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Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

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People, I've been telling you for years: Cheerleading is A-G-G-R-E-S-S-I-V-E.

And while safety efforts have cut injuries in the sport down, cheerleading is still the most dangerous female sport ... by far.

According to a report on FOXNews.com, there were 102 fatal, disabling or serious injuries among high school female athletes between 1982 and 2007. Sixty-three of them occurred in cheerleading.

Gymnastics (nine) and track (seven) were a distant second and third.

However, inroads are being made.
The number of cheerleading injuries fell slightly in the 2007-08 academic year.

"Progress has been slow, but there has been an increased emphasis on cheerleading safety," said the study's author Frederick O. Mueller. "Continued data collection on all types of cheerleading injuries will hopefully show that these safety measures are working to reduce injuries."

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Is this at all surprising? Is anyone in your family a cheerleader? Do you think of it as a dangerous sport? Sound off here



Message Edited by Lee_Russakoff on 06-29-2009 10:34 AM
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

  • comment number 1
  • date 06-29-2009 04:01 PM
  • author Ilovedogs writes:
body I agree. My daughter is a competitive cheerleader and she have had so many injuries that I can't remember. Knee, ankle, wrists. You name it. She loves the sport and she puts up with it. I told her this time one more injury and you are out.
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

  • comment number 2
  • date 06-29-2009 04:38 PM
  • author feeroegee writes:
body Pretty wierd actually.Rather have my daughter learn an instrument orsomething other than this.To think guys are'nt looking up their skirts or seeing them as sex toys is foolish.Sorry but men are pigs.If not true then why so many websites devoted to these girls?
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

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  • date 06-29-2009 04:52 PM
  • author supershani writes:
body Ok in any sport you are bound to get hurt. I play volleyball and i've injured my knees so badly i could barely walk, i've almost broken a knukle, I have so many injuries I can't even write them all down. For the first comenter I think it's disgusting you told your daughter if she gets hurt again you won't let her cheerlead. There's no REAL sport that you wont get hurt in, so why does it matter if cheerleading is the highest???
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

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  • date 06-29-2009 04:53 PM
  • author gosia555 writes:
body the relity is that cheerleading is BIG BUSINESS! My neighbor runs a cheerleading school and for everyone who quits, there is a waiting list. But lets face it girls in skimpy little outfits standing on each others shoulders is really odd.
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

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  • date 06-29-2009 04:55 PM
  • author cheerdad writes:
body I am a former college football player who has seen the whole range of sports injuries, but the severity and frequency of injuries to my daughter and her peers over her 12 years of very competitive cheer is staggering.
We old jocks never knew the real skill, technique ,ability and RISK it took to be a cheerleader until our darling daughters came along
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

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  • date 06-29-2009 05:21 PM
  • author Sports-Photog writes:
body "Rather have my daughter learn an instrument orsomething other than this.To think guys are'nt looking up their skirts or seeing them as sex toys is foolish.Sorry but men are pigs.If not true then why so many websites devoted to these girls? "
Are you out of your mind not everyone is out to look up a girls skirt! My daughter has been involved with Competive Cheer since she was 5 yeras old. And now belongs to a 09 National Championship Co-Ed team at the high school level. I am a sports photograher and take photos of these kids boys and girls alike and make money doing it. In your eyes does that make me some kind of freak or perv...Please!
Get informed before you start making comments like that.
You and your child I think are better off learning an instrument. Only I feel sorry for your child. Theres actually alot of fun and life lessons these kids leran doing this sport a participating in the fundraisers and other associtaed activites.
These girls where approved garments called "Spankys under thier cheer skirts much like a pair of shorts. My daughter also happens to be a flyer and I would fell sorry for the boy that may happen to inadvertently cop a feel in an inappropriate manner.
I realize thier are some freaks out there and you have to be concerned but that comment sounded like something from the 1800's.
There is alot of $$ involved in this industry and it continues to grow every year. I didnt even read past your comment so I dont know what anyone else has had to say but this needed some rebutal.
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

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  • date 06-29-2009 05:25 PM
  • author Lshuck writes:
body As a competitive HS cheerleading coach, injuries are usually the result of attempting a skill that has not been perfected or the coach not recognizing the skill level of their squad. Coaches should never push their cheerleaders to perform anything above their skill level! Safety is my number 1 concern when putting together a routine. There is safety certification training for cheer coaches and if your school doesn't require it, they should.

Attended a cheer competition lately? The attendance is better than our 3A football/basketball crowds. If you don't think these girls/boys are athletes, think again.
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

  • comment number 8
  • date 06-29-2009 05:44 PM
  • author Sports-Photog writes:
body "feeroegee"
I just read some of your more recent post's. I cant belive I wasted my time commenting on something you wrote.
I appologize to everyone and to comcast for the "wasted bandwidth" on this individule"
"Go T-Wolves" Bring it!!! lol.
Bye
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Re: Careful with Those Jazz Hands...

  • comment number 9
  • date 06-29-2009 05:51 PM
  • author lucky5 writes:
body I think it is great Fox calls Chearleading a sport..because it is!!! But these girls don't get the respect they deserve. They are some of your best female athlete ever. I have one daughter that is a competitive cheerleader. She competes at the college level and I have seen it all. The biggest problem is Cheerleading needs to be an NCAA SPORT and have specific guidelines and rules. No Gymnast (tumbler) should EVER tumble (or do stunts) on a hard floor(or just a mat). It should be required to tumble only on spring floors. That would save most of your injuries(not all). But again it is a money maker for these cheer companies and therefore it our athletes that pay the price. The NCAA needs to get with it!!!
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