How similar are cheerleading and football?
iHigh.com has a great article comparing football and cheerleading. It is based on an interview with an 18 year old senior football player. It deals with the issues of lack of personal time due to training and competing, the level of physical work involved in each sport as well the similarity in types of injuries.
Both football players and cheerleaders experience problems with managing their time because both sports take up so much time.
“It’s hard with everything I have during season. I never have down time, or talk/see my girlfriend or my friends.”
[The student's] advice to football players can also be applied to cheerleading. “Persevere. Stick it out. Work hard in the off-season. Work 365 days a year. It’s a year round thing. Keep your strength up. Have fun.”
The bottom line here is that both sports take one thing more than anything else: heart. If you don’t have it, or love what you are doing, it is ten times harder to succeed.
