I would really like to see a breakdown of the teams that are already in the current division structure, then consolidate/eliminate based on some actual numbers.
Here are the number for my gym that I pulled from another thread
We (after some major switching this weekend) now have:
Large Sr 3 with 28
Small Jr 2 with 20
Large Jr 1 with 26
Small Mini 1 with 12 (and growing)
Those teams are made up with the following kids (jr here will mean too old to be youth but still young enough to be jr)
8 Srs (1 L5r, 2 L4, 3 L3, 2 L2)
34 Jrs (2 L5r, 3 L4, 7 L3, 12 L2, 10 L1)
28 Youth (8 L3, 8 L2, 12 L1)
14 Mini (1 L3, 1 L2, 12 L1)
2 Tiny (2 L1)
Here is an even further break down of team with ages of team members: (quantity-age)
Large Sr 3- avg age=13.6
2-10, 4-11, 2-12, 5-13, 7-14, 2-15, 3-16, 2-17, 1-18
Small Jr 2- avg age=11.3
1-7, 3-9, 2-10, 4-11, 4-12, 3-13, 2-14
Large Jr 1- avg age=10.7
1-7, 2-8, 7-9, 1-10, 5-11, 5-12, 2-13, 3-14
Mini 1- avg age=7.1
2-5, 1-6, 3-7, 6-8
Things you don't get from just the numbers-
the 7 year old on the Jr 2 team and the 2 10 year olds on Sr 3 have been with us since we opened in 2008.
All of the Minis are brand new to cheerleading.
Let me know if you want it broken down another way.