it's something you only understand when you try it you fall in love with your teammates, your coaches, your gym,your biggest competition, and the entire cheer community other see it as a stage in life, a simple high school thing, cheerleaders, band geeks, football players but you know,it's so much more they will never experience the feeling of being so needed and important for the team and the joy of seeing yourcoach freakingout because you did your routine to perfection theydon't understand why cheerleading means so very much to you it's everything at some point, cheerleading has been your escape from the drama of your family and friends, and you can say "cheerleading saved my life"