Benefits of Cheerleading for Girls
On this post, I'll have a little bit throwback time to the moment when I'm doing cheerleading at high school :) Cheerleaders is the one and only sport I like in highschool and I totally love it! I began doing cheerleading from grade 10 until grade 12 and 1 year in college, so I've been a cheerleaders for 4 years. I'm not gonna tell you how was my cheerleeaders life went, but what will I tell you is the benefits of being a cheerleaders for girls as a healthy life becoming a lifestyle right now.
As I read an article written by Susan Diranian on http://www.livestrong.com/article/483112-benefits-of-cheerleading-for-girls/ and I think this article is superb so you should def read that, that's why I'm sharing it right now. So keep scrolling everyone! ;)
Cheerleading involves more than just cheering the home team to victory or performing crowd-pleasing stunts. It provides many physical, mental and emotional benefits for girls, too. The National Cheerleaders Association, or NCA, explains that cheerleading teaches important life values such as preparation, dedication and working together as a team. According to the NCA creed, cheerleading is simply a practice for the larger arena of life.
1. Educational
Cheerleading might help keep girls more focused at school. According to information collected by statisticians via the National Cheerleaders Association, 82 percent of cheerleaders maintain a grade point average equivalent to a B or higher. Some might credit school requirements of maintaining a minimum grade point average in order to stay on the squad as motivation to study and get good grades, but the NCA proclaims that excellence in school ranks as its No. 1 priority. Maintaining good grades might provide cheerleaders exciting opportunities such as academic honors or scholarships. The study also notes that 82 percent of cheerleaders are accepted into college.
2. Physical
Many might argue that cheerleading is not a sport, but the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators argues otherwise. Cheerleaders practice and perform various stunts and gymnastic-like routines, dance, clap, stomp and cheer. Cheerleaders must expend energy to get the crowd involved in the game, to toss a fellow cheerleader into the air and catch her in their arms. Cheerleading provides a strength-training and cardiovascular workout that keeps girls healthy and fit, as well as maintaining a positive attitude.
3. Mental
Cheering the team to victory as well as staying healthy and physically fit are some examples of how cheerleading helps boost self-esteem. Cheerleading also promotes the importance of dedication, desire, preparation, and perseverance. All of these values play an important role in the lives of cheerleaders now and will follow them throughout adulthood and into their relationships, families and jobs. The NCA also promotes the value of working together as a team, the value of hard work, and the importance of putting in your best effort.
4. Emotional
Cheerleading not only forms relationships among the girls on the squad, but also helps bring families of team members together. Through winning, losing, and hours of practice and hard work, cheerleading helps girls bond and form lifelong friendships. It is a sport that builds school spirit and a sense of community at school and in their lives.
Are you exciting to join cheerleading after you reading this? Write your comment below! :) If yes, what are you waiting for? Go join cheerleading team. Become a cheerleaders is not only about being popular but there's also a healthy side as you can read above! TGIF and hapyy weekend :*
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