Can anyone help me convince my gym teacher about cheerleading?
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sammie_lynn1990 asked:
My gym teacher at BOCES lets us choose sports that we want to play, then we play that sport for the rest of the semester, but he won’t choose my sport…cheerleading. Cheerleading is a really good sport for exercise and he mostly bases his sports around real life applications such as trust, responsibility, teamwork, and communication. How can I convince my gym teacher that cheerleading is good exercise and what exercise do you get from doing cheerleading?
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My gym teacher at BOCES lets us choose sports that we want to play, then we play that sport for the rest of the semester, but he won’t choose my sport…cheerleading. Cheerleading is a really good sport for exercise and he mostly bases his sports around real life applications such as trust, responsibility, teamwork, and communication. How can I convince my gym teacher that cheerleading is good exercise and what exercise do you get from doing cheerleading?
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September 13th, 2008 at 10:11 am
Well tell him that cheerleading does depend on trust, responsibility, teamwork and communication! Since its a he, the reason might also be because he thinks its for girls. Its not! Its a great way to get exercise and have fun. I hope this helps!
September 15th, 2008 at 1:12 am
I think when you are putting your safety in the hands of other people, you are giving them your trust. It is a sport that many people couldn’t do. When I am on the competition floor, I am cheering on my team mates and trusting that they will do their part to help the team. I don’t think they give away national titles to things not considered sports.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:29 am
I have never understood why gym teachers do not consider cheerleading a sport. My daughter was a cheerleader all through high school and she was never in better shape. I would go to many of her work outs with the their coach present and I can honestly say, that it is a work out. My daughters team would have to run laps around the track, lift weights, 200 to 300 sit ups and other calisthenics. When that was all said and done, they would take a break, get a drink of water and then practice dance techniques for another hour. If he does not consider that a work out, he is an idiot.
It requires dedication to be a cheerleader. Even during summer vacation, my daughter would have to get up at 6am to be at the school to work out for 2 hours 6 days a week. It takes responsibility to show up 6 days a week for practice. In addition to that, Cheerleaders must be involved a certain amount of community service and fund raising. That alone teaches responsibility. It takes team work to be on a cheerleading team. You must work with your team mates to coordinate movements. You also need to be able to step up to the plate when one of your team mates is ill. Quite often, my daughter would cheer 7 days a week when she had to fill in for another squad member who had a team mate that was ill and could not attend a game.
Cheerleading is all about communication. That’s all cheerleaders do!!! Their job is too communicate team spirit through out the school to motivate the crowed and keep the players positive. Sounds to me like your gym teachers simple has a beef with the stigma of the cheerleader.
I am certainly NOT one of those moms who tries to re-live her childhood through her children. As a matter of fact, I was one of those kids who always thought that I was too cool to do it. I was on track instead. I even discouraged my daughter from becoming a cheerleader. But after seeing how she simply blossomed as a result. I know that it was the best thing for her.
Cheerleading has taught my daughter about dedication, following through, compassion ( through community service) leadership (leading by example to keep her team mates focused) hard work ( through vigorous daily work outs) and how to be part of something bigger than yourself ( by cheering in subfreezing temperatures, keeping a smile on your face when a player is down, and motivating the crowd to cheer for a player who needs support.
Ask any football player how important it is to have cheerleaders at away games???
My daughter is now over 1200 miles away at a top private college in NYC and I know that the skills that she has learned as a cheerleader in High School is helping her to be a leader in college.
Good luck with convincing your gym teacher. You may want to also have the cheerleading coaches talk to your gym teacher as well.
If it still is a no-go, you mine as well accept the fact that your coach may just simply not like cheerleaders. Could be a personal thing…
If you want to cheer, just do it and find another way to get your credits for gym..
Good luck!
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