Oh, that's interesting. And they're there to cheer for their team.
Glad that males felt that they could be included later on. It's nice to have people cheering for you when you do a sport to give you encouragement.
I love watching cheerleading competitions. The flyers scare me a bit though. Oh my, cheerleading can involve some intense physical activity. It's pretty risky. A cheerleader from Southern Illinois University fractured her back and hit her head from falling from a pyramid stunt. She's fully recovered now though,thank goodness. Yikes! Those one-to-three-minute routines can have tumbling, jumping, and stunting. I think the movie from 2000 Bring It On helped to make it popular too. There are over 100000 participants all over the world competing the the sport. Did you know cheerleading began in the late 1700s? It was male students, then. Yeah, statistic show that 97% of all participants are female, but at the college level it's about 50/50
Cheerleading is an activity wherein the participants (referred to as ''cheerleaders'') cheer for their team as a form of encouragement.