- Feb 2, 2013
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he suggested it but I'm not sure if he would follow through with it.If it was your dads idea to move why do you need to convince them?
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he suggested it but I'm not sure if he would follow through with it.If it was your dads idea to move why do you need to convince them?
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Seniors may have to do varsity but I'll bet there is no rule they have to make a team.not positive when the tryouts are. I assume they are rather competitive but I have all the skills they performed at state and I'd be a senior and there's a rule that seniors have to be varsity so I think I'd be okay.
yes, I am awareSeniors may have to do varsity but I'll bet there is no rule they have to make a team.
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I didn't know this, thank you I'll find that out!You may want to verify that you could even be on the cheer team. Some schools in some states have rules about students who move that they have to sit one year (or do JV) for a year before being eligible to participate on a Varsity level team.
I agree with what you said about the all star gym and that's kind of the case. the gym has only one worlds team, but three level 5s. they have smcoed5, restricted 5, and junior 5. so its not like they have the best worlds team out there, which makes it slightly easier for me to make it. i have also considered what you said about the school thing and that does make me very nervous but I would still love to try.I definitely think she'd be better off at an all star program that can field a team higher than Level 2 (that part I really sympathize with and I agree she should do something to be somewhere where she can use and further develop her higher skills) - now, whether it needs to be a big gym that has multiple worlds teams, that I'm not so sure of (if she had an amazing double-full and *proven* advanced level 5 stunting skills I'd agree big gym is the way to go, but that's not the case). Maybe something inbetween (both in distance and size) would be better.
I think the high school team is a long shot - not cause she doesn't have the skills, but more cause of the timing, logistics and politics involved of just showing up for senior year and trying to get a spot on an award winning top HS team that's probably consisted of many of the same girls for at least the last 2 years. I'd also suspect that tryouts are in the spring for the following school year, so she may not even be able to "legitimately" try out if she isn't currently attending the school.
Everything you have said is valid, but I would point out that commuting an hour is a whole different thing that picking up and moving for a cheer gym when you have shaky level 5 skills. I definitely think that finding a compromise gym to commute to would be a better way to go.I think it's important that you go to a gym where there is room for you to grow, if it is possible. For the last few years of my allstar career I commuted an hour each way, my first year at that gym as a level 3 and working my way up to my last year as a level 5.
Everyone above me is warning you on the risks, but I think that life is too short to not take risks. If I would have stayed local my senior year, I would have been unhappy. Not because I wasn't on a level 5 team, but because I wouldn't have been pushed and had the opportunity to progress to where I did.
With that in mind, you need to see how that would affect your family. Would moving sacrifice important family time? Do you have siblings who would feel neglected if you and your mom moved away? Does your mom work? Is it reasonable cost-wise? Are you okay with leaving your old friends behind? Would a commute, while staying at your same high school be more reasonable?
I am thinking that you should at least visit the gyms in your area, including the big gym and the one you say you don't like. Either one may surprise you. Keep an open mind!
My opinion is a bit different than others because I am fresh out of high school, and though I am cheering for a division 1 college, this is the first year in 9 years that I haven't taken the mat and it's really hard. However, I can look back and I am so thankful that my parents agreed to let me commute so my last years as an allstar cheerleader could be the best they could possibly be. Dream big, take risks! You can't cheer forever, but don't forget the other more important things in your life like your family. Best of luck!
She is willing to be on any team above her current level. CEverything you have said is valid, but I would point out that commuting an hour is a whole different thing that picking up and moving for a cheer gym when you have shaky level 5 skills. I definitely think that finding a compromise gym to commute to would be a better way to go.