All-Star Fierce Photos 2014-2015

[TealShades]

THIS. Nothing worse than someone showing up with a texas sized allstar poof to a game where everyone has a very collegiate hairstyle going on.

Hey hey now don't tell on your sisters

 

[Megs]

Unless the hair is so short that it can't even be slicked back w/ gel and put into enough of a bun to attach a fake pony too, pretty much any hair can me made to look uniform w/ a fake ponytail hair piece - and if there are streaks of a crazy color those can be covered up too (fake ponytail will get the long piece and a spray or rinse can cover the part close to the head that goes into the bun.

I liken it to how some people have to cover up tattoos when they go to work.

If it were an extremely selective Worlds or college team, I'm sure very few would give their coaches a hard time about following appearance rules - even if it meant something like not being allowed to put a purple steak in their hair or keep their hair at least long enough to fit in a bun - but I know reality is that most programs wouldn't want to lose an athlete over something like hair or tattoes.

I agree w/ a team looking uniform to an extent, but I don't agree that the girls should have to wear fake pony tails if they don't want to. I think it looks just fine when girls with short hair go half up half down. I also don't think it matters if there are streaks of color.. people color their hair all the time and I can understand if someones hair is like completely blue or something, but just a few streaks or highlights shouldn't be a concern. I don't like crazy high poofs and I think that a team should all have the same size poofs, but I don't think it should go much further than that for kids, IMO.

 

[oncecoolcoachnowmom]

THIS. Nothing worse than someone showing up with a texas sized allstar poof to a game where everyone has a very collegiate hairstyle going on.

Most of them know better but every year there is at least one who shows up to do something like our youth clinic with hair straight out of Spirit of Texas (not thinking that the regular hair rules apply.)

If you want to stand out, you better good.

I tell kids this all the time re: cutting hair into a bob. Every now and then, I get a wave of kids wanting to cut bobs. There are coaches out there who will discourage kids (or outright forbid them) from cutting hair. I don't. I don't care if you want to be a "headband girl" with a bob but I always tell them (mostly jokingly) to make sure your stunt is solid if you're planning to be (for example) the flyer with the short blonde bob with pink streaks!

 

[omgitssydthekid]

In high school, our coach made several girls dye their hair after they came to practice with unnatural colored streaks in it: they were told that if they wanted to stay on the team, it had to go. Also, I had a bob during high school and we were required to wear a ponytail. Nobody was allowed to wear their hair half up half down. It was a pain, but it is possible.
But my senior year, my (all star) team would put temporary blue streaks in our hair for competitions. However, since the whole team did it nobody really stood out because of it.

I like when everyone looks uniform. Which is why all three of my teams do straight back straight ponytails.


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[nicolee]

Maybe it's just latent memories from my school uniform days, but I've always felt that haircuts on teams should be fairly conservative. Not just for uniformity but for safety too. There was a girl on SE back in 2011-ish (not MG) who had bangs that completely covered one eye, and I always wondered how her coaches allowed a haircut that could get in her eyes or prevent her from seeing properly...

We were sent home from school with letters to our parents if our hair wasn't tied fully back. A half-up-half-down was only allowed if hair didn't touch the tops of your shoulders. No non-natural colors. No ribbons or scrunchies that didn't match our uniform. No bangs that went below the eyebrows.

 

[GForce]

In high school, our coach made several girls dye their hair after they came to practice with unnatural colored streaks in it: they were told that if they wanted to stay on the team, it had to go. Also, I had a bob during high school and we were required to wear a ponytail. Nobody was allowed to wear their hair half up half down. It was a pain, but it is possible.
But my senior year, my (all star) team would put temporary blue streaks in our hair for competitions. However, since the whole team did it nobody really stood out because of it.

I like when everyone looks uniform. Which is why all three of my teams do straight back straight ponytails.


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One year in HS, this girl put red, blue and purple streaks like just in her bangs and under parts of her hair. We BEGGED my coach to ask her to get rid of it for nationals cuz it didn't look good at all (home done job...looked bad and not just because of the color choices) but she would do it

 

[notyourcheermom]

New hair rules from USASF for next year.

http://usasfrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/USASF-Hair-Height-15-16-Rev-5-20-14.pdf

"An individual will not be permitted to have hair more the 1 inch higher than their bow (Exception: An athlete from one gym may have little bows and if smaller than the average bow, may go 2 inches provided she meets the bow requirements coming out in the next rule vote). For the 2015-16 season, an all-star cheerleader is limited to only one can of hairspray and one set of extensions per performance, which the USASF will measure and if not followed, deduction of one point per additional ounce of hairspray used or one point per extra inch of extension, whichever is greater. An event producer may choose to be more restrictive than the rules above causing more confusion or may choose to not follow any rules at all. In that case, none of this matters AT ALL and they can do what they want (as always). The higher the hair does not make you closer to God and even He can't help you with a dismal performance. You may have better luck not worrying about ginormous hair, get in that gym and sweat those weaves out."

