Comments for Weller and Bryan's Sports Blog http://classic17.wordpress.com All sports...even schleuderball Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ Comment on Cheerleading by kolbi2016 http://classic17.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/cheerleading/#comment-5683 Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:29:09 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=5854#comment-5683 http://forum.spiritcompany.com/threads/cheerleading-is-now-a-sport.32152/

]]> Comment on Cheerleading by kolbi2016 http://classic17.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/cheerleading/#comment-5676 Wed, 15 May 2013 19:44:28 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=5854#comment-5676 If it’s a rule it’s no different than teams being thrown out of a game for wearing something they shouldn’t or having to cover up tattoos. Being thrown out or having something that doesn’t move with you body can hurt your score.

YOU ARE NOT BEING JUDGED ON EFFECTIVELY LEADING IN ALL STAR CHEER!!!!!!!!!! Do you get it now. http://spiritpost.com/scoring/ this tells what you are being scored on. Does it say effectively leading in that anywhere????

The unique cheer is to show what team you are and where you are from pretty much. They already know but it’s your way of saying it. It gives your fans a chance to yell for you. The loudness is what we were once scored on, not so much anymore.

The up on your feet was just an example I didn’t say that that’s exactly what they said it was just an example. You will hear high school cheerleaders say at half time shows or such things as that.

]]> Comment on Cheerleading by Weller Ross http://classic17.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/cheerleading/#comment-5674 Wed, 15 May 2013 04:09:59 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=5854#comment-5674 So what happens if you wear something that you’re not supposed to wear? Do you get fined? Oh wait, no participant at any level of your activity makes/generates any money, so it wouldn’t make sense for them to be able to fine you… so it must reflect in your score, and as I said before, attire/makeup/hairstyle should never be an influential factor in a sport.

As for the “all star small cheer section” you say that they are “not leading exactly” but they are being judged on their ability to effectively lead… so they aren’t leading, but they’re being judged on leading… so that makes sense.

I won’t even address that “unique cheer” but what I do gather is that your ability to scream louder than another team has a direct impact on your score. That seems like a good idea for a new sport: shouting matches. Let’s get a bunch of drill sergeants and see which ones can yell at people the loudest… actually… that would be a significantly more entertaining competition than cheerleading.

Also, I have never heard a college cheer squad say “up on your feet” because any self-respecting student section should already be on their feet.

]]> Comment on Cheerleading by kolbi2016 http://classic17.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/cheerleading/#comment-5673 Fri, 10 May 2013 23:53:17 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=5854#comment-5673 Okay, the team must look the same. It’s part of the rules in other sports also, such as no wrist bands, head bands, or those things that cover players entire arm. We have regulations on our uniforms. We can’t wear anything restricting because of the way we move our bodies but there are restrictions on length and such.

In all star small cheer section you are not leading exactly but fans will say the cheer with you. The louder the section the better your score on this section. Each gym has its own unique cheer. At one of my gyms this was what it was.
Apex cheer we’re here to win
national champions
clap clap clap
once again go apex

As you can see we are not telling them to do anything but they loudness of it is what we are scored on.

By the way, when you have teams telling the fans to do something it is usually college where they are saying “Up on your feet now” or “I say Oklahoma, You say State”. We are not doing that in all star. They may follow with you and say in too but we don’t tell them to.

]]> Comment on Cheerleading by Weller Ross http://classic17.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/cheerleading/#comment-5653 Wed, 10 Apr 2013 04:33:04 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=5854#comment-5653 A small cheer section? Does the collective ability of this “small cheer section” to follow directions reflect in the score by the judges? If not then why does it matter if they can be effectively led?

Nothing about appearance should in terms of attire and makeup and hairstyle should ever be an influential factor in a sport.

]]> Comment on Field of 68 Prediction (One Week Out) by Weller Ross http://classic17.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/field-of-68-prediction-one-week-out/#comment-5615 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:37:03 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=6964#comment-5615 I’m an idiot… UConn is ineligible for the tourney this year… that will be taken into account next time around, haha.

]]> Comment on Field of 68 Prediction (One Week Out) by Weller Ross http://classic17.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/field-of-68-prediction-one-week-out/#comment-5610 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 06:22:55 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=6964#comment-5610 Got South Dakota State and Valparaiso right though.

]]> Comment on Field of 68 Prediction (One Week Out) by Weller Ross http://classic17.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/field-of-68-prediction-one-week-out/#comment-5609 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:53:16 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=6964#comment-5609 Well LIU Brooklyn beat Mount Saint Mary’s tonight, so that’s one wrong so far, haha.

]]> Comment on Field of 68 Prediction (Two Weeks Out) by Cathy http://classic17.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/field-of-68-prediction-two-weeks-out/#comment-5596 Wed, 06 Mar 2013 17:36:07 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=6931#comment-5596 I appreciate you putting this out early. It will help me know which teams to focus on in those divisions I don’t watch as often. Thanks!

]]> Comment on Cheerleading by kolbi2016 http://classic17.wordpress.com/2010/05/11/cheerleading/#comment-5537 Sun, 09 Dec 2012 00:45:32 +0000 http://classic17.wordpress.com/?p=5854#comment-5537 By “effectively leading” it means when they have their small cheer section when they use thier signs. This is in college and high school cheer not competitive cheer. “Visual appearance”, so they want us to look nice. We stay in the rules and if that’s is what they want the rules to be than we follow it. So, because we look nice and we are judged on if we are dressed in uniforms that fit criteria, we have shoes, socks, everyone is dressed the same, has the same make up, and the same bow we are not a sport? Also, by visual appearance they mean are your formations right, are they in lines that they should be in, are they using the whole floor, do the stunts in the pyramid work together in that formation, and are they spread out or close together during the dance. Visual appearance for judges in cheer competitions is a wide variety. They want everyone to look the same and use good spacing on the floor, is that so bad? Most sports are not judged on this because most sports that are judged in the way cheerleading is it is usually done individually so the don’t need to be in the right formations or have proper spacing. Also, sports are not usually judged on this because they don’t look at how they use the floor or at the team a one. Usually they are watching individuals like how I watch Kevin Durant more than I watch Russel Westbrook or how I will watch Kobe Bryant more than Lebron James in a game between The Heat and The Lakers. Also, the whole team is out there at once in cheerleading; whereas, in other sports they usually just have part of their players out there. In other sports they are not asked to be the same and most sports are not judged but done on a point system. What constitutes a “real sport”?

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