This is Who I Am

My, what a week!! So many activities, games, and practices, I can't even seem to keep up with my own life! However, a busy schedule is, apparently, not a good excuse to temporarily cease reflecting on my experiences with CAS... Which, if we're being honest, is somewhat silly. Today, because I feel like deviating from the set template of talking about one of the eight learning outcomes, I am going to talk some about my favorite subject this week: cheerleading!!! There will be many wonderful videos, pictures, and loveliness in the future, so keep reading!!

Firstly, if you think cheerleading is not a sport, you are drunk on stereotypes and garbage, and you should go home. Cheerleading accounts for more than 2/3 of catastrophic injuries in women under the age of 21, and accounts for 9 deaths a year on average. Cheerleading is not like the NFL, where ladies in skimpy outfits dance all over the football field. We, the real, all-star and competitive cheerleaders, throw girls twenty feet in the air like it's no big deal, lift girls by one foot, then proceed to toss them in the air and catch the other foot, and tumble like the bad-asses we are. Let me tell you, a double full is not easy, and I doubt many of you could just throw a standing back tuck on the fly. So, if you are going to judge the holy grail that is competitive cheerleading, let me stop you right now by saying that you are wrong (unless, of course, your judgement involves cheerleaders being bad-ass).

With that rant, completed, we can now enter into the fun part of this deviation post. First: stunting. Stunting is possibly the most fun thing ever, in the history of the world. Also, making up pyramids on the fly is really fun. Pyramids in general are quite fun. This is one of my favorite routines from Youtube, and their pyramid is the bomb!! These are the California All-Stars Bullets, everyone!! Enjoy!

Pretty rad, aren't they?? I thought so, too!! You know what else is amazing about cheerleading?? Tumbling, that;s what!! I swear, there's nothing that gives quite the same rush as tumbling!! So, in the spirit of sharing my cheerleading feelings with you, this is a pretty rad video of awesome tumbling! Also, I decided that this video should include some great stunts as well :) Have fun watching! 

That's all the ranting I have for cheerleading today :) I think I have successfully elucidated the most amazing and wonderful phenomenon that is cheerleading!!

Have a wonderful day, and more reflections are a-comin'!! 

Jordy