For other girls it's a sport in which they look forward to when they get to high school. As an 8th grader you tryout for the freshman squad and are exposed to your own world of cheerleading. But these cheerleaders were most likely never just girls awaiting to be cheerleaders in high school. These girls were ballet dancers, soccer players, basketball players, softball players, hip hop dancers, etc. etc. They were exposed to other things before their years as a cheerleader.
Transforming into a cheerleader isn't easy...but then again it's not rocket science. You don't have to be a certain height, weight, color, religion, you just have to be able to want to work hard and have a special drive to get things done and do it "full out."
From the time she was seven or eight, my younger sister-hmmmm let's call her "Jane"-so Jane was a softball player. She lived, and breathed the game. Now at the age of twelve she was on her way to a full athletic scholarship for softball. Our dad was so proud. She was amazing and a great ball player, she was on the best team in (blank). Then one day she decided she didn't like softball any more. She decided that it wasn't fun and the pressure our family was putting on her was too much. So she quit. Our dad was devastated and didn't even want to speak to her. He put all of his energy into her softball and then one day he realized that it wasn't for the right reasons.
Jane decided she wanted to be a cheerleader like me! This didn't go over well with my dad and she's still trying to make "the transformation." It just goes to show that it's not the easiest thing to transform into a cheerleader. You have to work and sort of erase everything you already know.
Well that was just a short story. Hope you enjoyed this post!
Love,
A Cheerleader
I really love this post! It's completely true. It's hard adapting to new things. I hope your sis becomes a great cheerleader!
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