- Nov 8, 2025
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So my amazing daughter started as a J1 at a fairly well-known gym in 2009..she loved it, and we loved watching her love it. Besides the obvious tumbling blocks, we, and her coaches, were really able to see her portential. She ended up being a beast of a side/main base and she never, in 60+ competitions, dropped a stunt or had any other technicality. Sure, we wasn’t that flexible, had terrible jumps , ok dancing, but virtually no issues until a tumbling block in 2020 which never came back. Regardless, she a was beast as a bae and and that was her strength.
We (my spouse and I), devoted so much time to practices, privates, show-offs, comps, etc. We spent 10 years celebrating wins and dealing with losses, but we enjoyed traveling to different parts of the country, Worlds, Summit, AS Worlds, Etc and it was really a very family-oriented experience which we all truly enjoyed.
Last year she decided it was her last year on a Worlds team and she wanted to move on to coaching. I applaud her tenacity and worth ethic, she is currently coaching a J2 flex, and Prep team. Although she has rough practices, she IS good coach and the kids love and respect her. She has never, not once, mentioned joining another Worlds team. Mentally and physically she cannot do it anymore, which is fine,
I, myself am having a horrible time. I have removed all SM accounts from the team, and if someone forwards or reposts something from her old team, I cannot watch it. I cannot listen to the mix. I am so sad, and depressed, and bitter about her not being an athlete anymore. I never tell her this, of course, but I find find myself watching old NCA and Worlds videos when she was on those teams and am struggling with the fact that that life is over. I am happy that she is continuing to be in AS cheer by coaching, but whenever I see a clip of the worlds team she was on last year, I feel like my heart is breaking.
Hoping for some words of encouragement, or a way to deal with these intense emotions
We (my spouse and I), devoted so much time to practices, privates, show-offs, comps, etc. We spent 10 years celebrating wins and dealing with losses, but we enjoyed traveling to different parts of the country, Worlds, Summit, AS Worlds, Etc and it was really a very family-oriented experience which we all truly enjoyed.
Last year she decided it was her last year on a Worlds team and she wanted to move on to coaching. I applaud her tenacity and worth ethic, she is currently coaching a J2 flex, and Prep team. Although she has rough practices, she IS good coach and the kids love and respect her. She has never, not once, mentioned joining another Worlds team. Mentally and physically she cannot do it anymore, which is fine,
I, myself am having a horrible time. I have removed all SM accounts from the team, and if someone forwards or reposts something from her old team, I cannot watch it. I cannot listen to the mix. I am so sad, and depressed, and bitter about her not being an athlete anymore. I never tell her this, of course, but I find find myself watching old NCA and Worlds videos when she was on those teams and am struggling with the fact that that life is over. I am happy that she is continuing to be in AS cheer by coaching, but whenever I see a clip of the worlds team she was on last year, I feel like my heart is breaking.
Hoping for some words of encouragement, or a way to deal with these intense emotions
