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[quote=Anonymous]I was never a cheerleader - competed in other sports - but have had opportunities to learn about cheerleading from actual cheerleaders.

In my high school in the 90s the cheerleaders were preppy and cute but not particularly athletic. In college, one of my roommates was a cheerleader at our Division I school. Although there was a lot of pressure on the girls to maintain a certain weight, they were all fit and very athletic and very talented tumblers and athletes. My sister in law was also a cheerleader in high school and college and had a similar experience - she enjoyed attending her Division I school’s athletic events and had great school spirit and talent for gymnastics. Now we have a friend whose daughter is a high school cheerleader after years of gymnastics. She is wonderful and talented and their high school routines are not inappropriate. It’s an outlet for a mixture of girls who are spirited but maybe not athletic enough to compete in other sports and those who trained in gymnastics but want to do something more “fun.”

Let’s all not be judgy - it may not be your cup of tea but that doesn’t make it wrong. High school cheerleading does not equal NFL cheerleading. And in college usually it’s the dance teams doing suggestive movements, not the cheerleaders. [/quote]

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