Junior High Cheerleading Research Paper

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For as long as I can remember I have always loved the sport of cheerleading. I attended all the cheerleading camps, watched the movies, danced and cheered all around. Cheerleading was nothing less than a pure passion to me. After two years of Junior High cheerleading you can imagine how beyond ready I was to try out for the High School squad. However it would end up being the most nerve-wracking thing I had ever done yet. The fear of trying out for a team and knowing you may not make it; unexplainably terrifying.
So many things were flying on repeat through my head leading up to trying out for the squad. What would I need to do? How many people will be there? Who are the judges? I knew that the chance of making anything besides junior varsity
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At the end of one practice, coach had one other freshman flyer and I stay after to talk to us. Little did I know, she would be asking if we would consider joining the competition team. I had never tried out in the beginning of the season, being scared to stunt as a flyer. I felt highly regarded to be asked to join, but at the same time still not completely confident with becoming a flyer and being tossed up and into the air. We both let her know we would think about it and started heading home. Being on the competitive squad and actually performing as a freshman is a rarity. After a lot of time, thought, and other opinions I decided to go for it and join the squad. Although when I joined I knew I had a good chance of not even being able to perform and just be an alternate, I still went for it and decided before hand that I would give it my all. The “comp” practices had the greatest effect on me. They were longer, and contained much more difficult stunts that I had never imagined myself being able to do. We talked about the routine we would perform at some point, although it was only a length of two minutes and thirty seconds, it would put me to the