So I technically started Allstar when I was 5, right before I started first grade, but turned 6 in that same first season. That makes for 11 solid years of Allstars, and I graduated at 17 (from cheer and school, lol). I have a late birthday and was always younger than all the kids in my class :D Oh and forgot to add that the only year I ever overlapped was my Freshman year of high school, and I hated cheering sideline so I didn't try out again lol. Most seasons I was on 2 or 3 teams at a time, and I also helped coach the Special Needs team all throughout high school.
ETA: My college team scares me and I refuse to try out. And when I say they scare me, I mean that they are stunting skills that are far beyond them and obviously have no conscientious coaches there to say "hey, maybe we should dial it back a bit". Instead they throw back tuck baskets that barely get out of their hands :confused: