- May 15, 2011
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I'm currently asking for opinions on what I should do because I really have no idea. This will probably be a long post so sorry if it bores you/ doesn't make sense. I'm not good at putting things that have happened into words.
I've been on the Varsity cheer team since my freshman year and i'm currently a junior. The reason I started cheering for my high school was because we competed and that's something i like to do and it's cheaper. My old coach was tough on us, but she was amazing and really put her heart and soul into the team. We had practices 3-4 times a week, and we cheered games and we conditioned. We also had a set of rules that were strict but made us look good as role-models and were completely understandable. Than she quit in the middle of my sophomore year.
We got a new coach, but she was pregnant. Long story short- we stopped competing, we don't have any "rules", the seniors run practice and boss everyone around, motions are sloppy, nobody is tumbling, we don't have practices, and there is drama. SO. MUCH. DRAMA. She had her baby and went on maternity leave during football season and we got a new assistant coach who was really nice but kind of a pushover at first and then she tried to be strict and nobody listened to her, and when our head coach came back she quit because our coach would not listen to anything she had to say or opinions she had about who knows their stuff/ who doesn't and things. Our coach is pissed because she says cheerleading isn't a 1 coach sport and she can't do it alone (basketball games/practices) and only goes to home basketball games, the administrators are our "coaches" at away games. There's alot more to this story, but this is completely rediculous. This is the 2nd assistant coach she has made (one was right before tryouts this year.) leave because she won't listen to them or let them do anything besides be a back up coach for her when she can't go to things. Also, girls miss games all of the time and it isn't uncommon for us to go to a game and have 5 girls cheering when 12 are supposed to be there- but only certain people are allowed to miss games. I had 3 hours of homework on tuesday night, i'm injured and can't cheer, and still had to go sit at the away game because i'm a part of the team and my coach said i couldn't stay home. then i tried doing my homework at the game and she told me i was undedicated to the team because i was working on my SCHOOLWORK.
the point i'm trying to make is, besides ranting, our program has fallen apart. there's a distinct difference between what we used to look like at games/ school/ social media than there is now. Nobody respects us, not even the administration and our student section thinks we're a joke. every girl on the team is miserable. I'm just not sure what to do.
I've been on the Varsity cheer team since my freshman year and i'm currently a junior. The reason I started cheering for my high school was because we competed and that's something i like to do and it's cheaper. My old coach was tough on us, but she was amazing and really put her heart and soul into the team. We had practices 3-4 times a week, and we cheered games and we conditioned. We also had a set of rules that were strict but made us look good as role-models and were completely understandable. Than she quit in the middle of my sophomore year.
We got a new coach, but she was pregnant. Long story short- we stopped competing, we don't have any "rules", the seniors run practice and boss everyone around, motions are sloppy, nobody is tumbling, we don't have practices, and there is drama. SO. MUCH. DRAMA. She had her baby and went on maternity leave during football season and we got a new assistant coach who was really nice but kind of a pushover at first and then she tried to be strict and nobody listened to her, and when our head coach came back she quit because our coach would not listen to anything she had to say or opinions she had about who knows their stuff/ who doesn't and things. Our coach is pissed because she says cheerleading isn't a 1 coach sport and she can't do it alone (basketball games/practices) and only goes to home basketball games, the administrators are our "coaches" at away games. There's alot more to this story, but this is completely rediculous. This is the 2nd assistant coach she has made (one was right before tryouts this year.) leave because she won't listen to them or let them do anything besides be a back up coach for her when she can't go to things. Also, girls miss games all of the time and it isn't uncommon for us to go to a game and have 5 girls cheering when 12 are supposed to be there- but only certain people are allowed to miss games. I had 3 hours of homework on tuesday night, i'm injured and can't cheer, and still had to go sit at the away game because i'm a part of the team and my coach said i couldn't stay home. then i tried doing my homework at the game and she told me i was undedicated to the team because i was working on my SCHOOLWORK.
the point i'm trying to make is, besides ranting, our program has fallen apart. there's a distinct difference between what we used to look like at games/ school/ social media than there is now. Nobody respects us, not even the administration and our student section thinks we're a joke. every girl on the team is miserable. I'm just not sure what to do.