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Honest question, do you feel there should be a smaller division as in 12/16? I only ask this because you seem to have supported what I said previously that EP's are adjusting their grids to accommodate smaller teams. We have a jr 4 with 19 on it that is successful and last year had 18 (and they went undefeated with only 18) and I feel that less members helped us hit the grids better than teams of 20 that filled for the sake of filling. I'm just curious if across the country their is a large enough demand for a 12/16 smallER division across all levels? My gym does not qualify for "small gym" so should 12/16 be ONLY for "small gym" divisions or should it be added to all. Also do you think it should be across the boards in all levels and divisions?
We did not seem to do well on any scoresheet other than Cheersport and Jam Brands. The smaller independent companies scoresheets did not pan out well and as JulieP said - We got things regarding our small numbers on our scoresheets. I do not feel as though there should be a division for just 12 kids. I do see two sides to the argument though. If you could compete Junior 5 or Senior 5 with 12 kids - I think a lot more gyms could field a competitive level 5 team (or any level, just using my team as an example). However, the routines do look a little dead sometimes. 12 kids to fill up 9 panels of floor, it can be 'boring' for lack of better words. Our pyramid was boring (even tho i am known for safe pyramids that are clean to hit). Id rather load up my stunts for 'Wow Factor' and let pyramid be clean and hit the scoresheet so pretty much after running tumbling - I know our routine is 'done' - I know the kids like that relief too. Last year we through Ball Up 360's for my stunts and our pyramid was just some flips with slow counts, but our execution always carried us - and our difficult was there - It was just slow and boring. But I like the 20/32/36 thing we have going.