Jackie Joyner-Kersee

When I was in elementary school, we weren't allowed to do sports other than cheerleading. By junior high, they let us play, but we had to come back after 6:30 p.m. to practice because there was only one gymnasium and the boys used it first.

American Athlete

Meryl Streep

I didn't really like opera. I liked cheerleading and boys and, later, smoking. So my opera career was cut short when I was 15. My dad got sick, and we couldn't afford the lessons, so I stopped and became a cheerleader and wrecked my voice.

American Actress

Tom Kitt

The world of cheerleading is incredibly demanding, incredibly physical, and it has a lot of risk. The way people fly through the air is so thrilling to watch, but it takes hours and hours of practice and training.

Irish Politician

Twinkle Khanna

My husband has always been my biggest supporter, and my mother has finally joined the cheerleading team now that her friends have been telling her that they like my work as well.

Indian Businesswoman

Jonathan Van Ness

I was really, really, really feminine and really into cheerleading and really into figure skating and really into gymnastics. Really into everything that other boys weren't.

American Entertainer

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

I love music, and I love drumlines. I like school bands a lot. There's nothing wrong with cheerleading, but I'd rather be a band geek. It's a little more interesting.

Martha MacCallum

I think cheerleading is kind of dumb. I didn't admit to my daughter that I was a cheerleader until she was past the age when I thought she might want to do it.

American Journalist

Kendall Jenner

I don't work with a trainer. I just go to cheerleading practice and run a couple times a week.

American Celebrity

Camille Kostek

I never took modeling seriously because I was so busy with cheerleading.

American Model

Miley Cyrus

American Singer

Cheerleading is deeply rooted in American culture, often associated with schools and sports.

Cultural Activity

Enthusiasm and high energy are key qualities of cheerleading to ignite crowd excitement.

Energetic Support

Cheerleading often involves gymnastics, dance, and acrobatics, not just vocal cheering.

Physical Skills

A cheerleading team may have a specific identity or style they are known for.

Team Identity

Being part of a cheerleading team requires cooperation and teamwork among members.

Group Dynamics

Cheerleading teams practice regularly to achieve precise and synchronized routines.

Regular Practice

Cheerleading can be a career involving teaching and directing cheer routines.

Professional Roles

Coaching cheerleading emphasizes leadership and the ability to motivate a team.

Leadership Skills

Professional cheerleaders focus on choreography to create polished, complex routines.

Choreography Emphasis

 I should stop saying it like that. For some random reason I can't imagine, something about cheerleaders turned up in my in-box. And I read this story about cheerleaders, and it's a fascinating story. This happened a couple of years ago in the US. There were some cheerleaders in a team at a high school in the US, and they said mean things about their cheerleading coach,

David Birch: A new way...

 sports cheerleading or pathan twirling I didn't make the cheerleaders and I was devastated so I went out for baton twirling but I didn't want to just patrol a baton I wanted to do something that wasn't ordinary I wanted to twirl fire and it