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THIS.IS.INSANE. That is all.

It doesn't seem to me like there's a move to get rid of D2, in fact, it seems just the opposite. A lot of the competitions we've been to this year have been split D1 and D2. That didn't seem to be the case in previous years - definitely not to this extent. Maybe they're trying to consolidate...

This seems totally insane IMO. 6-16 is way, way, way too wide of an age range. It also seems totally unnecessary. What does it accomplish? It doesn't seem like even small gyms would need to put a 6 and 16 year old on the same team. But maybe someone has some insight I don't as to the logic here?

If they are using different minimum ages per level, why not use different max ages per level as well? Perhaps something to the effect of : Junior 1-3 6-13 Junior 4 8-14 Junior 5 9-15

I'm pretty certain that if CP was told she had to sleep with curlformers in she'd have turned around and walked right out the door. She is not a fan of having anything in her hair. She loves cheer for the tumbling, dancing and stunting and she loves to perfom, but even at only 10 years old...

Yes, please someone get the coaches on board. I'm relatively new to this cheer mom gig, but I have spent a lot of time wondering why such a big deal is made of the hair and makeup bit. I'm not the most observant person in the world, but I've never once watched any team competing and said to...

That was the best part for me as well! She's all business strapping on her little backpack after they hit.

That was great! I am impressed with anyone who did any tumbling at all. Ever since I turned 40, it seems as though I can't do even so much as a forward roll without getting dizzy and requiring a long rest (not that I was ever able to do much of anything to begin with).

Without some overlap, small gyms would be SOL, but I definitely agree with the premise of keeping it around the same age ranges as school, maybe something like: Tinys (3-6) Minis (5-9) Youth (7 or 8 -12) Junior (10 or 11-15) Senior (14-18) That way you've got 1 or 2 years of overlap in each...

I like this idea, though in that case, it would be best to up the minimum ages as well. Mini 5-9, Youth 7-12 and Junior 10-15 or something like that. Because a team with 6 or 7 year olds and 13-15 year old on it would be a nightmare IMO.

Good luck to everyone who is competing this weekend or has a CP competing!

Maybe they could increase the bottom age for Youth as well? I don't know, it just seems unfair to the 12 year olds that they could ONLY be on a junior team, especially at a small gym that doesn't have such a broad range of teams/levels.

I actually didn't realize that until you mentioned it and yes, that does seem strange. It also seems like it could be problematic for smaller gyms who have a lot of 12 year olds (and very few 9-11 or 13 year olds). CPs gym would fall in to that category. Does anyone know if they are planning...

New here. With a relatively new CP. In my limited experience, they seem to be pretty common. My CP has one because it's just so much easier. I'm not sure why they can't just wear their hair as is (provided it is out of their faces). Does anyone actually look at the hair and say "if only they...

At least now, with post #3, I can actually post if I want.

Thinking about coming out of Lurkdom

This is my first post.