The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are so tough that they could match any football player on the field in terms of toughness.
Longstanding squad director and cheerleader from the 1980s, Kelli Finglass, recently told E! News, “It’s a very demanding job and injuries certainly come with dance.” “We have a trainer and we spend more time now with prevention of injuries.”
And “it can be quite aerobic,” Finglass continued, in case you missed the hint when 36 ladies are leaping into the air and perfectly performing routines in precise synchrony. “Requires a lot of stamina, a lot of strength and a lot of flexibility.”
Once the dancers join the team, those will be the prerequisites in the interim. And that’s only after they’ve successfully navigated the application process, online interviews, auditions, a 90-second in-person routine, and a full-fledged group performance at AT&T Stadium directed by DCC in the hopes of being selected to attend the team’s seven-week training camp, where they will pick up about fifty dances.
So, yeah, maybe putting on pads and getting tackled by a 275-pound linebacker would be easier. The pay is famously better.
According to Finglass, “the performances that they will experience are unlike any other,” which explains the reason for its lasting popularity. It’s very thrilling to perform at an NFL football game. However, the cheerleaders have also performed with Dolly Parton as recently as this year. They took part in a live concert including Adam Lambert and Queen. They get to appear on television. We visited South Korea as part of a USO tour.”
She went on, “And in between all the fun, there are these really special, close-knit moments of friendship, like seeing someone get engaged and attending their wedding—these kind of intimate, sisterhood-like experiences.”
Nevertheless, Finglass concluded by saying, “I don’t think anybody would think that it’s easy to be a Dallas Cowboys cheerleader if they watched the [Netflix] series.”
The DCC squad is disclosing information about what actually comes with the territory because there are more eyes on them than ever before. Obtain the information:
Alum Caroline Sundvold, who starred alongside her younger sister and DCC candidate Anna Kate Sundvold in the Netflix documentary American Sweethearts, claims that the distinctive jump splits of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders are taxing on them.
As Caroline revealed on the show, “a hip surgery like that is a good three to six months recovery,” a doctor informed her that she needed surgery after four seasons of jump-splitting her joints into a permanently wounded state. “I really want to cheer for one more year,” I said to myself. I simply wanted to persevere.”
After her fifth season, she underwent the surgery, and Caroline said that the sacrifice was well worth it. However, the subsequent foot operation she experienced was unexpectedly more distressing.
“You would think that surgery on the hips would be a little worse,” Caroline commented. However, there are a lot of nerves in the foot. I’ve therefore simply been recuperating a lot since the [end-of-season] banquet, which has served as a little wake-up call.”
None of which deterred Anna, who after making the 2023 squad is back on the roster for 2024.
America’s Sweetheart standout Madeline Salter, who will be returning for the 2024 NFL season, has documented more treatment sessions on her Instagram than most, including visits to Kinetic Centre, a spine and sports rehab clinic, to vanquish tension headaches and get her feet taped.
Her chiropractic sports practitioner Dr. Kristina Myles noted in a post showing Salter getting worked on, “our focus is primarily correcting facial layers that can cause pain, stiffness, or loss of range of motion when injured or overworked.”
