for the team i coach, at a local comp this past year, there was a small room, probably the size of a normal classroom, that was the warm up room. it had a crappy blue mat, the ceiling was maybe 10 feet, so we couldn't do any of our stunts, and there wasnt enough room to tumble. these girls were throwing layouts, whip layouts, tucks, bhs, ect, and they couldnt warm them up, and they were mostly 12 year olds who needed to warm them up. they only warmed up standing tumbling, which was better than nothing, but most of them ended up throwing the skill lower, so the girls with layouts through tucks, ect. stunts were ok in the end, but overall, this was just a matter of safety. cheerleaders are supposed to be warming up all of their skills before they compete them. someone could have gotten hurt, and it was not ok that this comp did not provide the proper equipment for the girls to safely warm up their skills.
lets just say that competition producer got a strongly worded email from our organization.... and a proper warm up mat will be provided next year :)
