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Cheerleading is an intense physical activity and sometimes a competitive sport. Cheerleading is based on organized routines, usually about three minutes. Routines contain tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to cheer on a team at a sporting event or to win a competition. Cheerleaders are athletes who dedicate as much time and energy to this sport as any other sport, maybe more. High school cheerleading usually involves two teams, varsity and junior varsity, but some schools such as Bishop Shanahan create a freshmen team as well. High school cheerleaders are usually given the task of raising school spirit year-round. Tryouts for a high school team usually occur in the spring and practice starts late summer and continues on throughout the year. In the fall and winter high school teams cheer at sporting events such as football and basketball games where they get the crowd excited and support the team.and competioin season starts after that. Practice usually occurs at least three days a week for about two hours, sometimes more during competition season.