The risks can be well worth it when everything goes well, Simon says. However, if something goes wrong, more is lost than just the game. If in a basketball game someone slips on the floor, it's no big deal, but here it ruins everything. We all have to be in perfect timing we're talking milliseconds here. But not everyone associates cheering with such a high-intensity sport.
Many students picture male cheerleaders in a very different light.
This isn't an unusual representation of the athletes, Pikulaski says. The most common image of male cheerleaders is less than glowing. People just don't know what cheerleading is. But the first time someone watches us, they begin to understand. Sandborg admits that even the current squad members were originally against the idea to join the team because of the negative stereotypes.