- Dec 14, 2009
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I love this idea! That would be awesome information to have.
Regarding your comment about being able to choose divisions, size options, etc....Sure a small gym can choose to compete in a small division, but so can mega gym with 600 athletes. I posted on Twitter that personally what I would love to see happen, is rather than make a Division 1 and 2, make gyms enter a division based on the size of their gym. Something like this:
Gym size = 1-150 athletes = 20 on team (small)
Gym size = 151-350 = 30 on team (medium)
Gym size = 351 + = 36 on team (large)
I could care less what the actual cut off numbers are, but something along those lines. And I'm not just talking about worlds divisions, I'm talking every level, every age, across the board. I know coming from a gym with 150-200 athletes and often times struggling to even fill a team of 20 without using crossovers, it's frustrating to watch gyms with hundreds of athletes compete not only in the small division, but at NCA, they drop to the 19 & under division. I will never cry foul on this because I teach my athletes that regardless of size, it's what you do on the floor that wins or loses the game. But behind closed doors, it does frustrate me.
i think basing the size of your teams based off the number of athletes in your facility is over-simplifying a complicated process. i know at our gym specifically we had to make 2 small teams in one level and if we didn't, we would have had a large team with over 40 people on it and kids without a specific team placement. i'm sure it has been done in the past where mega gyms have gone under 20 for a win, but others simply don't want to fill the team with athletes without the proper skill set. there are just so many factors that determine your divisions and team sizes that basing it off merely the amount of athletes you have sometimes does not work.