All-Star Cheer History

[cheeroracle]

Do any older cheerleaders (as is in cheered on hard floor, when there was no Worlds) get annoyed with the fact this new generation has no idea about cheerleading prior to 2007?

I miss the Matt McGrath on Wildcats days, or Flea on F5, when NCA was Chik-fil-a nationals, Kenneth on ACE, or when we would watch Jags wondering if they would add one more to the winning legacy.

Perhaps this is my old age setting in...

 

[uoflcheer]

When i think back and watch old videos i wonder how i ever competed doubles on hard floor...

 

[fiercerando88]

"6x we're champs, and lucky number... 7 7 7 7 ..." YES. I was just thinking about this the other day! I love seeing how cheer has evolved, but I definitely miss that era.

 

[SeniorRainbow]

I miss legend lady jags, southwest florida all stars, and the old creative essence that went along with the sport. Those were the good ole days. I do enjoy a lot of teams now a days as well dont get me wrong, but the industry is now ruled by the scoresheet. As the cheereading was evolving and becoming more recognized as a sport, I knew measures like the extensive rules, and level system would have to be set to keep it fair, But i can still reminise of the days when everyones dances were eight 8c's long, and pyramids were 2 lol!

 

[kickdblcj]

 

[cheeroracle]

I was talking to someone who is 15 and cheers now and said, "Wildcats was large coed?!"

That's what I'm talking about...

 

[imrichhowboutu]

kevinnxx was talking about this on Sunday. No one cheering at world cup knows who Crystal Ying was even though she was the poster child so to speak for quite a while.

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[cheeroracle]

It would be like an F5 girl asking who Taylor Hall was!

 

[cheeroracle]

or a Panther asking about Makenzi Swicegood

 

[ssccxnce]

It would be like an F5 girl asking who Taylor Hall was!

taylor hall the hockey player? haha jokes jokes

 

[Cheerfan1234]

Hard floor? I love that people are referring to the blue mats without spring as the "hard floor." I began competing at the tail end of the era when hard floor meant exactly that...the HARD FLOOR. Then we had wrestling mats which were like a Godsend, and then the almighty blue mats (aka this generation's hard floor) came into play and you knew you were somewhere special when that happened. ;)

 

[cupieqt]

I think all of the changes have been for the better but I can remember lots of things that now seem absurd. In college we did baskets with 2 guys and 1 girl. We did all pyramids without spotters at games. All Star teams rarely had much competition at any local events but it was also beginner, intermediate, advanced and later elite divisions even offered. I remember when Cheersport invented the level play system. Before that, you'd have teams with maybe one or two kids that had fulls going against teams that had maybe one or two tucks. But it didn't matter too much because stunts ruled anyway.

At competitions, spotters were provided. Then later you had to provide your own or use theirs (and then spotters not involved with the routine actually became dangerous). Fly away skirts were a crazy new innovation in uniforms at one point (I have ALWAYS thought they were ugly).

Lots of things have remained the same but one thing never changes and that is my love for all star competitive Cheerleading.

 

[GreatWhite92]

When I was on a junior team in 2005, we did a level 6 pyramid at a competition and that was perfectly fine. This was prob the 2nd year that competitions all went to spring floor.

2:10 She also front flips off the front and is caught by only 2 people.

 

[F!ERCE]

I'm not even close to old and even I remember all those things you mentioned lol crazy stuff.

 

[east2westandbackagain]

or a Panther asking about Makenzi Swicegood

that would be awful!