Kingston, we had I think 20/21 on last year's team. There were 8 under 17; 12/13 over 18. Neither conducive to a successfully competing team.
Andre: It really is a judging issue when a judge writes "your team would do great in a lower level" when the reason we were in the international open...
Hi Kingston! The international open division gave me an opportunity to put an older team on the floor. As I stated, I started with 3 teams, woops, make that 4... tiny, mini, youth and the international open team. Once other cheerleaders in our area saw that we actually had kids in our...
Yes. The International Open division as I understand it started because the "International" teams (outside of the US) were having difficulty fielding full teams in the Senior/Open divisions (Senior 18/under age groups and Open 17/up age groups). They needed to use different ages that ranged from...
Kingston; I always enjoy your posts. However, I am not completely understanding your view about the international open teams. Our organization started with 3 teams; including an international open team. We needed to do that because we had a mix of 14/u but not enough for a senior team and...
By the way, say you restrict companies from calling their events Nationals by requiring them to have a certain number of teams, well then, you may find your cost of attending the NATIONALS going way up due to the fact that those companies will now have a monopoly.
Having been an "event producer", competitions are a lot more expensive to than you think if you want to do it right. People in the cheer world know what events are "real" and which are not. I can say I was grand champion all I want but if my team is the only one in the division, than really...
ACE Dad, I do agree that USASF has brought so many improvements to the sports, especially cohesiveness. I have repeatedly criticized the credentialing program which has brought NO response, so I have serious concerns with regards to if they truly care as much as they profess. Perhaps you have...
How about this crazy idea....USASF Level tests that match the current rules and are also spell checked, along with appropriate punctuation? Seriously, the "leaders" in the cheer world should spend a few dollars on correcting the certification process. And by the way, if there are any insiders...