D4. cheerleading

For my choice blog, I am going to write about cheerleading. I have been involved in cheerleading for 7 years, but honestly it doesn’t even feel like it has been that long. I joined cheerleading when I was in the 6th grade. I started off cheering for the town, AJFC. Ever since the day I joined cheerleading I loved it. There was just something about cheering for the town that didn’t enthuse me as much as high school cheerleading. Entering my freshman year in high school I was a little intimidated to try out for the JV team. Knowing that I was rookie going to be on the team and seeing all the veterans come back got to me a little bit. Not only do I cheer for football season but I cheer for basketball as well. I don’t like cheering for basketball as much as I do for football. Football season is just more exciting than basketball season. We always do stuff for our football team, like make back goods, banners, decorate the town etc. My sophomore year trying out for basketball season I tried out for the varsity team. Unfortunately I was 3 points shy of making the team. At first I was a little upset but I knew I could only get better and stay strong and not to let it bring me down. Outside of high school I did participate in a 6 week all-star team at Sub Zero.  Participating in that team was a great experience for me. It taught me some more key pointers of cheerleading. I would have to say the main reason I do cheer is because of competition season. I just absolutely love going out on the competition mat and pour my heart into the routine.  No matter how our team does place in the top 3 or not, I know were still number 1 our hearts.