- Jul 19, 2011
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Speaking from a school cheer perspective, I have alternates.
Since I have them, I can't justify keeping a kid who can no longer tumble in a comp routine when I have someone who can.
I will try to work around a mental block and just make that person a nugget, but if it persists, I need to plug in someone who is reliable.
Same with tryouts. If you can't tumble, I cannot just hold a spot for you based the tumbling you USED to have.
You try out and are scored the same as everyone else. With a zero for tumbling.
It's sad. I've had parents and kids ask me to score them on past tumbling but I don't find it to be fair to other kids.
I look at it like this, if you try out for a college team, you most likely aren't going to be able to say "I have a mental block but I could do ______ three months ago. Score that."
The only time I asked to be scored on previous tumbling is when I broke my foot 2 days before senior year cheer tryouts. I Tried out with a boot on my foot and did everything except tumble. But by then the coaches had had me for 3 years so they knew what I could do and knew I could do it reliably.
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