http://www.faqs.org/sports-science/Ce-Do/Cheerleading-Injuries.html
In this article, it discusses the risks that cheerleading can put on one's body. It explains that while cheerleading may not have the highest level of injuries to other sports, but when a cheerleader is injured, the damage is usually severe. Due to the trend of cheerleading being all year round, there are no breaks for a participant's body parts to recover. Also, in many elementary schools and high schools, there are not adequate training facilities available for the cheerleaders to train on during their short pre-season. The most common areas of the body that are injured on a cheerleading include the wrists, ankles, feet, knees, and back. These injuries can be caused because the cheerleader is still at too young of an age to develop the endurance, strength, and flexibility that is needed for this sport. Injuries may also occur for the impact that gymnastics has on the body. Another reason injury occurs so often if from falling from a pyramid or partner stunt of having a poor dismount from the air.
I can use this article in many different ways for my mini-ethnography. It can be best used to prove the point that cheerleading requires practice and that a participate needs to be following a number of different rules and precautions in order to be safe. This article will also be useful in the sense that it will make people realize that cheerleaders must use the proper techniques and not attempt a skill that has not yet been perfected without a qualified spotter who can assist them.
Nutrition for Cheerleading, Part 2. 5 Nov. 2005. HyperStrike. 18 Feb. 2009
http://www.hyperstrike.com/Nutrition-For-Cheerleading-Part-2-Article-41.aspx
In this source, it talks about the importance of nutrition and diet that cheerleaders, much like any other athlete needs to have. It provides the viewers with and "in-season training diet," what a pre-competition meal should consist of, the diet that a cheerleader should have during a competition or at a game, and also a recovery meal plan. For the in-training diet, the article states that it is important to have plenty of protein and good fats. The protein is essential for muscle repair and also an energy source. For the pre-competition diet, it is important for the cheerleader to consume food that will help maintain focus and endurance. It is also important that the cheerleader does not eat foods that could potentially make him or her sick during the competition and wear their meal on their uniform. In order to do this, the source claims thats it is best to eat low-glycemic foods which helps sustain blood-sugar levels, keep protein and fat intake to a minimum because they slow down digestion, the avoidance of bulky foods, and gas-forming food such as cabbage and dry beans. During a competition, it is important to stay hydrated, and glycogen depletion. The recovery meal is best to be consumed as a liquid. This is because it enables recovery to occur more quickly. It also allows you to eat for a variety of whole-foods between. Returning to the training diet is recommended after competitions. The article also discusses the negative effects that alcohol has on the performance of a cheerleader.
I will be able to use this source to inform the readers about what kind of diet if ideal for cheerleaders. It will allow people to be aware of the strenuous diet that cheerleaders need to endure in able to keep their bodies healthy.
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