I was doing cheer and band over the summer. I had band camp and cheer practice on the same days. Yes they had many competitions on the same day so I quit cheer because I can always try out agian but marching band was a class.
That's frustrating. Sometimes (read: a lot of the time) parents have visions of their child being a specific kind of athlete; in your case, your dad envisions you and your brothers playing football. My guess is that seeing you cheer is shattering his dreams a bit.
It's very frustrating. My brother will plays a lot of sports and he's good at them but when I play something other than football or wrestling he won't support me. He urged me to do marching band and didn't come to a competition because my brother has a game and he can always see me on a Friday night. He will buy my brother gear for every sport but if I ask for new cheer shoes he says "that's not my problem."
I tried. I think the only way he would support me if I won worlds/summit/NCA/or state. And it's not just one brother it's all of them. Whenever we see his friends they ask if we play sports and he will stare at me trying to let me know to not tell them I cheer but I tell them anyway.
It's really nice to see such a positive article in the news about cheer. Most often when news outlets cover cheerleading the focus on the negative and completely ignore the athleticism of the athletes involved
I showed him and he said hes moth Herschel Walker. Then I told him well you are just gonna have to suck it and deal with it because you never even played football, basketball, or wrestled. You stayed on the sidelines and tried to see how many girlfriends you could have. Then he looked at my mom and my mom said "he's right you never support him. You pushed him to do marching band and never went to a game or competition." So he left.
Maybe he meant suck it up and deal with it?
No I meant suck it up and deal with it
He called and said he's proud that I'm sticking up for my sport. I was shocked that he said sport.
