All-Star Competitive In Your Respective Division?

[anythingforcheer]

I'm no expert just a parent - help me out fierceboarders. With videos released everyday of competitors in your division, it makes me wonder - do your coaches step it up to ensure your team is keeping up with the competition? Examples: Our curtains are always open so I get to see practices but noticed that they are doing the very minimum skills for level 5 (not restricted nor youth). While you see the competition doing specialty passes to fulls and doubles, they are doing running fulls. I also notice in the area of stunting, the competition is performing double ups and one and half ups, but cp team are doing full ups. Is it necessary to perform those skills at a minimum in order to win or at least be competitive?

 

[Mclovin]

I'm no expert just a parent - help me out fierceboarders. With videos released everyday of competitors in your division, it makes me wonder - do your coaches step it up to ensure your team is keeping up with the competition? Examples: Our curtains are always open so I get to see practices but noticed that they are doing the very minimum skills for level 5 (not restricted nor youth). While you see the competition doing specialty passes to fulls and doubles, they are doing running fulls. I also notice in the area of stunting, the competition is performing double ups and one and half ups, but cp team are doing full ups. Is it necessary to perform those skills at a minimum in order to win or at least be competitive?

I would say that depends on what competition you attend. Locally, depending on where you live, you may be just fine. However, at NCA nationals, that probably won't land you anywhere near the top.

 

[Cheeranswers]

I'm no expert just a parent - help me out fierceboarders. With videos released everyday of competitors in your division, it makes me wonder - do your coaches step it up to ensure your team is keeping up with the competition? Examples: Our curtains are always open so I get to see practices but noticed that they are doing the very minimum skills for level 5 (not restricted nor youth). While you see the competition doing specialty passes to fulls and doubles, they are doing running fulls. I also notice in the area of stunting, the competition is performing double ups and one and half ups, but cp team are doing full ups. Is it necessary to perform those skills at a minimum in order to win or at least be competitive?

to win at a high level, definitely. to be competitive, id say yes as well. granted if you're doing skills that are lower but are doing them more consistently and hitting them better, you may place higher than a team doing double ups and doubles if they dont properly have those skills. is it a new level 5 team? sometimes when programs provide a new level 5 team at the gym, they are not always competitive in their division right away. but this is totally okay! everyone has to start somewhere

 

[kristenthegreat]

There are also several schools of routine-creation philosophy:

Some gyms choose to throw in everything right away and see what sticks in exhibition/first competition (assuming it has been executed safely several times before). Then they adjust/refine difficulty and technique based on what's hitting or not AND what the score sheets are saying.

Other gyms start out with the basic things they know can hit and hit well/clean, and then slowly bump up the difficulty. They might not have the most over-the-top impressive routine, but it will hit and hit well.

Also- it depends on the division. You will notice on here that people say Large Senior 5 is a division like no other. While certain standards are generally needed for most of the other divisions, large senior is a battle. That is one division where people go above and beyond to edge each other out. The dynamic is different in other divisions and is reflected in those routine styles.

 

[AScheer]

Without knowing a thing about the team, I would guess the coaches know what they are doing as far as progressing in proper order, however they could consider the restricted division. Sounds like the opposite of what we normally complain about... teams reaching too far out of their ability and it is scary. There is nothing wrong with a level 5 team sticking to their current skill level. If you cannot properly execute fullups then you shouldn't start on double ups regardless if the competition is or not. Same for tumbling. If you just got a full, give it a minute to perfect before adding combo passes ending in fulls.

 

[UEAcheerchick]

You have to remember, it is still pretty early in the season and the coaches just might be giving the team a watered down routine that can hit consistently and place them well instate before they build on from there for larger competitions later on. That's what my team is doing, a routine that consists of the basic skills for our level so that we can easily, cleanly, and safely add the more fancy work for later competitions.