More Classes Versus Privates?

Don't take this the wrong way but u said " I" would like her to get back on a team and "I " want it quick and fast. Does she want it too?
If so there's no shortcut to learning and doing skills. Just a lot of hard work and practice!
Good luck!


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Oh my gosh, yes!! Lol She wants it so bad. I want to get her back in again because she wants to so much. So which would you recommend? More privates, or more classes. They have team try outs at our local gym I think in April...

I would look at the class you're thinking of enrolling her in. See if she can do a trial before you make a commitment. See how many kids are in it, how long they need to wait before it is their turn for a tumbling pass, how attentive the coach is, etc. If it's overcrowded, she probably will get less out of it than a private.

My feeling was always a class and a private each week if I could swing it (and if she could with her schedule). Some kids get a lot out of open gyms too, but mine never did.

I think it depends on her! I know a lot of people that get more out of a fast paced class where they can almost be driven by the pressure of having others in the class whereas I always did better in a private setting where it was more personalized to the exact conditioning and drills I needed

I think a lot depends on the kid, but I would caution you about looking for the fastest route. Fastest isn't always best, and I have watched many parents learn that lesson the hard way. Proper progression and solid foundations in skills before progression are vastly more important to the long term success of an athlete. When athletes and parents look for rapid results at the expense of skill progression, it often leads to injury, mental block, or stalled progression. I have learned the hard way that just because a kid can throw a ROBHS doesn't mean they should be working tucks, etc. If the quality of the foundation skills isn't there, progressing is setting a kid up for eventual failure. There will come a point where the kid can no longer push past low quality basic skills.


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I find that my CP does best with 1 tumbling class per week and then one 1 hour private per week. She needs to be around kids with the same tumbling that she does. But she also needs to have 1:1 attention. Tumbling does not come easy for her.

I should add that if I was in your situation, I would start off for at least a month of just 1 tumbling class. Ease her back into it. She will be working muscles that she has not used in quite some time and she will more than likely be sore as she starts working on conditioning and muscle memory.

Plus you don't want to worry about a quick burn-out from too much time at the gym or frustration because she isn't where she wants to be in tumbling right now.

Good luck to your daughter!

Also do strengthening stuff at home, ask coach what would help her. Sometimes the little stuff makes all the difference. If she doesn't have the strength for it.......


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Thank you, Everyone! I should mention the reason I want "fastest" is because tryouts are in April, I believe. Just want her to be up to speed and prepared for tryouts, not for any other reason. Thank you!

Kristin Sanchez said:

I should mention the reason I want "fastest" is because tryouts are in April, I believe.

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Oh.....then I think you should read this over and over...

cheer25mom said:

I think a lot depends on the kid, but I would caution you about looking for the fastest route. Fastest isn't always best, and I have watched many parents learn that lesson the hard way. Proper progression and solid foundations in skills before progression are vastly more important to the long term success of an athlete. When athletes and parents look for rapid results at the expense of skill progression, it often leads to injury, mental block, or stalled progression. I have learned the hard way that just because a kid can throw a ROBHS doesn't mean they should be working tucks, etc. If the quality of the foundation skills isn't there, progressing is setting a kid up for eventual failure. There will come a point where the kid can no longer push past low quality basic skills.

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The added pressure of tryouts combined with trying to rush proper foundation is a disaster in the making, regardless of tumbling classes vs. privates. And since that was your original question I would say whatever you can afford. If paying for privates is no problem for you then do that...I wouldn't be able to afford that approach but would imagine there is little downside to the one on one approach. If money is more of a consideration, just tumbling class or a combo would make sense.

Kristin Sanchez said:

Thank you, Everyone! I should mention the reason I want "fastest" is because tryouts are in April, I believe. Just want her to be up to speed and prepared for tryouts, not for any other reason. Thank you!

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What is her tumbling background and what are her current skills?

Some gyms offer cheer tryout classes to prepare individuals for school or competitive team tryouts. Those classes focus on tumbling, jumps, and motions.

I've also been trying to find the optimal balance between classes and privates. I think it depends on the class like @CheerBank said. In some classes my CP gets to spend a lot of time practicing the skill she's trying to get, in others not so much. We're going to start a 2nd tumbling class next week and we try to do a 30 min private as often as we can afford.

Our gym doesn't do open gyms which is a shame because that has benefitted her in the past and I liked the flexibility of it.

We also like tumbling clinics on days off from school.

Good luck!

My gym doesn't do privates OR open gym and it's perfectly fine to just take tumbling. However if you have the option to do privates, I'd say use it to the max.

Kristin Sanchez said:

Thank you, Everyone! I should mention the reason I want "fastest" is because tryouts are in April, I believe. Just want her to be up to speed and prepared for tryouts, not for any other reason. Thank you!

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Please consider. Fastest does not mean best. 1) she needs to start conditioning running, and core exercises 2) she needs to work on her flexibility - stretching 3) I would start with a private 1 time a week... there maybe things she will still have or she may progress through quickly. You don't want fast results you want your daughter to be a strong athlete with good strong technique on the appropriate team so she has a great year cheering and is placed appropriately especially at 12 when major body growth is happening. This is a marathon not a sprint and too push too fast especially at her age you are going to run a higher risk or overuse and injury. I have seen it very often and have had CPs with various injuries trust me I give this advice to help you and your CP in the long run. Help her get her body strong and her mind ready.