cheermomforever
Cheer Parent
- May 16, 2012
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My daughter is going to Paul Mitchell in the fall so she loves helping her friends and the girls she coaches with hair and make up and they definitely ask her!
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That is the way it is at our gym. Your account gets charged $25 if someone does not come with their hair properly done. We, too, have videos for hair and makeup.I was speaking this weekend with the mom of a girl on my sister's team who moved from gym out west. She said they were very strict on hair regulations and had a couple coaches who could do it properly who hung out in the meeting space on competition day. If a girl's hair (or make up, probably) was done incorrectly or not done at all by their meeting time, they pulled them out and redid it for them and charged the parent's account. No clue how much, probably not a lot. But I'm sure one time was enough for people to figure it out. They did offer extensive training at the beginning of the year as well as step by step instruction videos and handouts for reference.
OMG YASSS!!! Now imagine being the coach that is doing everything!!!! Hair, Makeup.... ARGH!!! I'm a coach and parent (was at least) and my CP and I would arrive at our gym (always our meeting place before comp) ready to go at the said time... Of course maybe 2 other cheerleaders would arrive ready to go (thank the cheer gods) and everyone else would stroll in taking their sweet time "oh hey coach, yea I'm gonna do my hair now... can you help with my make up" me of course being to sweet to say no was extremely helpful the first 3 years... my last year i was like DONE!!! Not doing it, I got other things to do like collect waivers and chase parents down for whatever reason, I'm not spending my morning doing makeup or hair when u all should be warming up... Well guess what?? hair was such a problem it became buns for 2 comp seasons... I didn't want to be mean but I struggle with my CP's hair enough (super thin and she has Alopecia so I hate using all the hairspray junk on it) and her make up etc I shouldn't have to worry about 35 other girls.... well thankfully parents began to step up (usually the same ones that always helped me but if it wasn't for them I probably would have lost a screw or two years before lol)I was the go to for the team, but I finally had to pull back and let others do it for themselves when I realized that I was running around like a crazed lunatic on the morning of (with a mini call time) , while some of the other moms were chilling drinking Starbucks and they didn't even grab one for me. I have also noticed that lilbear is more relaxed if I focus more on her in the morning. Now, I will fix it, or help out if I know ahead of time, but I won't do the whole thing, unless there is a real reason that help is needed.
There are a couple of people who are habitually late and it drives me bonkers, because it stresses out the coaches and the team beforehand. I wish that there were repercussions like some have mentioned above. (I am such the rule follower that I tend to get cranky when others get away with things.)
I am one of those parents, and I really take offense at your post!As a coach it seriously annoys the h e double hockey sticks out of me when people show up in the morning looking like they just rolled out of bed. I also can't stand parents who have been around for years "not knowing" how to do hair/makeup. Like you committed to this sport, practice and educate yourself on how to do the correct performance attire. If you had a swimmer, you would know how to put on a swim cap. If you had a ballerina you would learn how to do a bun. Learn how to apply some dang eyeshadow. I just think it looks very unprofessional to have half your athletes laying all over the hallway doing hair and makeup.
Are you this compassionate to all your athletes parents or just a select few?As a coach it seriously annoys the h e double hockey sticks out of me when people show up in the morning looking like they just rolled out of bed. I also can't stand parents who have been around for years "not knowing" how to do hair/makeup. Like you committed to this sport, practice and educate yourself on how to do the correct performance attire. If you had a swimmer, you would know how to put on a swim cap. If you had a ballerina you would learn how to do a bun. Learn how to apply some dang eyeshadow. I just think it looks very unprofessional to have half your athletes laying all over the hallway doing hair and makeup.
As big sis I usually avoid the area when the hair is going up. They are both so high strung and tempers definitely flare up during that time. My sister secretly hates how it looks when my mom does it and will make little passive aggressive comments about how good her teammate's hair looks, and my mom is all WELL WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT and sister will attempt to fix it but mom just thinks it looks worse and it's just a bad scene overall.
Once the hair is up though it's all good.