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My 11 yo CP is currently basing a 16 yo on her restr5 team. When ppl hear she is on a sr team, they assume she is a flyer, but she's bigger than some of the 17 yo!Another point Id like to make in support of raising the age floor for ALL senior teams:
I'm a back spot on a senior team. Because it's advantageous to use smaller fliers, and because those kids are talented, most of our fliers are 12 and under. I have never backed a kid over the age of 11.
Now going into college where there are no itty bitty baby fliers, I worry about my ability to back people who are closer to my size. How will I be able to lift a 120 pound girl when all I've ever done is an 85 (if that) pound girl.
So the argument that it's not fair to hold ten and elevens back is negated by the argument that its not fair to their bases and backs to put them on the team. I got cheated out of the chance to work with weight appropriate fliers. And while it was good at the time because we won, in the long term, I got the short end of the stick because I am ill prepared for college
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What if her only other options were a youth 3 or jr 2?
She flies, right? So what if it was a youth 3 where she wouldn't fly or a jr2 where the highest tumbling would be a bhs?
I believe in cheerleading, as is in life, most people just want a fair shot. They want to feel like they got a fair chance in whatever contest they are attempting. Yes they will not enjoy and probably complain about losing (if they do as would I) but it takes the truly enlightened to realize if someone is upset they lost or upset they never had a chance to begin with.
I don't know how it works elsewhere, but here, you don't just make a travel team, you try out and many get cut. Most allstar gyms don't cut people, but they'll start having to if they aren't skilled enough for the teams they have. And I think that would be a sad day for our sport. :( Tons of people start late and progress quickly, but if you're 13 and trying out with no tumbling at a gym fielding a j2, j3, j4, or j5, you'll get cut, and then you lose not only a potential athlete, but potential income for your gym, and USASFHow does other travel sports survive having age appropriate teams?
I have numerous hockey and baseball programs to choose from within a 30 mile radius. There is always a home for someone.
With change there is pains but I believe with perseverance you will succeed in the end.
I don't know how it works elsewhere, but here, you don't just make a travel team, you try out and many get cut. Most allstar gyms don't cut people, but they'll start having to if they aren't skilled enough for the teams they have. And I think that would be a sad day for our sport. :( Tons of people start late and progress quickly, but if you're 13 and trying out with no tumbling at a gym fielding a j2, j3, j4, or j5, you'll get cut, and then you lose not only a potential athlete, but potential income for your gym, and USASF
How does other travel sports survive having age appropriate teams?
I have numerous hockey and baseball programs to choose from within a 30 mile radius. There is always a home for someone.
With change there is pains but I believe with perseverance you will succeed in the end.