cheerleading

Josh Collins Many people think of cheerleading as something from the realms of High School Musical – a novelty on the other side of the world. There is so much more to the sport of cheerleading, however, and I sat down with three members of the University’s cheer team...

Maya Israel and Rachel Roberts In this article, we speak to Arbi Hasanaj, Medsoc Sports Officer, and Maddie Whitwell, Welfare Secretary at Nottingham University Medics Hockey Club (NUMHC), who give us insight into how medics sports teams differ from the standard university sport teams. Arbi, tell us about medic...

We sat down with two members of the Nottingham Arrows to discuss all things cheerleading, and believe it or not we had more things to talk about than just pom poms and scrunchies. Pia and Laura are keen to squash the negative stereotype often associated with cheerleading and told...

A romantic-comedy about cheerleaders in short skirts. Sexist, I hear you say? Bring It On (2000) is the film that (literally) flips these stereotypes on their head (because they are cheerleaders, duh). The film’s opening scene satirises the common assumptions about cheerleaders, with them singing the lines “I swear...

Challenging perceptions, breaking noses and training without a coach; the Nottingham Knights are demonstrating that cheerleading is a lot more than just pom-poms. When you think of cheerleading the first thing that will probably spring to mind are films like High School Musical and Bring It On. You might think that...