All-Star How Do I Convince My Mom To Let Me Cheer For A Team 2 Hours Away?

[PullandPray23]

ok so from what I understand you live 2 hours away from Miami which assuming your north put you about an hour outside orlando why dont you just go to OA or Palm Beach Lightning....those are both in that strip between orlando and miami and depending on what level you are there are plenty of great gyms with lower level teams! Florida probably has some of the most great gym choices behind texas and maryland :)

 

[munchkinmom]

So you're a young high schooler not yet driving, about 2 hours outside of both Miami and Orlando. You were on a level 2 team, but you're currently blocking (or were recently blocking) on your bhs. You'd like to go to TG, you say they practice 3x a week. So you're looking at $320 a month easy in gas, plus an unhappy mother. Honestly, I'd pick a closer-in gym, and put that $320 a month (plus the money you may save in travel/comp fees) into tumbling/gymnastics/privates. Then maybe your junior or senior year you try to convince your mother to let you go to TG for a year or two. If you're keeping excellent grades, holding a part time job, and obviously and consistently pouring your heart, soul, sweat & own money into cheer, I know I would be more likely to consider a 2 hour drive for a year or two.

It looks like in your area you may have a couple options, not sure about the quality of the programs:
http://www.ultimatecheer-dance.com
http://aerialelite.com
http://palmbeachlightning.com

 

[cheerfearleader]

Yes, I think we all have heard of them. Clearly, I didn't know what program you were talking about (must've missed that in your original post) however, you still didn't answer any of the questions. If you want to go to Top Gun just because it's Top Gun (as a mom) that's not a good enough reason for me to put that kind of time, money and mileage on my car. Go back to the questions I asked and see if you have legit answers for them if you want to make that case. To convince me, it would require more than "because it's Top Gun, mom!"

I totally agree with what your saying..me and my mom actually talked about it and she says when I am at worlds level it might be a better time to think about something like this. (:

 

[cheerfearleader]

So you're a young high schooler not yet driving, about 2 hours outside of both Miami and Orlando. You were on a level 2 team, but you're currently blocking (or were recently blocking) on your bhs. You'd like to go to TG, you say they practice 3x a week. So you're looking at $320 a month easy in gas, plus an unhappy mother. Honestly, I'd pick a closer-in gym, and put that $320 a month (plus the money you may save in travel/comp fees) into tumbling/gymnastics/privates. Then maybe your junior or senior year you try to convince your mother to let you go to TG for a year or two. If you're keeping excellent grades, holding a part time job, and obviously and consistently pouring your heart, soul, sweat & own money into cheer, I know I would be more likely to consider a 2 hour drive for a year or two.

It looks like in your area you may have a couple options, not sure about the quality of the programs:
http://www.ultimatecheer-dance.com
http://aerialelite.com
http://palmbeachlightning.com

Thank you for your suggestions, and yes, I was recently blocking on my BHS. I am going to look into these other gyms (:

 

[cheerfearleader]

ok so from what I understand you live 2 hours away from Miami which assuming your north put you about an hour outside orlando why dont you just go to OA or Palm Beach Lightning....those are both in that strip between orlando and miami and depending on what level you are there are plenty of great gyms with lower level teams! Florida probably has some of the most great gym choices behind texas and maryland :)

What's OA? And I'm gonna go check out PBL noww :)

 

[Emily Jane]

What's OA? And I'm gonna go check out PBL noww :)

Orlando Allstars

 

[Cheermom1210]

If u r in Orlando there's also Epic Cheer as well as Extreme Cheer and Dance in Melbourne .