Humans have not universally hired performers to entertain the crowd during professional sports throughout all of human history... which means that it had to start somewhere! What evolved out of this coordinated crowd engagement is a highly athletic and dangerous gymnastics competition that is thing unto itself. Did you know it was entirely male at first? We didn't. We'll talk all about the history and modern sport of cheerleading. 

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Links and References: 

1. https://usacheer.org/history-of-cheerleading
2. https://www.theatreinparis.com/blog/why-are-we-clapping-a-history-of-applause#:~:text=Taking%20it%20way%20back%20to,of%20clapping%20together%20in%20admiration.
3. https://www.scienceforums.net/topic/112634-do-cheers-really-improve-performance/
4. https://www.cureus.com/articles/68367-the-impact-of-cheering-on-sports-performance-comparison-of-serie-a-statistics-before-and-during-covid-19#!/
5. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9255666/
6. https://usacheer.org/safety/research
7. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?contenttypeid=1&contentid=3009#:~:text=Cheerleading%20has%20grown%20into%20a,%2C%20tosses%2C%20and%20gymnastic%20moves.
8. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC155424/
9. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8785319/#:~:text=All%2Dstar%20cheerleading%20has%20an,0.8%20per%201000%20athlete%2Dexposures.&text=Although%20all%2Dstar%20cheerleading%20is,are%20other%20types%20of%20cheerleaders.
10. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0191886995000355#:~:text=We%20hypothesized%20that%20people%20who,that%20can%20result%20in%20high
11. https://online.eou.edu/resources/article/psychology-of-competitiveness/
12. https://side-out.org/sport-health/pom-pom-for-people-why-cheerleading-is-good-for-humanity/
13. https://neuliferehab.com/cheerleaders-catastrophic-injuries-cheerleading-dangerous-female-sport/
14. https://blog-staging.omnicheer.com/post/did-you-know-10-facts-about-cheerleading/

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