Boys Cheerleading

December 16, 2009 lovesavannahrose

OK… So you know how cheerleading is considered a “girls sport”? Well, today I am going to show all of you that thats not true. Instead of focusing on the “average” or “normal” aspects of cheerleading, today I am going to tell you guys about what cheerleading is like for a guy. I of course am not a guy, so I am just going by the research that I have done on this topic.

Cheerleading is a tough sport, that requires dedication and agility, and strength, so why can’t guys be cheerleaders? most guys possess all of these things, so wouldn’t they in a sense make the perfect cheerleader? For the first twenty years cheerleading was around, was a male only sport, it was even founded by guys. So how is it possible, that girls have completely taken over the sport, and guys have got it in their heads that it is a girl only sport, and that they would be considered  unmasculine if they tried out, or where on the team?

One of the all boys teams that I have discovered while doing my research on this topic, is the Stunners All-Boys. They were started by a high school student, whose teacher kept pushing him to join the cheer team, he eventually gave in, and said that it was one of the most positive experiences of his life. He later went on to create the Stunners All-Boys, an all boy cheer team with seventeen guys on it. They now compete in competitions, and have made a pretty big name for themselves.  (Their team can be seen at the top of this page.)

Many consider all male cheer teams to be better, stronger, and more daring than female teams. I guess that that would make sense, because usually male are naturally stronger, and more daring than females, which would make them better than all female team I suppose.

I have also found a peewee all boys cheerleading team, that is in Europe. A peewee team, is usually for little kids, who are into the sport, but are not yet at the age where they would be allowed to actually participate in the sport. Through my research, I have found that the all boys teams, except for the first team that i mentioned, usually are peewee teams, and are under the ages of twelve. But regardless, some of them have even beat the girls, in cheerleading competions. This should show boys that cheerleading is not a girls only sport, and if they have the desire to they should try out, and not care what other people say. Cheerleading, as I mentioned before is a highly athletic sport, so they should absolutely not be ashamed to try out. And if they are, just remind them that cheerleading was started my men, so technically it should be considered an all guy sport.

Thanks for reading!!

I hope that you guys will come back and visit my blog again!!

<3 Savannah

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• 1. hayden  |  October 26, 2010 at 9:09 pm

  hi im hayden and i always wanted to be a male cheerleader ive been bulied so bad and thats why i did not do it its my dream and im scared im 12 and im not that thin i am but im not i want to cheer give me some advice

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  • 2. lovesavannahrose  |  January 4, 2012 at 8:01 pm

    Hi Hayden, I am so sorry I didn’t see this until now. I am currently a cheerleader, and there are three guys on my high school team. They were all nervous about trying out, they thought that they would get made fun of too but it turned out that once they joined the team no one made fun of them, and people at school actually thought that it was cool that they were so willing to take risks and do what they wanted to do. My advice to you is to go for it, if you want to be a male cheerleader tryout, you might be surprised by other peoples reactions. Even if they do respond negatively at first, it will die down within a week or two, and if your doing what you love and what you want to do, if shouldnt matter what other people think, and they will have nothing to make fun of you for.

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