Cheer Dad
Cheer Parent
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What is wrong with a becoming a hugely successful gym that people willingly want to be a part of?The fact that all of these teams have little to none home grown talent bothers me.
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What is wrong with a becoming a hugely successful gym that people willingly want to be a part of?The fact that all of these teams have little to none home grown talent bothers me.
If I have been working with suzy for years, conditioning her, drilling technique, helping her gain confidence in her tumbling I would like to the fruits of my labor in my programs uniform. Little gyms are little gyms because as soon as the kids get the big skills they leave that program never giving it a chance to grow. TG didnt open their doors and have squad doubles the first day, it took time and LOYAL athletes to get them there.What is wrong with a becoming a hugely successful gym that people willingly want to be a part of?
If I have been working with suzy for years, conditioning her, drilling technique, helping her gain confidence in her tumbling I would like to the fruits of my labor in my programs uniform. Little gyms are little gyms because as soon as the kids get the big skills they leave that program never giving it a chance to grow. TG didnt open their doors and have squad doubles the first day, it took time and LOYAL athletes to get them there.
Ideally but youth-senior, but alot of people start the sport a little later. I understand traveling for your super senior year, but kids are switching programs every season its get ridiculous. Eddie and Orbie seem to be great coaches they have they have to knowledge to teach those elite skills. Sometimes as a coach you have to put in the extra work for certain athletes.what do you consider a "homegrown" athlete? depending on geography, i'd say a huge percentage of kids who start the sport tiny/mini/youth age have switched gyms at least once. is homegrown never stepping foot in another gym? only one other gym? going through the ranks of youth -> junior -> senior at your gym? junior -> senior? i'm not asking to be argumentative or anything but this definitely varies depending who you ask and i just like to hear what other people think.
obviously a 16/17/18 year old flying cross country is not home grown no matter how you spin it
what do you consider a "homegrown" athlete? depending on geography, i'd say a huge percentage of kids who start the sport tiny/mini/youth age have switched gyms at least once. is homegrown never stepping foot in another gym? only one other gym? going through the ranks of youth -> junior -> senior at your gym? junior -> senior? i'm not asking to be argumentative or anything but this definitely varies depending who you ask and i just like to hear what other people think.
obviously a 16/17/18 year old flying cross country is not home grown no matter how you spin it
And if Susie never develops enough to belong on the highest level team do you place her there anyway because she is homegrown?If I have been working with suzy for years, conditioning her, drilling technique, helping her gain confidence in her tumbling I would like to the fruits of my labor in my programs uniform. Little gyms are little gyms because as soon as the kids get the big skills they leave that program never giving it a chance to grow. TG didnt open their doors and have squad doubles the first day, it took time and LOYAL athletes to get them there.
And if Susie never develops enough to belong on the highest level team do you place her there anyway because she is homegrown?
Of course not, but I think what people are trying to say are these coaches really willing to put the time into developing athletes, now that so many are flying in to be on the teams, what impact this is having on the homegrown athletes, who have potential...And if Susie never develops enough to belong on the highest level team do you place her there anyway because she is homegrown?
Of course not, but I think what people are trying to say are these coaches really willing to put the time into developing athletes, now that so many are flying in to be on the teams, what impact this is having on the homegrown athletes, who have potential...
This in my opinion is no different from a job, we all know that we appreciate a company more that search internally for employees high and low, even to the point of pairing these potential employees with Mentors before bringing someone in from the outside... I think, in many ways this can be similar situation...
Any coach that is not willing to develop an athlete to their potential based on the athlete possibly leaving is IMHO not a very good coach. That is like looking at a young athlete and saying you'll never be on our top team so I'm going to ignore you.Of course not, but I think what people are trying to say are these coaches really willing to put the time into developing athletes, now that so many are flying in to be on the teams, what impact this is having on the homegrown athletes, who have potential...
This in my opinion is no different from a job, we all know that we appreciate a company more that search internally for employees high and low, even to the point of pairing these potential employees with Mentors before bringing someone in from the outside... I think, in many ways this can be a similar situation...
But when did cheerleading become a business, instead of fun? I do it for fun. I take it seriously, but i'm not going to drop everything for a "chance" to win worlds on a team that could end up not winning. We are not a professional sport. NBA and NFL are different. They are adults in a professional sports. We are kids.People! this is a business. Smoed and their success has allowed Cali to open new gyms and grow their business. The Livermore gym has twice as many athletes as it had last year. My daughter and her friend both learned about cheer thru Smoed and did not want to cheer anywhere else, so we are with Cali. The business model works so they will continue to seek out the best athletes for their showcase team.