Along with having a good time & showing some spirit, cheerleading also comes with a bad case of serious injuries. A great amount of cheerleaders are constantly getting injured due to this fun, yet dangerous sport. And yes, cheer is most likely a sport! Not all injuries are serious, but there are a lot of serious injuries. The most common injuries that come from cheerleading are: ankle, back, spine, neck, and head. Ankle, not so serious..but all the others are.
I've personally never had a serious injury happen to me, but I've known people and of people that have broke their necks doing this dangerous sport.
If stunting, then it is crucial to make sure that the flyer NEVER touches the ground. With that being said, it is the base(s), and back spots responsibility to keep an eye on the flyer and to catch her when she falls. The main injuries for the flyer would be a broken bone if they fly out of the bases and back spots reach.
Stunting is not the only time that someone can get hurt. The time that someone gets hurt the most would probably have to do with the gymnastics portion of cheer. All the cheerleaders practice and practice to perfect themselves in all they do, including their gymnastics skills. There are a required set of flips and tumbling that they must know such as: back walkover, back handspring, tucks, layouts, and even fulls. All of those things are pretty scary to do when you first learn them. If you are not focused or confident that you can do the specific skill, then you shouldn't do it. Anything could go wrong, worst comes to worst, your flips is too low & you hit your head on the floor, or injury your neck or spine pretty bad. There have been cases so serious that people have died from doing this. Most of the time the girls just get paralyzed. If they are lucky they will be able to walk and continue doing cheer again. Cheerleaders & people in general need to take note of how serious this sport actually is.
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