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There’s an ongoing controversy that argues whether cheerleading and gymnastics are similar or not. People believe that one is better than the other or that they perform similar stunts while in front of a crowd. At first you may they're all alike, but after a second glance you will see that they are very different. Both sports consists of uniforms, pom poms, and other things. Each of these sports have their strengths and weaknesses.

This sport’s first appearance was at the University of Minnesota during a rugby game. Cheerleading requires a lot of strength and energy to push people up into the air. In cheerleading they do many stunts to keep the crowd interested. Also, they train on a flat surface in a gym, and vaults and beams are not required. Most cheerleading squads cost from $500-$1000. This price is not including the uniform. Overall, cheerleading is very supportive to football or other teams and sometime can be a tough time to pay.

This sports first sighting was in the 1800’s and was prevalent with the greeks, but later spread to other countries. Gymnastics also requires a lot of strength in order to hold there own body weight. Gymnastics compete in four different apparatus as cheerleading does not. Also, gymnastics is very competitive and competes in the olympics. They train on all different kinds equipment such as vaults, beams, trampolines, and just a regular mat. Most gymnastic teams cost up to $200-$1000. Prices in gymnastics are different. In conclusion, this sport is fun to watch and do.

Some people think that cheerleading consists of more strength than gymnastics, but they both use as much strength as the other. Even though gymnastics probably requires more lower body strength, cheerleading still have to be strong in their legs because if not, they wouldn,t be the flyer, or the person on top of the pyramid. Now we can infer no acrobatic sport is better or not as good, we know that they have to work just as much to reach their goals. Return to My Index

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