Cheerleading: Sport or Not?

[jennyj87]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

If competition cheerleading is a sport, so is competition marching band.


/band geek

I did both. Competition marching band was a lot easier than competitive cheerleading.

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

If competition cheerleading is a sport, so is competition marching band.


/band geek

Originally Posted by jennyj87

I did both. Competition marching band was a lot easier than competitive cheerleading.

I disagree. Marching band, drum and bugle corps, indoor color guard, indoor percussion ensembles and everything in the competitive marching arts blur the line between art and sport, but I feel like calling it either devalues the other portion of it.

I may be running around a football field with a 30lb horn on my shoulder marching with added ballet-esque dance 12 hours a day, but I'm still playing music.

[WinniBug]

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

Marching band, drum and bugle corps, indoor color guard, indoor percussion ensembles and everything in the competitive marching arts blur the line between art and sport, but I feel like calling it either devalues the other portion of it.

I may be running around a football field with a 30lb horn on my shoulder marching with added ballet-esque dance 12 hours a day, but I'm still playing music.

Color guard more-so than marching band, and dancing and competitive cheering? Absolutely!

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Originally Posted by WinniBug

Color guard more-so than marching band, and dancing and competitive cheering? Absolutely!

I'm a little confused, are you saying that those three should be/are considered sports?

IMO the closest to a sport in the marching arts is drum and bugle corps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WWmM1jpM8I

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