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Dear USASF Coach and Owner Members:
We’re approaching the time of year that USASF posts an early release of the Cheer and Dance Rules and Age Grid and Membership Policies for the following season...
MDT Twisters is looking to field a Senior Open 5 team... Btw, F5 was originally a senior open 5 team way back in the day...
New season, new divisions! With tryouts quickly approaching, we are looking to field teams in some new divisions! All tryout info can be found at Try Outs with the...
Open 5 will give some 12 year olds the ability to be on a Worlds team... Here is why -
Those that turned 12 after August 31st but before January 1st will still be eligible for Worlds on the new Open 5 divisions next season because they will be 14 on or before December 31st 2019... Those kids...
A J5 outscored 25 level 5 teams including 17 of the Worlds teams at CDE Mid Atlantic in Richmond last weekend. My point is again if they change Worlds age to 14, the Worlds division will become a joke and J5 will dominate. The most skilled and motivated athletes will spend up to 5 years or so on...
Also note, there is also a discussion to bring J5s back to Worlds with the same people making the decision to increase the Worlds age. The J5s that were at summit last season were all better than most all of the at large Worlds teams. If this happens gyms will all end up with better J5 teams...
One thing to note, if there isn't consistency in how cheer age is determined and Worlds age increases to the goal of 14 but international stays the same, an athlete will be eligible for international before Worlds..
The athletes with birthdays after August 31st and plan on cheering in college will end up with one less year of Worlds... The following year they plan on changing Worlds age to the ultimate goal of 14... My daughter has been on J5/Y5 for 3 years and her 13 the birthday is December 22. With this...
The J5 teams at Summit last year were better than mostly all of the at large Worlds teams... What will actually happen is gyms will end up with better looking J5 teams than their Worlds teams. Worlds teams will become a joke. Have you seen most college cheer teams?