All-Star Anyone Else Notice Alot Of 12 Year Old Flyers On The Floor?

[soFIERCE08]

Well if a twelve year old is good, then they should be on a senior team.

then if a 5 year old is good, they should be a senior 4 team?

 

[King]

then if a 5 year old is good, they should be a senior 4 team?

Livi is on Stingrays alternate list in case the rule changes for 5 months and up.

 

[BubbleToes]

Livi is on Stingrays alternate list in case the rule changes for 5 months and up.

Here she is in action at the football game....practicing her kick double, just in case!!!

 

[tgfam]

Here she is in action at the football game....practicing her kick double, just in case!!!

hahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Nice pointed toes!!!

 

[cpsmom]

I really hope one day the rules are you must be on the team your age falls into. Like no 10yr olds on junior teams no 12 yr olds on seniors teams ect.. if your a junior age compete junior age , and only 16 and up on senior teams. (wishfull thinking I guess)

But what about smaller gyms? My daughter is 10 and at her gym if that were the rule she'd be forced to be on a Youth 1 with:
standing back
jumps to BHS tuck
standing 2,3 to tuck
standing BHS step out RO2BHS to tuck
just about every running specialty through to tuck and working ROBHSLO

I hear you with there being rules for senior teams...I myself hate seeing 10 year olds on them but if the kid has the skills and there isn't another team for them where do they go?

 

[yourfavoritebackspot]

for your situation there are many gyms with youth level 4 teams, where as it is soo hard to find a junior team that has true junior age girls13,14,15 , I guess i look at it like just because I can drive my moms car and know how to now, doesnt mean the state should allow me to.

But what about smaller gyms? My daughter is 10 and at her gym if that were the rule she'd be forced to be on a Youth 1 with:
standing back
jumps to BHS tuck
standing 2,3 to tuck
standing BHS step out RO2BHS to tuck
just about every running specialty through to tuck and working ROBHSLO

I hear you with there being rules for senior teams...I myself hate seeing 10 year olds on them but if the kid has the skills and there isn't another team for them where do they go?

 

[ctgatormom]

It might be unpopular but maybe not having age grids that overlap and kids having to stay within that age group until they age out would be a solution.

 

[yourfavoritebackspot]

It might be unpopular but maybe not having age grids that overlap and kids having to stay within that age group until they age out would be a solution.

YES I AGREE!!! I think it would really help with defining who is the best of each level in each age group..

 

[MissCongeniality]

for your situation there are many gyms with youth level 4 teams, where as it is soo hard to find a junior team that has true junior age girls13,14,15 , I guess i look at it like just because I can drive my moms car and know how to now, doesnt mean the state should allow me to.

I know where we live there isn't a junior 4, much less a youth 4, within about 300 miles (if that even)

 

[cpsmom]

for your situation there are many gyms with youth level 4 teams, where as it is soo hard to find a junior team that has true junior age girls13,14,15 , I guess i look at it like just because I can drive my moms car and know how to now, doesnt mean the state should allow me to.

Not sure where you live LOL but where we are there is not another gym within at least 60 miles that has a youth level 4 team....

 

[yourfavoritebackspot]

Not sure where you live LOL but where we are there is not another gym within at least 60 miles that has a youth level 4 team....

oh sorry thats a bummer, i guess im lucky my mom drives me a hr and 20 minutes to my gym

 

[CAMOM98]

Here she is in action at the football game....practicing her kick double, just in case!!!

Kingston, I do believe Livi has started a new uniform trend for 12 and under ...

 

[cpsmom]

oh sorry thats a bummer, i guess im lucky my mom drives me a hr and 20 minutes to my gym

You're very lucky...my CP, not so much LOL! I would never drive that far. With other kids that have activities, it's just not an option.

 

[srt418]

Warning, this is going to be very blunt and to the point! Please read the whole post, I do get nice at the end.
Ok, after reading through this entire thread. Here is all I have to say to you people that keep defending the "peanuts:"
- This thread is focusing on Senior level 5 worlds eligible divisions. Therefore, your daughter who is on senior 4, but would really be on Junior 3 with the new age grid at your gym is not on topic! If your daughter is on senior 4, then she would stay on senior 4 even with the new age grid!!
- The young ones that are fierce, talented, flexible, amazing, have super fierce hair flips, deserve to be on the team (right now, with the 12 yr old age grid) simply because they are great. However, if the age grid changes, then their fierce hair whips will have to wait until they are 14. As far as I'm concerned, if your daughter is that good, has that much drive, but is not 14 for you gym's senior worlds division, she will still be that good, if not better when she is 14!
- Many other sports have strict age restrictions for a reason. I cheered on a senior team that had an 11yr old (years ago, it was still legal). It was a disaster! Almost every practice she left crying because "someone was mean to her." 12 years old isn't much different. If your daughter is mature enough to where she doesn't leave crying the majority of the time, great! You are lucky and so are her teammates!!!!!

Long story short, as of right now, I love flyers that deserve to be on the team simply because they are good in all the sections of the score sheet. Not just good because they know how to stay up in the air because they weigh 60 lbs. Yes, visually, it looks funny. However, if a flyer has body control, flexibility, is tight, and has all the other skill requirements to be on that team in other divisions of the score sheet, then I'm her biggest fan.

 

[CGAcheer]

It might be unpopular but maybe not having age grids that overlap and kids having to stay within that age group until they age out would be a solution.

That would be terrible!!! If you don't have enough kids to make at least 2 teams in each age range you'll have kids with no skills on level 5 teams or kids with doubles on level 1 teams, just because they are stuck with their age.