- Apr 11, 2011
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Discuss: 10's across the board
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And parents don't want to pay thousands of dollars for their kid to be #1 nugget all season. My kid was a nugget one entire season and she was bored out of her mind at every practice - you can only stretch and tumble off to the side so much) and there is a feeling of being an outcast when you aren't bonded with a stunt group. I know multiple families who left all star cheer because of this. The industry seems to shoot themselves in the foot over and over again.What I'm against with the new scoresheet is not maximizing basket and stunt quantity. As someone said before, I don't want to watch 4+ people just stand around doing nothing.
And parents don't want to pay thousands of dollars for their kid to be #1 nugget all season. My kid was a nugget one entire season and she was bored out of her mind at every practice - you can only stretch and tumble off to the side so much) and there is a feeling of being an outcast when you aren't bonded with a stunt group. I know multiple families who left all star cheer because of this. The industry seems to shoot themselves in the foot over and over again.
Adding to this, I feel like this doesn't train athletes who want to do college cheerleading. People say coaches look for people who can do more than one position. Just tumbling isn't training to be a base for college cheer.I've wondered this especially for all star kids who are on a team to literally do one specific skillset and aren't in any other sections:
*The one who is exclusively there to tumble.
*The odd flyer out who is in the routine for one basket or pyramid element and nothing else.
There's only so much practice time you are needed for (example) one basket or 2 passes.
It has to get boring.
That is also a lot of $ for 2 passes, one basket, etc.
I feel like this is where crossing over elsewhere is beneficial.
Example: Even if you only tumble on your Worlds team, you can grow as a base on Junior 6. Or if you only fly one basket on your Worlds team, maybe you are skilled enough to fly all elites on Senior 4.
Otherwise, I can see why someone might feel like "Why am I even on (example) Black Ops if all I do is one pass? I quit."
Adding to this, I feel like this doesn't train athletes who want to do college cheerleading. People say coaches look for people who can do more than one position. Just tumbling isn't training to be a base for college cheer.
I've wondered this especially for all star kids who are on a team to literally do one specific skillset and aren't in any other sections:
*The one who is exclusively there to tumble.
*The odd flyer out who is in the routine for one basket or pyramid element and nothing else.
There's only so much practice time you are needed for (example) one basket or 2 passes.
It has to get boring.
That is also a lot of $ for 2 passes, one basket, etc.
I feel like this is where crossing over elsewhere is beneficial.
Example: Even if you only tumble on your Worlds team, you can grow as a base on Junior 6. Or if you only fly one basket on your Worlds team, maybe you are skilled enough to fly all elites on Senior 4.
Otherwise, I can see why someone might feel like "Why am I even on (example) Black Ops if all I do is one pass? I quit."
Quick reminder that if you wanna judge a Varsity comp, you need Varsity training. Varsity is also an EP and they created their own scoring system. At the end of the day, the EP can dictate what kind of judging they want for their event. If you know, you know.
I have no idea who else trains judges in the US. If I am not mistaken, USASF still trains legality judges, but I have nooo idea what happens for the others.
Over here, IASF trains legality and Cheer Canada and federations do everything else. They are not EP though. And as solid as that training is... you cannot judge a Varsity event.
Meh.