poms IS a sport!
...right? Doesn't anyone get mad if they tell you poms is not a sport? Today in class everyone was yelling at me saying it's not a sport. Well I totally disagree...even if I wasn't a pommer I would still consider it a sport, you know?...
this is what I have to say about this topic:::
We have all heard the opinion that poms is not a sport. The fact that we don't tackle our opponents to the ground for a ball does NOT mean that we are not athletes. We work just as hard as "real athletes" work. Our practices are just as intense and our competitions are even more intense then a basketball or football game. Our sport, unlike most, is not a selfish one. Part of being on a pom squad is appreciating and supporting our fellow athletes. The same athletes that insult OUR sport. What is it that qualifies an activity to be a sport? Is it the ball? No, wrestling is a sport and it doesn't contain a ball. Is it the sweat? Can't be the sweat, pommers sweat just as much. Is it the practice? Nope, our practices are more intense than many other sports' practices. The audience? No, can't be that either, audiences at competitions out number those at many ball games! So WHAT is it?! Poms takes just as much dedication and skill as any other sport, sometimes it takes more. The problem is that other athletes have no idea what it takes to be a pommer. We make it look so easy. We have huge smiles on our faces as we perform to show that we enjoy it with all of our heart. They don't understand the technique, time, and dedication it takes to practice and learn many different routines, and remember them to perform for the half times of basketball and football games and to compete when we go to competition. To us, poms is not a game, like football or basketball, poms is a way of LIFE. Poms, more than any other sport, teaches important skills such as cooperating. Let's face it, if a pom squad can't cooperate, then our routines wouldn’t be together and wouldn’t look good at all...What does a "sport" have that we don't? We practice, compete, have rules, go through training, sweat, fall, get hurt, and dedicate our lives to poms...there is NO REASON why poms should not be considered a sport.
tell me what you think!
THANKS!
*alex*
this is what I have to say about this topic:::
We have all heard the opinion that poms is not a sport. The fact that we don't tackle our opponents to the ground for a ball does NOT mean that we are not athletes. We work just as hard as "real athletes" work. Our practices are just as intense and our competitions are even more intense then a basketball or football game. Our sport, unlike most, is not a selfish one. Part of being on a pom squad is appreciating and supporting our fellow athletes. The same athletes that insult OUR sport. What is it that qualifies an activity to be a sport? Is it the ball? No, wrestling is a sport and it doesn't contain a ball. Is it the sweat? Can't be the sweat, pommers sweat just as much. Is it the practice? Nope, our practices are more intense than many other sports' practices. The audience? No, can't be that either, audiences at competitions out number those at many ball games! So WHAT is it?! Poms takes just as much dedication and skill as any other sport, sometimes it takes more. The problem is that other athletes have no idea what it takes to be a pommer. We make it look so easy. We have huge smiles on our faces as we perform to show that we enjoy it with all of our heart. They don't understand the technique, time, and dedication it takes to practice and learn many different routines, and remember them to perform for the half times of basketball and football games and to compete when we go to competition. To us, poms is not a game, like football or basketball, poms is a way of LIFE. Poms, more than any other sport, teaches important skills such as cooperating. Let's face it, if a pom squad can't cooperate, then our routines wouldn’t be together and wouldn’t look good at all...What does a "sport" have that we don't? We practice, compete, have rules, go through training, sweat, fall, get hurt, and dedicate our lives to poms...there is NO REASON why poms should not be considered a sport.
tell me what you think!
THANKS!
*alex*