- Jun 3, 2010
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A BASKET!!!!!!! Not a stunt!
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A BASKET!!!!!!! Not a stunt!
Oh my god. How come people have such a rigid opinion about what "looks" good? GAH!
Because that is what we are judged on...looking good !
I do not judge as much, this and last season (because of my accident) but I used to judge every weekend.
For 3 different tier one event producers, and I was also invited to judge worlds for the past 3 years.
I have never sat next to a judge that "preferred" to see a male in the air...NEVER !
(meaning the one footed section... I am "ok" with baskets and preps in pyramid)
When I am judging I am looking at body lines....meaning the line from the flyers hip to her big toe.
I want her foot to look like a continuation of her leg.
The boys can't show me the lines.... even if it is because of the uniform alone.
Not to mention "things hanging out and getting in the way of my "lines"
Sorry I don't think it is ever OK for a boy to do a scorpion, over stretch, back leg stretch...
You can call me sexist if you want to...but I just want my team to look the best and we do that by putting up girls.
If I coached a team where the boys were more flexible than my girls... I would find new girls
I'm not offended...that may be true, but it still doesn't mean once upon a time it wasn't "normal" or "acceptable" for men to be cheerleaders bc it's true....and really it wasn't called cheerleading back then, it was more like "yell squads" and they didn't last a very long. I don't know if you consider twenty something years a REALLY long time before women were allowed to cheer, but I don't. 1903-1923ish (1923 is when women were "allowed" as you say). That's not a very long time. Thought that was a bit of interesting information myselfI stopped reading your post right here. Men invented cheerleading. In fact, women weren't allowed to do cheerleading for a REALLY long time. I don't mean to offend you, just an interesting bit of information.
All I'm saying is... I think it's quite awkward to see 4 stunts with girls, and one with boys. IDC if it's a basket, pyramid, whatever. I think it looks iffy. And like cheerislove8 said, judges would rather see girls then boys.
I think its tragic that some find it so hard to be a bit different. There is no secret that a lot of the rules need to change, and a lot of the judges could use some renewed thinking. Things change over time. Modern art would have flopped a hundred years ago, but it works today. It's called evolution. Compleatly natural. Get the boys up. This sport obviously needs a lot of fresh air.
I find it kinda tragic that people are so afraid of change. Its no secret that a lot of rules need to change, and a lot of judges need to get some new perspective. Come on. Modern art wouldn't have worked a hundred years ago, but it works pretty well today. It's called evolution. Compleatly natural. Get the boys up! This sport needs obviously some fresh air.
I find it kinda tragic that people are so afraid of change. Its no secret that a lot of rules need to change, and a lot of judges need to get some new perspective. Come on. Modern art wouldn't have worked a hundred years ago, but it works pretty well today. It's called evolution. Compleatly natural.
Get the boys up! This sport needs obviously some fresh air.
Maybe you have something here.
Try opening a gym and recruiting male flyers and female bases and let us know how it works out for you.
How do I do that?