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WCSS has much less talent this season, so it was nice to see them mostly hit a routine with new personnel. No idea why they were at a competition where WC was basically the only gym present (it was only them & a couple very small D2 gyms according to the schedule). There are too many...

That girl is a fantastic tumbler and I commend her for pushing herself in a sport that restricts that amount of tumbling allowed, but she isn’t even close to doing a “quad”. It’s a 3.5 twist with a very poor landing that is a major knee injury waiting to happen. A quad is not a quad until it’s 4...

Jeff Webb is a billionaire because of Varsity? Cheerleaders can’t watch playback of their routines with sound even if they pay, but that guy is a billionaire. Okay.

All the way to the US for a camp? Such an unnecessary expense to try to make it look like they’re a part of Top Gun. How does anyone there afford the travel?

Agree, it’s really become ridiculous with everyone named the same thing in a competitive sport. If they’re all named Top Gun, who cares who wins? These takeovers often don’t do anything except slap a new name on the wall; it’s not like Victor Rosario is going to fly to England. And yet so many...

Yes, I should have worded it that way. I understand that NT has some benefits and some of the teams are good. But I’m wondering about it’s effect on regular Level 6. Are Moms just not signing up Suzy for tumbling privates anymore because they know Suzy has a substantially easier path to get to...

It seems like some gyms, even strong “powerhouse” ones, are beginning to field as many Non-Tumbling Level 6 teams as “regular” Level 6 teams. I’m wondering how many athletes on these NT teams legitimately cannot tumble/ refuse to participate in that aspect of competitive cheer. Or are athletes...

Lol it better be final, they can’t make drastic age grid changes last minute. Every gym is having their tryouts right now and selecting teams based on the new rules, and Open age athletes have already moved to where they can find an Open team, since it won’t be as easy to find one anymore.

Agree with this. The winner of Large Coed at Worlds is the best Large Coed team in the world, therefore a World Champion. All other countries are free to enter this division, but they cannot field a team in it, which doesn’t make the American winner any less “best in the world”. Yes...

I’ve really grown to like the XS divisions too, mainly because they have a good amount of competition. The divisions with just 3 or 4 teams in them where everyone globes (and acts like a World bronze medal is the biggest failure ever) feel sad in a way. TGLC is stacked with boys flying in from...

All these Woodlands Elites in different states when The Woodlands is in Texas and mostly only a recognizable name to Texans. Bizarre times. It just keeps getting worse. When a “Stingrays” opens down the road, YXZ Allstars D2 gym feels pressure to get a big name too. The name on the door means...

I guess there are pros and cons. I saw an Australian athlete accuse some of the Canadian teams of “hiding in Level 5” when they could really compete Level 6. Giving out Level 5 World titles might discourage non-US teams from pushing themselves to work towards Level 6. If you can get the same...

I’m happy for Aqua, but sad seeing people telling them “Finally”. A globe last season in their “real” division was a monumental accomplishment, but we’ve really adopted the mentality that until you’ve won Worlds, you’ve fallen short, as if EVERYONE good should be a World Champ. In what other...

Didn’t mean to direct my comment at you. People in general are saying “Stingrays flopped” for losing to tough competition and not winning one gold. Meanwhile others are becoming “World Champions” with much less. The excess number of divisions has made people less appreciative of globing/medaling...

Nope but I give Stingrays a lot of credit for not entering the NT divisions. They produce well-rounded teams and that to me is more important than winning every year. All these U18-NT & Level 5 divisions are a joke (sorry Canada). So many World Champions for routines that aren’t World Champion...

From all different locations, including a college team masquerading as an Allstar team for Worlds. Cheer is wild these days.

XS Coed one of the best and most hotly contested divisions. Contrast this to Top Gun looking like they barely cared they won in Intl Open Large Coed.

I’m sure it has to do with money, but I hate the Monday finish. Wish the competition would run Thu-Sun. All the International Level 5 and Non-Tumbling-whatever should go early in the week, and then the rest of the Finals should be Sat and Sun when most people aren’t distracted by work/school...

So Cheer Updates and others say Gymtyme Fever had a building bobble and a pyramid bobble. Yet they have 0 deductions. So who was right? They also mentioned a pyramid bobble for Twist & Shout Diamonds that wasn’t deducted for either. So what exactly is a “bobble” and who is right, Cheer Updates...

I totally understand why they call 1st first. They want to see the exhilaration of the winner more than the disappointment of the 2nd place team (as well as the 1st place team trying to hold in how excited they are). The 2nd place team “gets their moment” afterwards on the podium. When you just...