- Apr 7, 2018
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Hello. I just found this site and decided to jump on to get some advice. Good, or bad.
I have a daughter who is a sophomore, and has been cheering since the 7th grade. Her first year as a freshman, she made the JV team, and she is currently a Varsity cheerleader. The school held tryouts last month, and she made the JV squad. It was quite a shock because she is one of only about 8 of 31 candidates that tried out that can tumble, and has decent jumps. They only took 16 Varsity cheerleaders, and 3 will be incoming freshman. I honestly felt more than confident that she would make Varsity again, and felt something wasn't right when they posted the results. Our school hires outside judges so that the candidates won't know the judges, and vice versa. It has come to light that one of the judges was an instructor at a 3-day summer cheer camp (this past summer) that was held at the junior high school for the junior high cheerleaders. I might also add, that all of the junior high cheerleaders that tried out made either Varsity or JV, while 8 other candidates (some that are currently on JV) did not make a squad at all. There are many issues that I think are relevant to the outcome of the tryouts, and am currently trying to make the administration at the school see this. One of the issues is that the outside company that was hired states that their judges will not judge if they have previous affiliation through a cheer camp or other cheer related activities. I understand that if it had been a camp that includes 40 other schools, it is not as likely for a judge to recognize candidates. However, this is a 3-day camp that includes two instructors and 16 cheerleaders. Does anyone have any advice for me?
I have a daughter who is a sophomore, and has been cheering since the 7th grade. Her first year as a freshman, she made the JV team, and she is currently a Varsity cheerleader. The school held tryouts last month, and she made the JV squad. It was quite a shock because she is one of only about 8 of 31 candidates that tried out that can tumble, and has decent jumps. They only took 16 Varsity cheerleaders, and 3 will be incoming freshman. I honestly felt more than confident that she would make Varsity again, and felt something wasn't right when they posted the results. Our school hires outside judges so that the candidates won't know the judges, and vice versa. It has come to light that one of the judges was an instructor at a 3-day summer cheer camp (this past summer) that was held at the junior high school for the junior high cheerleaders. I might also add, that all of the junior high cheerleaders that tried out made either Varsity or JV, while 8 other candidates (some that are currently on JV) did not make a squad at all. There are many issues that I think are relevant to the outcome of the tryouts, and am currently trying to make the administration at the school see this. One of the issues is that the outside company that was hired states that their judges will not judge if they have previous affiliation through a cheer camp or other cheer related activities. I understand that if it had been a camp that includes 40 other schools, it is not as likely for a judge to recognize candidates. However, this is a 3-day camp that includes two instructors and 16 cheerleaders. Does anyone have any advice for me?