All-Star Moving On

[12mowerd]

my last comp already happened (highschool) right before they announced us to the edge of the mat, my eyes welled right up. and when they announced my name i just about lost it. it'd be the last time that I would ever get my name called in front of so many people for cheer. when we finished the routine (hit everything) i bawled like a baby. I'm going to miss cheering so much its un real. but my kid will def be in tumbling classes as soon as it can walk. so really, my life with cheering has just started :cloud9:

 

[Num1Stunta]

I think that, as long as you're able to look back and have no regrets about your years at your gym, it is much easier to move on. My cheerleading career ended after my sophomore year of college, because my body couldn't take it anymore. The last time that I performed, I biffed my tumbling pass, and my stunt group had a major bobble. There was another bobble, an incomplete double, timing errors all over the place, etc... We were 10th at NCA College Nationals, after being defending national champs there. That was a major source of pain in my life for a very long time. I have always felt like me and the blue mat have unfinished business to attend to, and what I wouldn't give for another chance to get out there and have the performance of my life.

My advice to all of you seniors out there is ENJOY it while you can, and leave every piece of your heart and soul out there for your final performance. As mentioned by other posters on this thread, you can always go into coaching. For me, coaching has been able to fill that void. When you get to work with kids and watch them learn and grow, it's incredible. You're a teacher, coach, mentor, big sister, therapist, etc. If you love the sport, you're good at it, and you love to teach, you'll almost forget that you're not actually out there competing with them lol :)

 

[tucknduck]

As a cheer dad, I'll be taking in every bit of my CPs last competition..Worlds..It'll be her first time there and her last tournament as a cheerleader. Having watched how she progressed thru all the levels throughout the years, get thru some of the mental blocks along the way with a tumbling coach that found whatever it was that gave her the confidence and ability to cheer at the highest level, get over the hump and to make it to a Worlds level team and get the opportunity to cheer at Worlds as a national champion w/paid bid before she hangs it up to cheer at Worlds is a pretty neat way to end it.

 

[ryann3794]

the last time you finsih competing will be the hardest moment of your life. my senior season just ended a few weeks ago. as soon as the routine ended i fell to the ground bawling my eyes out and refused to get off the stage. my teammates had to come over and pick me up to get me off the floor. as soon as I got off stage one of my younger teammates ran up to me, squeezed me, and started bawling HER eyes out. she then BEGGED me not to leave her she kept saying " please don't leave me ryan, please don't go to ohio next year, just stay here please ryan" that honestly broke my heart and i just picked her up and cried with her and held her. Im gettting teary eyed just sitting here writing this lol. but it was the hardest moment of my life. I was recently diagnosed with depression but Ive known for a few years that i've been dealing with it, if it weren't for cheerleading i dont know where I would be today. Definetly take it all in, the nervousness, warm ups, even just the competition itself. don't take it forgranted

 

[cheertired]

Finishing my senior year up this weekend with compeiting at us finals in indy ! and my last practice is tonight.. i cry just thinking about it.

First of all, good luck at indy! I am gonna be there too, and that is exactly what i am going through right now :( my last practice is thursday... and indy is the last time i will compete as an allstar... Every competition this year, i came home and cried, knowing that it was one less performace to be able to do.

I dont even know what i will do after our routine is done in indy. yikes. just realizing that it is over is really hard for me right now. I already have competition withdrawl! erg... it is hard because this has been a huge part of my life for 9 years, and that even though i will cheer at uwec, it just isnt the same! it is nice knowing that other people are feeling the same way as me, even though the emotion is sad.

 

[cheertired]

If you wanna do competitive cheerleading, Wisconsin is not the place for you, trust me. Madison is decent but they dot compet. That's im heading to te Twin Cities for cheerleading. Maaaaaaybe Eau Claire if I don't get accpectrd into the university. Not sure how the team is there...

agreed! i am going to eau claire, and they probably have the closest program to an allstar type thing. They compete around 8 times a year, but also have to cheer for games. there is a "jv" and "varsity" type situation also. tryouts are on april 21st... maybe just come to see :) i know i will miss allstar sooo much!

 

[caobsession]

Cheerleading has impacted my life like I would have never even imagined. Last year was supposed to be my last year, but after not doing it my freshman year of college, I realized that not being involved in the sport actually altered my personality and mood. As corny as it sounds, cheerleading is my everything. I feel like not doing it really made it hard for me to be happy. Even if I weren't cheering myself, but if I were coaching, that would be enough for me to be happy because it still means I'm greatly involved in the sport. Now, I'm busting my butt back in the gym to make my college team and an all star international team around my school. I'm also going to Worlds again this year because it's just another way for me to be involved in the sport, the industry, and the cheer community we have all evolved together that we all also know and love.

