All-Star Usasf Major Changes

[quitthedrama]

Between this and the senior rule, I think they just made youth SO competitive... I mean, obviously the 10+ youth 2 teams already at every competition don't make it hard enough... Yikes.

You will have several teams with athletes crossing over on a Worlds team and on a youth 2 or 3 team...as much as I disagree with the tumbling rule changes, I feel this is the most ridiculous rule USASF made. They just made crossover issues even more detrimental to the sport. Kudos USASF:banghead:

 

[Esquenazi<3]

i hope this is all just an april fools day joke for the cheer world... but its NOT funny!!!
next thing you know teams are going to be winning worlds with round offs!!

 

[gymnastguy]

Does anyone know if the new maximized tumbling score of half plus one applies to All Levels or only level 5.

 

[CoachTamara]

You will have several teams with athletes crossing over on a Worlds team and on a youth 2 or 3 team...as much as I disagree with the tumbling rule changes, I feel this is the most ridiculous rule USASF made. They just made crossover issues even more detrimental to the sport. Kudos USASF:banghead:

I almost understand the other rules, or at least the thought process behind them, but this one is so out of the blue to me... I was hoping for tiny to go to 6 and under, or even a mini change to 9 and under, but youth? Youth is already so competitive across the board, I just can't see any real reason for this.

 

[HotcheerJazmine]

The only people who can stop this is us - please let your voice be heard! Send emails to USASF write letters, anything! I don't want the hard work of countless athletes including myself to go to waste.

YES!!!!!!!!!

 

[ssccxnce]

another thing that i feel like i need to add about the uniforms is arent they supposed to be something that unites a gym unites a team? are they not supposed to be something we as athletes are proud of? having the governing body telling us that they are something would should be ashamed of makes me ill, its not when we put on the uniform we are begging for people to stare at our body, if people better understood our sport they would understand that we have the half tops because they look cleaner, they arent as restrictive, and they keep us cooler when we compete, and if that is something the media does not understand, so be it i really dont care, i fell in love with cheerleading when i was in grade seven the makeup, the bows, the hair, the uniforms seeing them on the floor is like looking a at a Broadway set (stay with me here) they tie the 'scenes' together, they create that unity that spirit that there is something amazing going on, now im not going to sit here and say "cheerleadings makeup and blah blah blah makes the sport" cause well it doesnt BUT it helps me express myself, it has always helped me feel confident on the mat and given me stage presence that i felt that i lacked, and now having to make sure that im not stepping out of bounds like that is going to make for a lot of nerve-wracked kids the same thing goes for the boys and the issue of theatrics it is scary enough going out on the mat sometimes and now a lot of males are going to worry about whats going to happen if they act a certain way, and focus more on what not to do then focus on what they need to do, isnt there a higher threat in injury there?

sorry if this all seems silly to everybody but its how i feel personally and i think a lot of people were stripped of their individuality with these rulings.

 

[HotcheerJazmine]

I think the USASF, woke up one morning, and decided to ruin lives ..

 

[WCMAN]

I get it now. This was their way to unit the sport. Now all star, rec. , and pop warmer can compete against each other.

 

[WCMAN]

Another strange move was to leave senior worlds teams at 12 years old and than out of nowhere they raised youth by a year. Did they tape this meeting it would be hysterical to watch.

 

[Just-a-Mom]

OMG can someone delete my post from like page 2 of this thread??? Or at least change it to say I'm aware that I was wrong. jeez...I've been corrected at least 15 times. I'M AWARE THAT THE UNIFORM THING DOESN'T GO INTO EFFECT THIS SEASON. NO MORE NEED TO TELL ME.

 

[Ashley]

Will someone please explain to me how glitter/makeup/rhinestones/fake-eyelashes are negative aspects of cheerleading.... please.... ITS JUST FREAKING MAKEUP. THESE RULES ARE ABSURD.

Because if we want to be taken seriously as a sport, we can't be dressing like Vegas showgirls. I wish I could find the (ESPN? Sports Illustrated?) article that followed around some of the little ones from CEA I think? It focused on the 8 year olds in crop tops and crazy hair and makeup. We were so mad at how they represented cheerleading, not focusing on the athleticism, but focusing on the dress and facials instead, but really we brought it on ourselves.

A few notes on the things I've picked up over the 50 or so pages I've read:

No one is going to measure uniforms at competitions with a ruler. It's a guideline for gym owners and uniform companies when designing uniforms. Obviously girls with really long torsos are going to have much more of their stomach showing. NCA College implemented some of these rules a few years ago and they still have crop tops, they just no longer have skirts that are 6" long that barely cover bums - something we've all complained about.

Maybe the senior only in crop tops doesn't bother me as much because my gym already does it, but it's not about the individuals, it's about the team as a whole. One 10 year old in a crop top on a senior team and one 14 year old with a full top on a junior team is different than a team of 10 year olds on a youth team wearing crop tops. Stop looking at how this affects an individual and look instead at how this portrays the sport as a whole.

