- Nov 14, 2010
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This was totally my mom back in the day. All my friends made fun of her... until they ALL wanted to see her notes on the other teams!
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- Mar 20, 2011
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omg i soo do this! and before each comp i research, google and youtube all of our competitors. its so much fun! I will watch all of the teams we are competition against and sad to say "get a little exited" when i see a bobble, miss or fall. its horrible i know
- Apr 3, 2011
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Haha I do too. I YouTube All of them to see what there like. My only problem is since my daughter competes on tiny and mini.. It is harder because it's less likely there video is on YouTube. So then I resort to googling to see how they placed at other competitions! I thought I was the only one!
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your using your work vacation days on going to cheer competitions 
~so my mom
~so my mom
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- Dec 14, 2009
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your using your work vacation days on going to cheer competitions
~so my mom
Can't do that. I'm being docked!!
- Feb 16, 2011
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This is a story a parent posted once and I just loved it. Thought I would share as we end the season. I'm in year 9, but didn't make it to level 5, but everything else applies ..
Progression of a Cheer Mom
1. First year: first year cheer mom is clueless. It's all fun and games. The novelty comes from wearing a cheerleading uniform at a young age and getting to wear big glittery bows and glittery makeup with bright lipstick. Mom has no clue about the sport, has no concept of what a scoresheet is, what level play is, what body positions are, and is pretty oblivious to other gyms in the area because she chose the one right down the street from her house. The focus is not on winning at all.....all concern is placed on her own athlete and whether or not she will make it through the routine without running off the floor crying or having to go pee.
2. Second year: Athlete has gained some skills, and mom is starting to learn a little. Mom understands a little about level play and is so tickled that her athlete has learned some skill. However, all athlete’s friends are learning some skill too and the worry sets in about her athlete keeping up, or falling behind. Mom also starts to notice that other gyms in the area might have teams that are good and starts to question whether or not this gym is the BEST gym around. She now knows athlete will make it through a routine, and starts to crave winning.
3. Third year: PEAK PYSCHO YEAR: Athlete has gained more skills, and mom is excited but still nervous because some of friends have gained more skills. Mom gets hard on athlete, putting pressure on her to "get better" tumbling, jumps, body positions, etc. Mom is starting to understand score sheets, now knows how to look up performance orders like a pro, stalk you tube and picture websites to see what her athlete’s team is up against. She is full fledged into having her athlete be on a winning team! Now the mom knows all the weaknesses of her current gym, and will take every opportunity to point out those weaknesses!! Talk about changing gyms is rampant, unless current gym has a winning record. Even if it does there will still be issues mom needs to complain about and the thoughts about whether the grass is greener at the other gyms sometimes wins out and they move. Complaints about other kids, coaches, methods, other parents, etc is at its peak!!!
4. Fourth year: Mom is still psycho, but athlete is progressing even more and that is enough to keep mom happy, especially if there was a gym change. Mom is into full fledged cheer mania!! She wants that win bad!!! Relationships with other cheer moms have developed, even moms from other gyms. She may still be putting tons of pressure on athlete to fix this and that, get this and that etc.
5. Fifth year: Mom still has hidden anxiety but has stopped telling everyone about it. She has met some other 3rd year psycho moms and realize how insanely idiotic they act. She has come to terms with her own athlete’s level and has started taking away the pressures, but still quietly encourages improvement. She enjoys some quiet conversation with other 4+ year cheer moms. She fully understands by now what it takes to win, and has accepted that kids develop in different stages. She also understands now that kids will have strengths and weaknesses, including her own athlete, and they can all contribute to a team beautifully. It doesn’t hurt that she now knows where every bar and liquor store is within walking distance of every hotel in any competition city. You go and watch all the teams from your program that you reasonably can, and you watch your daughter and say 'YAY' or "Whatever, we'll see what happens next competition". You stay through the last awards ceremony so the coach will think you are a good 'team player'.
