Watching this video will definitely make your heart stop for a moment.

Numerous studies have shown that cheerleading is one of the most dangerous sports. And it’s completely clear why, because this sport involves a huge number of different dangerous tricks, failure to perform which can lead to significant injuries.

The video below perfectly demonstrates what cheerleading can sometimes lead to. And it’s good that in this particular case the girl escaped with only a slight fright, since usually, as a result of such a failure, people break their spines and receive other injuries of varying complexity.

In the video you can see 3 athletes in the gym - one girl and 2 guys - practicing a certain trick. So the girl must make an exit on the arm of the guy, who, according to the idea, is her support, while the second young man in this case acts as a belayer.

And so, when the guy once again tried to bring the girl to an outstretched arm above him, she was unable to maintain her balance, after which she quickly headed head down to the floor, and if not for the good reaction of her partner, then everything could have ended, quite obviously, very Badly. At the last moment, the guy manages to grab the quickly falling girl, thereby saving her from receiving quite serious injuries. She, in turn, exhaled with relief and said: “Oh my God,” knowing full well how it could all end for her. And indeed, only a few centimeters separated her head from the floor.

Injuries such as these prompted a 2013 study by The Journal of Pediatrics to find that the high risk of concussions and catastrophic injuries (which lead to long-term illness or permanent disability) made cheerleading the most dangerous sport. sports for women and girls.

According to the New York Post, the study looked at junior and senior high school cheerleaders and found that 37% showed concussion symptoms. It also turned out that due to increased competition, representatives of this sport began to end up in emergency departments more often.