Cheer!
Subtitle: Three Teams on a Quest for College Cheerleading's Ultimate Prize
Publisher: Touchstone; Simon & Schuster
Published: March 11, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9781416535966
Subjects: Gymnastics; Sociology of Sports; Sports & Recreation / Sociology of Sports; Popular Culture - General; Sports & Recreation; Cheerleading; United States; Sports
Description: Think cheerleading is just pom-poms, "gimme an 'R,'" and pleated skirts? Not any more. College cheerleaders are extreme athletes who fly thirty feet in the air, build pyramids in which a single slip can send ten people crashing to the ground, and compete in National Championships that are won by hundredths of a point. These are people who risk horrifying injuries on a daily basis, battle demons like eating disorders and steroid use, and form intense bonds, and this book is a year-long odyssey into their universe, following three squads from tryouts to Nationals.--From publisher description.