My daughter had been an Allstar cheerleader for a year when my then 12 year old son watched the older guys performing all kinds of tumbling tricks, video taping it and posting it on YouTube. He started hanging out at the gym during "Open Gym" and started picking up some skills. He didn't want to try out for his sister's team, but when the owner of the gym needed another boy for one of his Senior teams, he joined. He works very hard, has become very muscular and is very popular with the girls. He is going to try-out for his high school team, he will be the only male and he can't wait.

For you boys that want to cheer, try to find an "Allstar" team in your town, male cheerleaders are treated like Rock Stars there, gay or straight. Many of the gyms offer scholorships or fund-raising opportunities to help pay for it. We travel all over the country for competitions and the boys are always amazing to watch (and usually are holding hands with some pretty hot girls). Watch the coed college championships on ESPN, the best teams have equal numbers of males and females, or the males outnumber the females.

A few of my favorite T-shirts:
"Some athletes throw balls, cheerleaders throw athletes"
"You may think cheerleading is gay, but my hand is up your girlfriend's skirt"
"Anyone can hold her hand, only the elite can hold her feet"