I was scared for a second, we use almost a can of hairspray each time, but we curl with sponge rollers and I saturate each section of hair entirely with hairspray and comb through it before rolling. My Paul Mitchell The School Future Stylist daughter has a fit every time and says I am ruining CP's hair. Her curls hold, though. No need for her to walk around comp with her curlers in, those curls will hold to next week if they need to. I reroll them and slap more hairspray on them and take them back out morning of day 2. I personally still like the pouf because the bows don't look like frisbees on folks' heads.

 

[AllstarObsession]

New hair rules from USASF for next year.

http://usasfrules.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/USASF-Hair-Height-15-16-Rev-5-20-14.pdf
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So I followed the link and spent maybe 10 minutes trying to find the rule on the usasf website.

 

[cupieqt]

Haha @Tator tots wins

And now, some fierce photos. One of those cool angles you never see from the side...

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[chyeeaaa69]

This thread now proving why I don't like to come on this website anymore. Let. It. Go.

 

[SLM]

I was scared for a second, we use almost a can of hairspray each time, but we curl with sponge rollers and I saturate each section of hair entirely with hairspray and comb through it before rolling. My Paul Mitchell The School Future Stylist daughter has a fit every time and says I am ruining CP's hair. Her curls hold, though. No need for her to walk around comp with her curlers in, those curls will hold to next week if they need to. I reroll them and slap more hairspray on them and take them back out morning of day 2. I personally still like the pouf because the bows don't look like frisbees on folks' heads.

You can use a setting lotion like Lotta Body (found at Sally's) or Motions foaming wrap (found in the ethnic hair section of drugstores) instead of the hairspray. curls actually last longer and it's way way less damaging. Ask your future stylist daughter, it's just like creating a wet set but only in the pony. For day two at night just slightly dampen them and reroll. I used to do the hairspray thing too but this is so much less damaging.

 

[Cheermom1969]

That's an interesting point - same deal w/ the Smoed twin bobs, that girl on Smoed now who used to be on SSX w/ the bright red hair, etc. I honestly think all these things are attempts at standing out so the person can get one step closer to cheerlebrity-ness - so that they can be known as "that girl on <insert team name here> with the <insert special style here> hair" even if it is just among the regional area's cheer scene and not nationally. Then you also got to wonder, did that headband make Maddie G a little more well known? What about the SMOED twins w/ their matching bobs - did it get them some more magazine covers? What's up w/ Angels blue hair now that she's on Smoed - why didn't she do that on Ray's?

I just often wonder if these girls would be doing these things to their hair if they didn't cheer and weren't on a mat trying to "stand out" from the rest of the group. I feel it kind of goes against the spirit of being a team - and it also can be distracting when watching a routine if your eye keeps being drawn to one person's hair.

However, before I get flamed, I just want to say this is really not a huge deal to me, just my observations/thoughts - I'm not a "blue hair hater" or a "bob hairstyle hater" - lol. I'm just pro-uniformity when it comes to hair and makeup on cheer squads. It's supposed to be a team sport where everyone is equal, but there seems to be a trend towards "being the star" nowadays and this hair thing is just a tiny little piece of it I've picked up on.

I'm pretty sure Angel would stand out no matter what color, style, cut she had.

 

[2cheer1here]

This thread now proving why I don't like to come on this website anymore. Let. It. Go.

Just don't start singing the song and we are good.

 

[Cheerleader of the Castle]

Just don't start singing the song and we are good.

Let it gooooo
Let it gooooo
Can't read it anymore!

Let it gooooo
Let it gooooo
Close the app and lock your phoooooneeeee

I don't care what your going to saaaaaaaayyy
Let the comments rage ooooooooon

This thread never bothered me anyway!


(On a serious note <tehehehehe note get it?! No? Ok> there are some pretty epic shots in here!)

Ps it's like 1am where I live so please don't kill me for the very bad let it go interpretation

 

[Cheermom1969]

This thread now proving why I don't like to come on this website anymore. Let. It. Go.

Well it makes it easier for me to hide from the Beygency when you're not around...