I've been a Marlins fan since their Semi team wiped the floor with my old gym's Semi team at a competition. We were like "oh, the fish team? never heard of them" lol.... I like surprises, I have to admit;)
What an incredible moment for all star cheerleading, in general. You've all certainly inspired the whole community, and proven what this sport is really about- not about who throws the most whip whip dubs or who has the fiercest scorpion- it's about HEART, PASSION, TEAMWORK.... giving everything you have when you think you have nothing left, knowing that your teammates and coaches will pull you through it, and being able to shine even through the most disheartening circumstances.
As a coach, I can only imagine the kind of pride that the Tsu coaches must be feeling after that incredible display of teamwork. Having had a major injury in warmups at Cheersport, I struggled to keep my composure. There are so many thoughts running through your mind- is the athlete going to be ok? is the team going to be able to get through this, mentally? will all of the work they put in this year end up being ultimately wasted? and a few panicky WTF ARE WE GONNA DO's are thrown around in between as well lol. I saw the heartbreak on my kids' faces when we had to break it to them that their teammate wouldn't be competing, and it honestly broke me. It took everything I had not to cry, but I knew that the way I reacted to it would be the way they reacted. We did our re-work, and had many teams in the warmup area stop what they were doing to clap us through our final run through before we hit the floor. I'm telling you, I almost puked before they went on lol...
Sorry, this thread isn't about me, but I wanted to share, because listening to that crowd on the vod reminded me of all the support we got at Cheersport. I give these Tsu girls a lot of credit for overcoming that and still hitting their routine, I give the coaches credit for keeping the kids on point, BUT I also want to recognize this wonderful cheer community that we have, where the support is overwhelming when it's needed most:) GREAT moment in cheer history, best of luck to Tsunami in the future, and really hope to see Brea have a quick recovery! <3