Cheer leading is a fantastic sport for both boys and girls that takes agility and skill in order to be great at it. It also takes a lot of practice. Cheerleading has become quite competitive lately with state and national competitions held yearly.
What is Cheerleading?
Cheerleading is a thrilling athletic activity, which involves gymnastic type routines such as jumps, tosses, human pyramids, yells, danceing, etc. Those who take part in Cheerleading are called Cheerleaders. Cheerleading is considered a sport now rather than a school cheer team which was just to cheer on the male sports team. There are more than three million Cheerleaders in America alone, and tens of thousands more in Europe and other parts of the world.
Enjoy some fun and exciting cheerleading coloring pages for kids. You can make a cheer book or just have fun coloring in the pages.
Fun Cheerleading Facts
*There are also nearly 1.5 million dance team members across the USA
*Cheer leading is over 100 years old
*Back then when cheer leading first started all cheerleaders were men
*now 97% of cheerleaders are female
*12% of cheerleaders are aged between age 5 and 13
*The average cheerleading squad is a total of 18 people
*The cheer capital of the U.S. is Texas
*Common cheer leading injuries are broken arms and busted lips
*80% of schools in the U.S have a cheer squad
