or not?

Sunday, October 31, 2010

Girls, most dangerous Sport



           Fox News reports that two thirds of High School Catastrophic injuries for women come from cheerleading. Cheerleaders are gymnast but acquire many more injuries due to stunting. In the video above, it shows cheerleaders doing stunts which tosses the the cheerleader around 30 ft in the air. The fact that cheerleading is not recognized as a sport the data can be under reported, some schools consider cheerleading and activity or sport. Dr. Jake Deutsch from Hackensack University Medical Center tells Fox that cheerleading needs to be done in a controled environment, credited training, monitor children, and that regulations are in place. Cheerleading accounts for 65% of injuries in high school and 67% in college.

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