Twinklestars
Cheer Parent
- Sep 11, 2013
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THIS! I said this about the homecoming routine and pissed off the captain's mom. For some unknown reason, there is a tradition of not starting to practice the routine until two weeks before homecoming. Some girls struggle to learn it in that time. I do love that saying.This year 10% will be a score from me, and 90% with me an outside panel judging them on a cheer, dance, jumps, and tumbling.
This is the first year I've had a say, and I believe it's important. I am not "out to get" any child, but I also think that if you've been on the team and caused a lot of problems, it should be taken into account. It's not a make or break, but it counts. It says a lot when none of the parents, coaches or other cheerleaders want you on the team. My 10% will not cut them by itself, but it will ensure they need to step it up and understand that making it is NOT a given when you cause problems in previous years. I evaluate all of them, and I think overall I am more than lenient with my scores. If anything, I'm too generous, especially for kids I don't know very well. Just because I heard someone doesn't like you doesn't impact me-I use what you've SHOWN me.
As far as sideline, skill doesn't matter. It just doesn't. I can teach stunting and cheers and show you how to do motions properly. I'm looking at the kids that learned the cheer, and then went home and actually practiced it. And not just practiced it, but practiced it until they couldn't get it wrong because making the team was THAT important to them. I want those kids, and that's what I tell the judges I'm looking for. My sideline teams needs to have the kids that are excited, happy to be there and want to work hard.
I can worry about skills for my comp try-outs, where I have much less drama because they practice more and are on the same page as far as their goals.
Mom brag: Every year, we have had girls over at our house trying to learn routines, dances, and cheers for tryouts and beyond. Plus, my cp has had to send numerous videos of her doing them to her teammates. It is expected this year since she is captain, but previously, she was just another team member. But, it has always been important to her that everyone knows the material or it makes them all look bad.