Coaches: cheerleading more than learning moves, wearing skirts
From an article in the Free Press
They instruct. They counsel. They patch up scrapes and bruises. Then bust a move in between.It’s all part of the daily agenda for each of the eight middle school cheerleading coaches who, with their teams, wrapped up three days of activity Wednesday at the Mesa County Junior Cheer Association’s annual summer camp held at Canyon View Park.
“When people think of cheerleading, they might just think of wearing a skirt and jumping around on the sidelines. That is not what (cheerleading) is,†Mount Garfield Broncos coach Sage Wethington explained. “Its a lot of hard work to learn all these cheers and all these dances. They stand out in the hot sun for hours. We’re working seven to eight hours a day, nonstop. People think (cheerleading’s) such an easy sport. There’s a lot of risk involved. It takes a lot of focus. People don’t realize how much hard work there is for these girls.â€
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