Snelling is a member of the Kentucky STUNT team, which specializes in head-to-head cheer competition. The sport removes the crowd-focused aspects of cheerleading, adding a focus to the acrobatics, ...

That includes limiting the height of human pyramids in high school cheerleading to just two people. The academy also says routines that include pyramids, tumbling or tosses should not be performed ...

Thompson died in 1986 after falling from a cheer team pyramid.Special to The Forum 2 / 2: North Dakota State cheerleader Janis Thompson died in 1986 after falling from a cheer team pyramid.

With higher pyramids and moves like the "basket," a backflip in the air requiring a minimum of two spotters, cheerleading accidents are increasing and the results can be devastating.

Cheerleading isn't just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation's leading group ...

CHICAGO • Cheerleading has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation’s leading group of pediatricians says.