HELL YES.
its a full contact sport. you need to condition so much.
i dont think it is a sport if you dont compete. because competing is like playing a football game because you are going against and trying to beat the other teams. it takes lots of skill and commitment
if one person is not there at practice, it very hard on the team. its not like you can just fill in the spot. there are formations and for every spot, there is a different move and you all go to different places in the routine. just saying cheers at games isnt really a sport. like games are just for fun and practice.
its the competitions that make it a sport. we tumble and stunt and it gets difficult and tiring when you have to do facials dance stunt tumble and get all the timing right all at the same time