Is Doping Going To Become An Upcoming Problem In All-star Cheerleading?

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Author: Coach Sahil M.

Performance Enhancing Drugs are a topic of discussion that most coaches won’t touch with a 10-foot pole. And I don’t blame them – doping is a sensitive issue which can have big implications on your public image if you say the “wrong” thing. Also, when it comes to PED’s I’ve found that 99% of people […]

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Wouldn't surprise me. But maybe I'm a cynic.

 

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OP discusses athlete technique, and I agree. PED doesn't give you a layout, nor technique and stunt timing. We've all seen athletes with more raw strength outbased by a smaller athlete with superior technique and knowledge of different grips. The powerful high school age talented individual athletes whose stunt groups don't work well together, struggle with extensions. While youth age stunt groups with good timing working in unison put up harder stunts like magic.

I'm aware that some school age athletes "enhance" whether for performance or looks/physique, more often without the knowledge of their coaches. I'm not worried about my kids competing against a team where athletes are "enhanced", but I would not want them to become part of the culture that PEDs are normal or an expectation that it is needed to succeed. Cheer has so many team and subjective performance factors, that I believe a team which focuses on technique and healthy nutrition, can be competitive without PEDs.

It would be interesting to hear others' perception

 

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OP discusses athlete technique, and I agree. PED doesn't give you a layout, nor technique and stunt timing. We've all seen athletes with more raw strength outbased by a smaller athlete with superior technique and knowledge of different grips. The powerful high school age talented individual athletes whose stunt groups don't work well together, struggle with extensions. While youth age stunt groups with good timing working in unison put up harder stunts like magic.

I'm aware that some school age athletes "enhance" whether for performance or looks/physique, more often without the knowledge of their coaches. I'm not worried about my kids competing against a team where athletes are "enhanced", but I would not want them to become part of the culture that PEDs are normal or an expectation that it is needed to succeed. Cheer has so many team and subjective performance factors, that I believe a team which focuses on technique and healthy nutrition, can be competitive without PEDs.

It would be interesting to hear others' perception

This is an excellent perspective.

 

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Considering you could decide some worlds divisions with a dartboard, it may not make much difference most of the time but it could be that 0.05 of a point needed to win.