The Most Outrageous & Perfectly Timed Photos in Sports!
Pictures are forever, and that’s why we always try to look our best in front of a camera. You don’t want to look at an image in a few years and think, “Oh snap! Why on earth did I make that silly face?” That would be an irreversible disaster and exactly why you should probably add photo editing to your list of skills.
The problem is that when you’re a sports star, you don’t have the luxury of worrying about how you look in the heat of the moment. But that’s what makes those pictures priceless. Of course, some pictures you’ll wish were never taken, but we think they are perfect just the way they are, like the following ones.
The Diving Meme
Diving isn’t easy, and it takes a lot of skill to do flips as you dive. The professional divers you see compete in the Olympics train consistently to nail their death-defying dives. This man above had great form and was going so fast that the photographers couldn’t get a decent photo of him.
Divers need to worry about their form, especially when they’re diving from greater heights, since one wrong move can lead to a severe injury. They don’t need to worry about keeping a straight face or putting on a cute smile since everything happens quickly.
Do You Even Lift, Bro?
Men who join cheerleading teams need to make sure that they hit the gym regularly because they will need to make sure that they can carry their female teammates’ weight. Routines can get quite tiring, so they need to build their stamina as well.
Sources say that a cheerleading squad trains at least three times weekly, but many also train every day to perfect a challenging and tiring routine. This guy most probably needed more practice because he didn’t get to lift his teammate successfully. You can see it in his face that he messed up, and one girl behind didn’t look so happy seeing the mishap.
A Sight To See
Cheerleading teams aren’t always boys and girls because there are also teams that consist of only women. One of the prestigious competitions all-female groups compete in is the Cheerleading World Championships. These girls above look like they could compete, but they still need more practice.
They look like they’re still in high school, and their skills aren’t that advanced yet. You can see that two girls were the spotters at the back, but it looks like they didn’t take things seriously. You could see that they found whatever they saw from their point of view quite funny.
Near-Tackle Moment
If there are people who have a near-death experience, this woman had a near-tackle moment in this photo. She seems to be a cheerleader for a football team who was minding her own business on the sidelines that day. She didn’t expect that one of the players would end up running towards her.
How much her jaw dropped tells you that she couldn’t believe what happened to her. The cheerleaders you see in football games aren’t like your typical cheerleaders because they don’t do many lifts or tumbles. Sources say people refer to them as recreational or scholastic cheerleaders.