- Apr 8, 2011
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husband and I notice that CP has had a growth spurt this last year . She use to be the short one, but she is now either the same hight or even taller then most of her friends . She has even noticed it at school . She'll be ten this summer and we've also noticed her body changing shape, not fat, start of puberty basically and body changes. She always flown , never based , I've told her this may not always happen .
statistically, it may happen solely because there are three girls on the ground for every one in the air. learning all parts of a stunt group never hurt anyone (some even learn that they love basing/backspotting more than flying.) but this also doesn't mean she won't fly ever again. each year a teams' dynamic changes and if you have 6 girls of the same ability and only need 5 the "bigger" one may have to base. sometimes the "bigger" girl is an awesome flyer and the smaller girl is a beast base. you never know.
i'd also like to add in that when i was younger, i was a pipsqueak and automatic flyer. then i hit my growth spurt and quickly became the tallest on the team so i learned to backspot. except a year or two later, everyone else started having their own growth spurts and i was back to being small, so they put me back in the air. my final year of cheer i both flew and backspotted in the routine, so i am glad i learned at a younger age and lower level. you never know when you'll need those skills. the more well-rounded, the better.