Judging Dilemas

Over the last few years, I have seen many judging discrepancies. Different competitions, different judges, different scoring, different deductions. We all know the system is not perfect and there are bound to be flaws, especially with the new rules taking effect and some not 100% sure of the interpretations, but, I have to wonder how can… [Continue Reading]

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The end of my ROOKIE cheer mom season!!

I just want to start off by doing a little happy dance because I SURVIVED my first all star cheer season. For anyone who has ever just jumped into the deep end of cheer and went straight into year round all star cheer knows exactly how I feel right now, but before I accept my keys to the… [Continue Reading]

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“Off Season” Stress

Once the competitions are over, the cheer hangovers all cleared up, it’s time for change.  What changes are you or your child making now that will affect your 2013-2014 season? Working hard on gaining new skills?    Trying to get on a higher level team?  Ordering a new cheer shoe? Making the move and joining a… [Continue Reading]

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True Team Work

This past weekend my daughter, husband and I went to watch the older teams of my daughter’s all-star cheer squad compete at their last in-state team competition for the season.  As always, they were fantastic, amazing and great to watch.  When we had left that morning for the 2 hour drive to watch them, little… [Continue Reading]

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How much is “too much” time in the gym?

I went onto the Cheer Parents Central Chat page on Facebook the other day and saw this post (thank you Nicole Mundy):  “How much is too much?!  Would you ever invest in 4-5 privates a week for a young athlete (a child who’s 5-8 years old)?  What are your thoughts on allowing your child to… [Continue Reading]

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