All-Star What Is Your Cost?

[yourfavoritebackspot]

About 3,000 for small gym not including travel. Just about everything but travel, shoes, uni, and warm ups are broken into payments ($255/mo x 10.5 months) and she is receiving 8 hours/week of instruction. The tryout fee was $40 but included either one or both evaluation 2 hour clinics. We have 6 comps but King of the Jungle and BATB will be the only 2 needing a hotel. I have also wondered about the cost of other gyms so thanks for this thread, I would say your gym is right on.

6 comps ? Is that all, thats alot of $$$ for only 6 competitions

 

[CrossoverMom]

It's $190 + $40 for crossover + $25 for extra tumbling class. That's for make up, classes, camps, bows, practice wear, comp fees, other fees, and music. I should have put that in there.

 

[xomckenzieee]

Cheer is definitely on the higher end of the expensive sport spectrum. I work for the PITT hockey team and deal with a lot of their expenses and after calculating it out per athlete minus travel, it's about $3300... plus anything extra they want to buy, aka custom pads, helmets, etc. I used to pay about 2800 for a smaller gym in NY but I haven't cheered in two years so I'm sure that price is different now but when you start comparing it... cheerleading is pricey.

 

[SarahS]

$65 per month (the tiny team has a reduced fee, other teams pay more), music/choreo/registration/insurance/comp fees for 5 comps was about $650-$700... So for 10 months it's less than $1500. Uniforms were $250, practice wear was just a team shirt and sports bra (about $30 total), warm ups were $50.

ETA - smallish (125-150 athletes), two spring floors, tumbl trak, tumble strip, teams always have the floor to themselves except if extra practices are called right before comp.

 

[SheCheers]

Medium sized gym. Apprx $3100 not including uni or travel. And this season we have 5 out of town competitions. We get new unis every 2-3 years and they run around $300. Also they periodically get new warm ups (mandatory) and those are usually around $200.

 

[TheVipersMom]

In addition to SheCheers this is a break down of those costs!!!!

Tuition $150 a month x 12 = $1800 (2 two hour practices, and a 1 hour tumbling class) - the tumbling class is only included during school year!


Competition fees $966 (for 10 competitions)
Choreo $ 300
Practice wear $ 175


Mandatory if you don't already have:
Uniform $300
Bra $ 25 (if needed per athlete )
Bow $ 10
Make-up $ 40 (it was estimated at $15 but with stickers when we purchased came out higher)
Shoes $ 70
Warm-ups $200?


Totals $3886



If your kid is a flyer like mine (& SheCheers) it's $50 a month extra so add $600 for stretch class.

5 of our competitions are travel and stay comps so that's hotels, food, and gas not included.

I know there was a registration or sign up fee but don't remember amount,

We also purchased optional bag I believe it was $30!

Hope this helps!!!!

 

[AlwaysLearning]

We are a med size gym (I guess). Probably around 150 athletes.

$3500 Total team fees, tuition, choreo
$350-400 for uniform & shoes if needed
$2000 tumble, flight, flex classes for 12 months (cp takes 2 tumble classes per week)

7 comps this year (3 out of state that require hotels). One of those will require a flight or long drive (which I don't do).

So just under $4000 to cheer at the minimum without classes or travel expenses. I will not add in my gas since the gym is 40 min away and I like my world of denial too. This was enough for me.

Oh, and the hubby will NOT be seeing this post. EVER.

 

[ponderblue22]

We are a med size gym (I guess). Probably around 150 athletes.

$3500 Total team fees, tuition, choreo
$350-400 for uniform & shoes if needed
$2000 tumble, flight, flex classes for 12 months (cp takes 2 tumble classes per week)

7 comps this year (3 out of state that require hotels). One of those will require a flight or long drive (which I don't do).

So just under $4000 to cheer at the minimum without classes or travel expenses. I will not add in my gas since the gym is 40 min away and I like my world of denial too. This was enough for me.

Oh, and the hubby will NOT be seeing this post. EVER.

 

[ponderblue22]

We have to add $60, average, in gas per practice, but it is what our kids love. Been in for about 10 years, my husband turned a blind eye in the first year,lol!

 

[Ashley]

We have to add $60, average, in gas per practice, but it is what our kids love. Been in for about 10 years, my husband turned a blind eye in the first year,lol!

That's like 15+ gallons per practice! You either have a horribly inefficient car or are driving like 200 miles each way to practice.

 

[ponderblue22]

That's like 15+ gallons per practice! You either have a horribly inefficient car or are driving like 200 miles each way to practice.

328 miles round trip twice a week, just for regular practice, but the kids are so happy and it is not forever

 

[CheerCoach84]

Paid $5K up front for two cheerleaders. Doesn't include travel, uniforms ($800 for both) or private lessons. Medium sized gym.

Wow 12stepCheermom!!! It is probably better to pay up front anyway..... I wonder does everyone total up what they spend in a season??? Does make you wonder though!!!:fro:

 

[cheernerd5678]

328 miles round trip twice a week, just for regular practice, but the kids are so happy and it is not forever

wow, do you go out of state? Where do they cheer!?

 

[12stepCheermom]

Wow 12stepCheermom!!! It is probably better to pay up front anyway..... I wonder does everyone total up what they spend in a season??? Does make you wonder though!!!:fro:

It might be better on cash flow during the year (which is why we did it) but well never pay up front again.

 

[L5cheermom]

I don't really want to know what we pay each year which us horribly irresponsible I guess. With two I would suspect it's about $7500 a year without travel expenses. I feel it is a valuable experience in a positive environment which is so infrequent for kids these days. I always know where my kids are and who they are with. I like to say " it's cheaper than rehab."