I don't they have a choice but to be age appropriate after States but I am sure half of them are Level 4 athletes. But that is just strategy and how you win in cheer these days, right?
I hear it is a Team Mom and another coach
Well I know my kid is doing level 5 stuff but the team is her age appropriate team and most of the girls are level two some have been working on getting running tucks so they might be level 3 next season. I'm not sure how many would be level 3 by then. We don't have an in between team. there's level 1& 2, 4.2 then 5. Last year they had a junior 4 but most of them aged out and are now senior 5. so the juniors that are left are all now mostly level two. So that's what we have. I was skeptical about having my kid on level 2 but again all the kids are on age appropriate team and then cross over if needed. The senior five team maybe has five kids who are senior only and in order to make a team for them we have crossovers. I know people say Lucky 7 went to worlds. but I have never heard of Lucky 5 lolol. Anyway it's weird to have her on a level 2 and a level 5 but it's the only way it would work for the limited number of kids we have. Given the new rules about crossovers CP can only compete with one of these teams at Disney anyway. So she has to choose worlds or summit not both. If they still had junior 4 like last year, it wouldn't have been a problem. But it is what it is. I will say she is having a lot of fun on her junior team because the age ranges are so close. The whole team has bonded so much. so it was a good fit for her and we are enjoying it. Her senior team has (I think) 13 kids on it. I'm not sure what they will do if they get a worlds bid and lose some crossovers. Alternates? But there are new rules for that too? If the rules ever become such that they don't allow crossovers, then some gyms might have to shut their doors or turn away athletes if they don't have enough of a certain level to make a team for everyone. Or have all athletes on level one and two. I do know a gym locally who has a handful of level five athletes. Not enough to make a team. So these athletes are on level one teams to accomodate the number of little ones who are only level 1. Not sure how I would feel about that. I also see examples of gyms who have lower levels made up of 80-90% level fives. ???
I think you made a really great point that I never considered. I think it is important to be on an age appropriate team. I think I was 9 or 10 and on a Sr Team and my Mom was totally against it but caved. She was so right. The team was very divided. All the flyers were in elementary school and the Bases and Backspots pretty much High School. They talked about some inappropriate things. One girl who was a year older than me at the time still had that belly we all eventually grew out of it. They made a comment about her being pregnant. When there was Choreography the older girls we eat in one room and the little ones in the other. We never bonded and our performance showed it.
Umm @CALCHEERMOM69 why the gossip rating?
AGREED!
I know this post is a few months old, but there is a small gym from Louisiana whose L2 Small Senior team was recently disqualified & removed from the results from NCA in Dallas. Their L2small Senior & L3 Small junior teams were disqualified from a local comp & it appears that they should be in the process of being disqualified from @ least 2 other comps. Of course, the parents are not being told the truth or that the teams have even been disqualified!!
AGREED! Unfortunately, @ least one (recently) disqualified gym is not even disclosing to the parents that they have been disqualified! I want to know if a gym is cheating so my kids don't end up there! NOT the role models I want for my kids!!!
