My CP is on one of the 31 teams going in youth 2 for a wildcard slot. I very much think larger fields should allow for more teams advancing through. The other wildcard team from our gym (sr 1) has only 3 teams competing Friday night.
Yes, I was referring to the small sr and small coed splits. Just wondering if those were random or somehow otherwise determined.
For the record, in no way am I suggesting any sort of manipulation. Just assumed the "live" performance order picks were to demonstrate fairness. If that is the...
I know about the live use of ping pong balls to determine performance order, but how are the splits made within the divisions (prelims)? If randomly selected, why no live video of THAT selection? That seems every bit as important as the performance order. Is it determined by the number of...
You REALLY think they didn't know the rules (not that that would be an excuse)? Let's call it what it is. They got caught and will face no repercussions. They are Cali.
Educated parents make a gym better IMO. I hear complaints about lack of transparency all the time. Why does that only apply to gym owners and coaches? Not seeing scores (that we know you have) only adds to speculation and drama from the parents.
BTW: Our gym does not normally share...
Ok, I'm sure someone here saw it. I watched a video in the last month on Facebook. Wanting to show another mom here, but can't find it and I'm going nuts.
It was a coach poking fun at tumblers and how they look behind them before standing, twist their body in the corner before fulls, take big...
Sorry, I don't have a schedule. Just our gym's performance times and awards schedule. We are bringing 13 teams, but not a j2.
I can say, however, that J2 A (13 teams) awards are at 2:15. J2 B (12 teams) are at 4:00.
Confirmed worlds bid awards are at 2:45pm. Should be an interesting change after the fiasco with the fire marshall last year. Early to compete for all worlds teams though.
Odd. We were told that bid awards started at 2:45pm. I canceled my hotel Sunday night thinking we can get on the road back to AZ at a decent hour this year.
Definitely excited to be back in Vegas. Going to be a fun kick-off to our World's season.
Does anyone know the secret sauce behind how bids are distributed? Not sure if this competition hides the recipe, but I really despise the non-transparency at most competitions.
Awards were a mess...
No doubt that the cheer world needs more transparency, especially as to scoring and bid intentions. However, the coaches did have a copy of the bid declaration before the weekend. I would rather have it been made public, but at least it was out there.
This is everything that's wrong with cheer IMO, and one of the reasons I dislike the big machine that is Cali.
As bigger gyms consume more and more of the smaller gyms across the country, not only does that hurt competition, but then they are allowed to switch girls in and out across multiple...
As much I hate the "judge's choice" approach to several of the bids at Jamz, at least the bid declaration is clear and easy to find. I wasn't a fan of the secrecy behind Spirit Sport's bid declaration and schedule.