We are fingers crossed for that too. We only lost ONE person from our Coed 5 this past season and gained a ton more. We are very excited about our new season! Ill try to update if we end up creating a J5.
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We are fingers crossed for that too. We only lost ONE person from our Coed 5 this past season and gained a ton more. We are very excited about our new season! Ill try to update if we end up creating a J5.
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Bless those parents who let their kids move like that, if I asked my mom to move to another state for anything that wasn't college or a super good job opportunity I think she'd lock me in my room forever.
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What is it gaining you to go across the country to cheer at top gun or Cali or wherever. And I don't mean any disrespect to those programs. But Is that going to get you anywhere in life? Is it going to help with a career? No it's not. Ten years from now who's going to care where you cheered? Might as well stay local and be proud of your own gym and do everything to help them be successful. And save yourself or your parents some money.
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Yes! Agree
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This! Staying loyal to a program is was very important to me when I cheered. Every cheer program I was at, was bought over at some point in time, and I stayed with that program each and every time... even though, living in Dallas, there are hundereds of cheer programs I could've gone to, I always stayed loyal to my coaches and teammates, I loved it there!
When I first got into cheer it was in in 99 and it was at Garland Allstars until 2002, then a coach bought that over and it become Texas Premier Cheer from 2002-2005, then Gianni D. bought that over and I was with Dynasty from 2005-2008ish, and then my old coach bought that over and now it is United Elite and has been there ever since 2009...I was with them for 4 years and won my first NCA Jacket with them.
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Apparently you were a good child. Guessing a few cant wait for their kids to leave the nest. [emoji23][emoji23][emoji23]
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One could argue that learning a whip double or winning a cheap medal won't help you long-term, but learning to strive for greatness certainly will. That being said, not everything in life is done because it strategically advances your career or improves your future earning potential. Some things are ends unto themselves. It is incredibly fun to be on a team filled with elite athletes led by strong, experienced coaches.
I get why the vast majority of parents would never consider moving primarily for their children's extra-curricular activities. I can also understand why .01% or so of the nation's athletes do it. Some life experiences simply can't be duplicated from your own living room or neighborhood.
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What if the athlete is leaving your program for another local one? Since they are still staying local are you completely okay with that or do you feel that once a kid starts with your gym they should never go elsewhere?
Would you have stayed if there was no longer a level appropriate team for you or the new owners and staff were mean and rude to all the kids?
What if their long term goals didn't match yours? There is nothing wrong wth staying loyal to a gym but loyalty is not the only reason to stay at or leave a gym.
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I get being loyal to a program but sometimes even at lower levels you strive for more. I would be classed as a gym hopper as coming to my 3rd season I will be at my third gym. The first was due to moving away but now I like the people on my team but I want to be at a bigger gym where there are more opportunities such as tumbling classes and the odd private and also have a better age range.
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i dont see a problem with people switching gyms in general... some switch in order to be at a more advance gym that can teach them more skills, some switch because they want to be on a level that competes at worlds that their original gym does not offer, etc. but i feel like more and more kids are switching because they feel like its their best bet at gaining a ring. i get that once you are a level 5 athletes winning nca and worlds is a big thing, but i dont think you need to move across the US to do it, especially if you already came from a gym with a history of winning worlds.
i dont know i could say a whole lot more on this. but i guess it comes down to the parents who are willing to financially support it, then gyms are going to take advantage of that fact and get whatever they can talent wise.
i dont know i could say a whole lot more on this. but i guess it comes down to the parents who are willing to financially support it, then gyms are going to take advantage of that fact and get whatever they can talent wise.
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I totally agree I am so confused by this whole thing
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A lot of times, it's more than being a World champ that drives kids to go elsewhere or return to wherever it is they switched from:
*Homesick. Ex: You may have gone from Cali Smoed to being on Senior Elite or whatever and that's great, but there are things you'll miss in CA that you don't get repeat opportunities to experience. (ex: your best friend's graduation is only a one-time event.) So you decide to move back to your home gym (Cali) to be closer to everyone.
*Coaching staff. Yes, being on (example again) Senior Elite seemed AWESOME when it was just a dream. In reality, you don't mesh well with the coaching staff, and you really would like to go back to Smoed where you KNOW you mesh with the personality of the staff.
*Testing the waters. Nothing in cheer is permanent. So you decide to "take a chance" and try out for (example) Senior Elite by video. The worst that can happen is that you hate it and you move back. This is year-to-year commitment and I think people forget that.
*Teammate personalities. You thought you'd mesh well with all of your cheer idols on Senior Elite. You now realize that all is not what it is cracked up to be and you personally don't enjoy spending 20-30 hours per week or more with them.
*The opportunity becomes unavailable. Let's say you try out for Senior Elite. That is what you wanted. So you try out via video and make it. Now, in August, the coaching staff has decided you're a better fit for Lady Elite. Hey! That's not what you tried out for. So you spend your year on LE and go back to Cali.
*Money. Yes, being a Worlds athlete is expensive. It is more expensive to be a "living out of state" athlete. Sometimes, your parents thought they could swing it but they can't.
Again, never done it but I'm sure the reasoning is similar to why kids in other sports move back and forth.
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CSP just announced a ioc5 and oc4 out of kernersville