6. Sixth year: Mom has settled nicely into a happy group of other veteran moms and laughs out loud at the 3rd year moms. She still wants the win bad, but she realizes now that winning is not everything. She has found a peace with her athlete, and gives her the tools she needs to succeed, but no longer pushes so hard. You go to the venue at times that allow you to watch your daughter, and your friends' daughters, expect them to win and are happy if none of them fall. You stay at the venue through awards for your daughter's level
7. Seventh Year: Cheer life is more about how many years you have left and whether a scholarship is possible for college. You learn how to smuggle booze in your luggage because you can no longer afford to drink in bars and the coaches have caught on to the fact that your kids are "never around" after 5 PM. You go to the venue only when you darn well have to. You ask the woman next to you in preferred seating "how did my kid do, anyway?" since your eyesight is now failing and your attention span is weak. You stay only as long as you have other friends stuck there and/or you have seen your own kids' awards. Whichever ends last.
8. Eight Year; You add a portable blender and plastic glasses to your baggage because your friends now know it's your room where the REAL competition is 'happening'. You send your daughter to the venue with her friends and a 'responsible' adult while you 'finish getting ready'. Your daughter has figured out that she can say "Mom, you don't have a clue what you are talking about" without getting backhanded or grounded, when you comment on her teams' performance. So you no longer have to even pretend to notice what is happening with anyone but her on the mat so her and you can chat about it later. See Year 7 for when you can leave.
9. Ninth Year; You start organizing the room party and taking collections for booze in advance of the trip. Since your daughter is Level 5 and traveling all over God's Green Earth for a bid, and you have to pay for a trip to Worlds when you really hate Disney, you can no longer afford to foot the bill for all the booze. You hand your daughter a $20 bill and send her to the venue with her friends, a bunch of boys and no adult. You show up 3.5 minutes before they are scheduled to perform and pray they are not running ahead of schedule (ha ha HA ha ha HA). Immediately after awards you tell your friends "meet you back at my room" and leave.
Years 10-14 - I don't recall. I spent those entire weekends on auto-pilot. However, you now belong to a cheer board where everyone else tells you what happened and someone is always happy to tell you what you should think. From there on in, easy.
..Progression of a Cheer Mom
1. First year: first year cheer mom is clueless. It's all fun and games. The novelty comes from wearing a cheerleading uniform at a young age and getting to wear big glittery bows and glittery makeup with bright lipstick. Mom has no clue about the sport, has no concept of what a scoresheet is, what level play is, what body positions are, and is pretty oblivious to other gyms in the area because she chose the one right down the street from her house. The focus is not on winning at all.....all concern is placed on her own athlete and whether or not she will make it through the routine without running off the floor crying or having to go pee.
2. Second year: Athlete has gained some skills, and mom is starting to learn a little. Mom understands a little about level play and is so tickled that her athlete has learned some skill. However, all athlete’s friends are learning some skill too and the worry sets in about her athlete keeping up, or falling behind. Mom also starts to notice that other gyms in the area might have teams that are good and starts to question whether or not this gym is the BEST gym around. She now knows athlete will make it through a routine, and starts to crave winning.
3. Third year: PEAK PYSCHO YEAR: Athlete has gained more skills, and mom is excited but still nervous because some of friends have gained more skills. Mom gets hard on athlete, putting pressure on her to "get better" tumbling, jumps, body positions, etc. Mom is starting to understand score sheets, now knows how to look up performance orders like a pro, stalk you tube and picture websites to see what her athlete’s team is up against. She is full fledged into having her athlete be on a winning team! Now the mom knows all the weaknesses of her current gym, and will take every opportunity to point out those weaknesses!! Talk about changing gyms is rampant, unless current gym has a winning record. Even if it does there will still be issues mom needs to complain about and the thoughts about whether the grass is greener at the other gyms sometimes wins out and they move. Complaints about other kids, coaches, methods, other parents, etc is at its peak!!!
4. Fourth year: Mom is still psycho, but athlete is progressing even more and that is enough to keep mom happy, especially if there was a gym change. Mom is into full fledged cheer mania!! She wants that win bad!!! Relationships with other cheer moms have developed, even moms from other gyms. She may still be putting tons of pressure on athlete to fix this and that, get this and that etc.
