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SMOED showed us this,on their internet show this season. They had a girl on the team,that was a beast on their R5 team (Snipers,I believe), but crumbled under the pressure of SMOED. Skills wise,looking at a R5 to a worlds L5 team,the jump seems,very minimal. In fact,it almost looks like there is no jump,but most of us know,that just because you have the skills,doesn't mean you have the mental capacity for a worlds team.This, too.
Unpopular opinion alert: Not everyone can MENTALLY HANDLE a Worlds team. Every kid with L5 skills is NOT Worlds ready.
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In a good gym, the only thing that level 5 teams have that others don't are the level 5 skills.
@CharlotteASMom I am astounded that you find it "funny" and can not celebrate or see the success and joy in a child who finally performs a standing back handspring in competition after repeating level 2. Not every child who walks through your gym door has the potential to become a level 5 cheerleader but they do have the potential to become the best cheerleader...no matter the level achieved. The original post really leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Wow...then I apologize. That's really sad to hear that from an owner of one of the biggest gym's in the country. When and where did that original statement come from?Huh?!?
The original post was a quote from Courtney Pope from a CEA thread a couple years ago. You obviously don't know me very well as my cp was one that in some people's eyes "failed to progress" having been a level 2 athlete for multiple years. Those were great years in cheer and I was the loudest Mama there every time she threw her back handspring.
Wow...then I apologize. That's really sad to hear that from an owner of one of the biggest gym's in the country. When and where did that original statement come from?
I totally agree...This is a great discussion but the whole thread makes me queasy. It's like trying to define "happiness". This could go on for hundreds of pages with no agreement.
Food for thought: the NCA jacket for Mini 1 looks the same as the NCA jacket for Senior 5.
Still not failure in my book. If my CP peaks at her level because she doesn't want to pour her heart and soul in this extracurricular activity, I'm ok with that. This may be blasphemous, but a child's life doesn't need to revolve around one particular activity. There is a lot to be said for a well rounded person with many activites. Jack of all trades, master of none isn't necessarily a bad thing.What if we are thinking of progress in the wrong way and only thinking of progressing in levels? Staying the same level many years in a row may not define failure but does becoming apathetic and not trying to improve/progress your skills at that level?
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But is she progressing at her social skills, problem solving, team effort, unity? Those are still areas you can progress in while doing cheer, even if your other athletic skills might not be growing above and beyond gentle refinement.Still not failure in my book. If my CP peaks at her level because she doesn't want to pour her heart and soul in this extracurricular activity, I'm ok with that. This may be blasphemous, but a child's life doesn't need to revolve around one particular activity. There is a lot to be said for a well rounded person with many activites. Jack of all trades, master of none isn't necessarily a bad thing.
Ehh..don't know how I feel about that. Apathy towards improving is one of my pet peeves. It doesn't have to be a huge priority, but complete stagnation (even if all you're doing is refinement, it's still something) rubs me the wrong way.I took it as apathy towards improving, not towards the activity in general.
That makes me a big fat loser then! The highest level I cheered at was level 4 and I coach a Youth 1 team that I cheer on like they're on the Worlds stage lol