A Sport TV reporter just mentioned 6 Cheer deaths in the USA since 1982.
Is that true?
I would not be surprised.
… A recent study found that cheerleading injuries more than doubled between 1990 and 2002. Over that period, 200,000 youthful cheerleaders had to be treated in hospital. Most were minor cases, but more than 50 involved “catastrophic injury”. …
Out of America: Cheerleading has become a matter of life and death
Leave a comment if you have links to statistical research.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 