- Jan 31, 2011
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Taking deep breaths to keep from flipping you know what....I have a lot of issues with this.
1. part A: The Uniform Police. The half top rule is ridiculous. Especially for teams that were planning to get new unis this coming season and wear them for three years. Varsity and GK better get ready to put out a brand new catalog because we have to scrap all our designs. Not to mention, this forces Junior/Senior crossovers to buy two uni tops. There are some things I think need to be enforced (no competing in sports bras, short inseam length) to prevent future wardrobe malfunctions (Cough Cough Top Gun Worlds....), but I don't really see why they give a hoot. It's no different than a bathing suit. And why is it ok for them to practice in a sports bra and hot pants at the gym and then go to _________ (fill in the blank, the grocery store, out to dinner, etc. etc) but not to wear a half top uniform>
part B: WHO'S GOING TO POLICE this RIDICULOUS cover up rule? Competitions barely have enough staff on hand as it is to keep people from stunting in the halls and following the actual safety rules, do we actually expect them to have Tee Shirt Cover Up Police? SERIOUSLY??!?!?!?!!! We can do that, but we can't get uniformly certified judges? Yep, USASF def has it's priorities straight.
2. Tumbling restrictions: Because All-star is a growing sport, for while, we didn't have a large base of young children (11 and below) who had/were working advanced tumbling passes. But, now we do. Kids who come into this sport at 5 or 6 and progress a skill level a year could realistically be expecting to be working fulls by the time they're ten or eleven. There's and 8 year old in our program now who's making great progress on a full. And unlike gymnastics, there's no other apparatus to slow them down. But they still have a potential of 8 years left in Allstars, more then that if they cheer IOC in college. What are they supposed to work for? Kids will eventually get bored and move on to other activities if we can't give them goals to work towards.
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On the other hand, I agree with both the age changes. I don't think 14 year olds have any place on a team with 21 year olds. It's inappropriate and can go creepy pretty fast. Same goes for children younger then 10 on Senior teams. They have no business hanging around with 18, possibly 19 year olds.
1. part A: The Uniform Police. The half top rule is ridiculous. Especially for teams that were planning to get new unis this coming season and wear them for three years. Varsity and GK better get ready to put out a brand new catalog because we have to scrap all our designs. Not to mention, this forces Junior/Senior crossovers to buy two uni tops. There are some things I think need to be enforced (no competing in sports bras, short inseam length) to prevent future wardrobe malfunctions (Cough Cough Top Gun Worlds....), but I don't really see why they give a hoot. It's no different than a bathing suit. And why is it ok for them to practice in a sports bra and hot pants at the gym and then go to _________ (fill in the blank, the grocery store, out to dinner, etc. etc) but not to wear a half top uniform>
part B: WHO'S GOING TO POLICE this RIDICULOUS cover up rule? Competitions barely have enough staff on hand as it is to keep people from stunting in the halls and following the actual safety rules, do we actually expect them to have Tee Shirt Cover Up Police? SERIOUSLY??!?!?!?!!! We can do that, but we can't get uniformly certified judges? Yep, USASF def has it's priorities straight.
2. Tumbling restrictions: Because All-star is a growing sport, for while, we didn't have a large base of young children (11 and below) who had/were working advanced tumbling passes. But, now we do. Kids who come into this sport at 5 or 6 and progress a skill level a year could realistically be expecting to be working fulls by the time they're ten or eleven. There's and 8 year old in our program now who's making great progress on a full. And unlike gymnastics, there's no other apparatus to slow them down. But they still have a potential of 8 years left in Allstars, more then that if they cheer IOC in college. What are they supposed to work for? Kids will eventually get bored and move on to other activities if we can't give them goals to work towards.
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On the other hand, I agree with both the age changes. I don't think 14 year olds have any place on a team with 21 year olds. It's inappropriate and can go creepy pretty fast. Same goes for children younger then 10 on Senior teams. They have no business hanging around with 18, possibly 19 year olds.