- Mar 14, 2012
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I have a question that some people may or may not be able to answer! But i'm heavily considering doing ICE's open team but I am trying out for Northern Illinois' cheer team, which was mentioned as being both sideline and NCA nationals competitive. I just don't know if it is possible to do both. I'm not too familiar with how open teams run and i'm sure it varies gym to gym but I was wondering if anyone had an insight on that!
When I cheered in college, we were both sideline and competitive. I practiced Monday-Thursday (or cheered games during basketball season), practiced Fridays when we had a game the next day, cheered games (football and basketball) on many Saturdays, and practiced Sundays. In addition to all that, we had to work out with our strength and conditioning coach twice a week, attend a certain number of study hall hours as freshmen, and attend all sorts of events in the community and at school. It was extremelyyyyy time consuming to say the least, and I went to a smaller school, and wasn't even on a well-known, very competitive team.
OF COURSE this varies from school to school and the schedule for open teams will vary from gym to gym. Just keep this in mind while doing your planning. Don't spread yourself too thin, especially your freshman year. You will still need to find time to study and do your homework too :D, and you will have to keep a certain GPA to be eligible for your school's team.