It's really hard to move on, and evidently I am not taking it as well as others. If you really can't part, you can always try and find a coaching job. Although cheerleading itself is like no other experience anything else in life or in any other sport will give you, I think coaching is a rewarding and sufficient way to stay with the sport.

 

[Fightz]

Cheerleading has impacted my life like I would have never even imagined. Last year was supposed to be my last year, but after not doing it my freshman year of college, I realized that not being involved in the sport actually altered my personality and mood. As corny as it sounds, cheerleading is my everything. I feel like not doing it really made it hard for me to be happy. Even if I weren't cheering myself, but if I were coaching, that would be enough for me to be happy because it still means I'm greatly involved in the sport. Now, I'm busting my butt back in the gym to make my college team and an all star international team around my school. I'm also going to Worlds again this year because it's just another way for me to be involved in the sport, the industry, and the cheer community we have all evolved together that we all also know and love.

It's really hard to move on, and evidently I am not taking it as well as others. If you really can't part, you can always try and find a coaching job. Although cheerleading itself is like no other experience anything else in life or in any other sport will give you, I think coaching is a rewarding and sufficient way to stay with the sport.

I did the same thing and agree 100%!!! It's almost like you lose a part of yourself because it took up so much of your life and your heart. ( cheesy, but I don't care :p )

 

[VTX]

Cheerleading has impacted my life like I would have never even imagined. Last year was supposed to be my last year, but after not doing it my freshman year of college, I realized that not being involved in the sport actually altered my personality and mood. As corny as it sounds, cheerleading is my everything. I feel like not doing it really made it hard for me to be happy. Even if I weren't cheering myself, but if I were coaching, that would be enough for me to be happy because it still means I'm greatly involved in the sport. Now, I'm busting my butt back in the gym to make my college team and an all star international team around my school. I'm also going to Worlds again this year because it's just another way for me to be involved in the sport, the industry, and the cheer community we have all evolved together that we all also know and love.

It's really hard to move on, and evidently I am not taking it as well as others. If you really can't part, you can always try and find a coaching job. Although cheerleading itself is like no other experience anything else in life or in any other sport will give you, I think coaching is a rewarding and sufficient way to stay with the sport.

Same thing happened to me the year I took off not cheering or coaching I was miserable and didn't know what to do with myself, different attitude hard to deal with people. I haven't been in the gym for a few weeks for various reasons and I was going stir crazy, just went back yesterday, feeling better now. lol

 

[GForce]

Where are you coming from?

A city near Milwaukee.

 

[GForce]

agreed! i am going to eau claire, and they probably have the closest program to an allstar type thing. They compete around 8 times a year, but also have to cheer for games. there is a "jv" and "varsity" type situation also. tryouts are on april 21st... maybe just come to see :) i know i will miss allstar sooo much!

I might see you there, I'm stilling waiting to here back from MN.

 

[CaptainoftheCheerocracy]

A city near Milwaukee.

I am originally from Oak Creek, but I am starting a new gym in the Twin Cities. I know of a few open teams in the area too. PM if you are interested in learning more about the gyms up here...of course, that is IF you come up this way.

 

[GForce]

I am originally from Oak Creek, but I am starting a new gym in the Twin Cities. I know of a few open teams in the area too. PM if you are interested in learning more about the gyms up here...of course, that is IF you come up this way.

Awesome! Thanks!!!!!!!

 

[Deleted member 8658]

not looking forward to next year being my last... :(

 

[jmac16]

First of all, good luck at indy! I am gonna be there too, and that is exactly what i am going through right now :( my last practice is thursday... and indy is the last time i will compete as an allstar... Every competition this year, i came home and cried, knowing that it was one less performace to be able to do.

I dont even know what i will do after our routine is done in indy. yikes. just realizing that it is over is really hard for me right now. I already have competition withdrawl! erg... it is hard because this has been a huge part of my life for 9 years, and that even though i will cheer at uwec, it just isnt the same! it is nice knowing that other people are feeling the same way as me, even though the emotion is sad.

good luck to you too ! and yeah ive been part of cheer command for 7 years , so when that routine is done sunday i will be a HOTMESSSS. but im doing college cheer next year ! I know its different , but i know cheer command will always be in my heart,