It's also not that hard to stay quiet and silently celebrating for the 30 seconds it takes to announce the 1st place team after the second. I can show you videos of teams winning big competitions doing just that very well. You hold your teammates hand and bounce on your butt, freaking out in silence. You don't have to jump up and down screaming while the second place team gets their award.

The etiquette guidelines don't bother me that much - if they were released separately from the rules. As it stands now, they seems too much like rules that can't be enforced. If the USASF released it in, say, November, and said "Hey everyone, let's remember good etiquette and behavior this competition season" it wouldn't be an issue. There's no way to enforce a team wearing a t-shirt until they go to warmups, and you can't really tell athletes they have to be comp ready when they show up. I'm on an open team, we usually compete at like 8PM. I'm not doing my hair and makeup to sit in the car for 2 hours driving to the competition, arriving 4 or 5 hours early to chear on some of our younger teams. It's not happening, especially when check out time at hotels is noon on sunday and I don't compete until 8. Not all gyms have warmups, but gyms should be pushing their athletes to not look like slobs at competitions. Wear a gym t-shirt and yoga pants, not hot pink sweatpants or pajama pants, etc.

 

[WORKxB4xUxREIGN]

What I find funny is the fact that the Event Producers have gathered statistics from their own competitions regarding injuries. Was it ever taken into consideration that the injury may have been caused by the conditions of THEIR competition? I've been to my fair share of events to witness below standard warmup and performance areas. I also feel another issue has become how long is too long to wait to perform once you have stretched and warmed up? But then again I guess that would be too much like stepping up and being held accountable for the responsibilities you took on years ago as an event producer!!!

 

[allstarmama]

Did anyone else find it disturbing where it stated males should be less theatrical and exagerated?!? In a sport with kids always being bullied and everyone saying just be yoursrlf now the heads of the industry are telling ppl, males sprcifically not to be themselves. Way to represent ... NOT

Really curious if this tidbit has been forwarded to the ACLU......it's got lawsuit written ALL over it!

 

[xtremeteal4life]

Because if we want to be taken seriously as a sport, we can't be dressing like Vegas showgirls. I wish I could find the (ESPN? Sports Illustrated?) article that followed around some of the little ones from CEA I think? It focused on the 8 year olds in crop tops and crazy hair and makeup. We were so mad at how they represented cheerleading, not focusing on the athleticism, but focusing on the dress and facials instead, but really we brought it on ourselves.

A few notes on the things I've picked up over the 50 or so pages I've read:

No one is going to measure uniforms at competitions with a ruler. It's a guideline for gym owners and uniform companies when designing uniforms. Obviously girls with really long torsos are going to have much more of their stomach showing. NCA College implemented some of these rules a few years ago and they still have crop tops, they just no longer have skirts that are 6" long that barely cover bums - something we've all complained about.

Maybe the senior only in crop tops doesn't bother me as much because my gym already does it, but it's not about the individuals, it's about the team as a whole. One 10 year old in a crop top on a senior team and one 14 year old with a full top on a junior team is different than a team of 10 year olds on a youth team wearing crop tops. Stop looking at how this affects an individual and look instead at how this portrays the sport as a whole.

It's also not that hard to stay quiet and silently celebrating for the 30 seconds it takes to announce the 1st place team after the second. I can show you videos of teams winning big competitions doing just that very well. You hold your teammates hand and bounce on your butt, freaking out in silence. You don't have to jump up and down screaming while the second place team gets their award.

The etiquette guidelines don't bother me that much - if they were released separately from the rules. As it stands now, they seems too much like rules that can't be enforced. If the USASF released it in, say, November, and said "Hey everyone, let's remember good etiquette and behavior this competition season" it wouldn't be an issue. There's no way to enforce a team wearing a t-shirt until they go to warmups, and you can't really tell athletes they have to be comp ready when they show up. I'm on an open team, we usually compete at like 8PM. I'm not doing my hair and makeup to sit in the car for 2 hours driving to the competition, arriving 4 or 5 hours early to chear on some of our younger teams. It's not happening, especially when check out time at hotels is noon on sunday and I don't compete until 8. Not all gyms have warmups, but gyms should be pushing their athletes to not look like slobs at competitions. Wear a gym t-shirt and yoga pants, not hot pink sweatpants or pajama pants, etc.

And I suppose their guidelines about boys acting too gay sits well you? The fact that they would even mention something to that effect w/all of the things going on in cheerleading world pertaining to gays committing suicide and needing more boys in the sport just totally lost any bit of credibility with me they may have had. Not to mention most boys love the tumbling aspect of cheer the most

 

[ssccxnce]

heres my solution...

Basically, Bear Creek was a high school cheerleading team that was competing were the only team that entered level five high school division but the judges told them to drop down to have competition or compete and not win a title so half way through the routine the girls just walked off the mat in protest... heres a video