5. Fifth year: Mom still has hidden anxiety but has stopped telling everyone about it. She has met some other 3rd year psycho moms and realize how insanely idiotic they act. She has come to terms with her own athlete’s level and has started taking away the pressures, but still quietly encourages improvement. She enjoys some quiet conversation with other 4+ year cheer moms. She fully understands by now what it takes to win, and has accepted that kids develop in different stages. She also understands now that kids will have strengths and weaknesses, including her own athlete, and they can all contribute to a team beautifully. It doesn’t hurt that she now knows where every bar and liquor store is within walking distance of every hotel in any competition city. You go and watch all the teams from your program that you reasonably can, and you watch your daughter and say 'YAY' or "Whatever, we'll see what happens next competition". You stay through the last awards ceremony so the coach will think you are a good 'team player'.
6. Sixth year: Mom has settled nicely into a happy group of other veteran moms and laughs out loud at the 3rd year moms. She still wants the win bad, but she realizes now that winning is not everything. She has found a peace with her athlete, and gives her the tools she needs to succeed, but no longer pushes so hard. You go to the venue at times that allow you to watch your daughter, and your friends' daughters, expect them to win and are happy if none of them fall. You stay at the venue through awards for your daughter's level
7. Seventh Year: Cheer life is more about how many years you have left and whether a scholarship is possible for college. You learn how to smuggle booze in your luggage because you can no longer afford to drink in bars and the coaches have caught on to the fact that your kids are "never around" after 5 PM. You go to the venue only when you darn well have to. You ask the woman next to you in preferred seating "how did my kid do, anyway?" since your eyesight is now failing and your attention span is weak. You stay only as long as you have other friends stuck there and/or you have seen your own kids' awards. Whichever ends last.
8. Eight Year; You add a portable blender and plastic glasses to your baggage because your friends now know it's your room where the REAL competition is 'happening'. You send your daughter to the venue with her friends and a 'responsible' adult while you 'finish getting ready'. Your daughter has figured out that she can say "Mom, you don't have a clue what you are talking about" without getting backhanded or grounded, when you comment on her teams' performance. So you no longer have to even pretend to notice what is happening with anyone but her on the mat so her and you can chat about it later. See Year 7 for when you can leave.
9. Ninth Year; You start organizing the room party and taking collections for booze in advance of the trip. Since your daughter is Level 5 and traveling all over God's Green Earth for a bid, and you have to pay for a trip to Worlds when you really hate Disney, you can no longer afford to foot the bill for all the booze. You hand your daughter a $20 bill and send her to the venue with her friends, a bunch of boys and no adult. You show up 3.5 minutes before they are scheduled to perform and pray they are not running ahead of schedule (ha ha HA ha ha HA). Immediately after awards you tell your friends "meet you back at my room" and leave.
Years 10-14 - I don't recall. I spent those entire weekends on auto-pilot. However, you now belong to a cheer board where everyone else tells you what happened and someone is always happy to tell you what you should think. From there on in, easy.
- Dec 15, 2009
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Ok LOVE the above post! I am going into year 6 with my youngest and year 7 overall. and I have to agree with this breakdown.
- Mar 16, 2011
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You start asking 6 weeks ahead of evals about who is aging off, quitting, etc, so you can try to reasonably figure out what team your cp will be placed on next season. And all the other cheer parents say "I don't care, as long as (cp) is happy." And you're all lying!
- Apr 20, 2010
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@Goosepatrick i just read that and silently nodded my head along with each one, you hit the nail on the head with my mom and the other moms at my gym.
- Dec 3, 2010
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when (my mom) decorated her crutches with my team colors, a bow and our team logo on both of them and walked around with them at competitions!
- Dec 16, 2009
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When you no longer carry a purse to competitions anymore, instead it's a backpack or team mom bag.
- Dec 15, 2009
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Just brought back a memory this morning,
When you spot your kid up to her back tuck and partner stunt with her on the grass and in the pool (I used to do a great toss-hands when she was in middle school)
When you spot your kid up to her back tuck and partner stunt with her on the grass and in the pool (I used to do a great toss-hands when she was in middle school)
- Jan 1, 2010
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ID SAY OVER THE TOP!<3 good job
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