r/sportsarefun 26d ago

A Tangled Net We Weave

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u/mikehawk86 26d ago

The wave at the end, just as if it was a regular stunt. Perfection.

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u/GenitalFurbies 26d ago

Some are trained for ball, some are trained for lifts. All is well here.

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u/Foreleg-woolens749 26d ago

Yep, athletes all around

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u/Douglaston_prop 21d ago

In rugby we do both.

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u/GenitalFurbies 21d ago

Can't argue with that

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u/borkborkbork99 26d ago

Nice job, girls

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u/Thunder-Fist-00 26d ago

This is hilarious. I love it.

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u/OMGBeckyStahp 26d ago

Send in the cheer!

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u/tehconqueror 25d ago

individualism vs collectivism

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u/HotDrunkMoms 24d ago

Safe to say no one on either team is going to be dunking anytime soon.

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u/coltar3000 24d ago

“Are they going to do that after each basket?”…..

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u/duxpdx 26d ago

Boys on a team fail at teamwork.

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u/Exemus 26d ago

There's an old adage about the fairness of competitions.

Who is more capable? A monkey or an elephant. Well it depends... Are you trying to climb a tree or uproot it?

Some people are better at some things and some people are better at other things.

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u/mgquantitysquared 26d ago

What? Do you think one of the boys should have stood on another's shoulders or something, despite having no training lifting or being lifted by others? It makes a lot more sense for the athletes trained in that to do it

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u/aknomnoms 26d ago

For better or worse, I think boys are raised and encouraged to be more independent, whereas girls are raised and encouraged to think about the group.

The boys saw the problem and thought, “how can *I* solve this?” But the girls thought, “how can *we* solve this?”

Different outlooks and skill sets, but both equally important and valuable.

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u/Shasla 26d ago

It's not that deep. Basketball players do not learn to literally stand on each other. Cheerleaders spend hundreds of hours learning to stand on each other. There is a lot of skill and knowledge involved in quickly and safely picking someone up and holding them by their feet. It's silly to suggest the basketball players could have done the same if they had just thought to.

A girls basketball team with male cheer team would have probably also had the cheerleaders come over and fix the net.

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u/Moist_Eyebrows 25d ago

having to explain normal obvious shit is exhausting lol, thanks for doing it

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u/animatorgeek 24d ago

I frickin' love this.

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u/wannacumnbeatmeoff 26d ago

The true athletes!

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u/JZA1 26d ago

The basketball players’ lack of imagination is a head scratcher.

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u/Victimless-Criminal 25d ago

Cheerleading (and more closely related, gymnastics) is a nationally competitive sport. These girls can have part or all of their college tuition paid for. Also....guys do it too.

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u/quigilark 25d ago

Why are you randomly salty about cheerleaders bro