Competitive cheerleading started out with 6 males even though 97 % is girls now. There is a competitive team in Longview TX that im on. Cheerleading started at Princeton University. The first person to start cheerleading was a boy they were  losing a ball game and he stood up in the crowd and they started to chant and that was the first cheerleader.   When you do a routine its 2 – 3 minutes of Power tumbling,Stunts,1 cheer,Dance, and jumps.  Competitions are very hard core and you have to try out.  there are many levels such as, Show team, Level 1 junior, Level 1 senior, level 2 junior, Level 2 senior , level 3 junior level 3 senior, level 4 junior lever 4 senior, level 5 junior level 5 seniors. to be on my level you have to be able to do a back tuck,a standing back handspring, and for stunts a full down,and whip 2 toe touch.   And thats competitive cheerleading