I forgot to update after tryouts.
DD15 made JV Capt and DD16 made Varsity for the second year. So it looks like another year of two football games a week and 12 basketball games a week. Hannah would have made Varsity if she tried out for it (the coach told me that her score was high enough), but she specifically tried out for JV because she really wanted Captain. I wish they were on the same squad, but that would be too easy on us, LOL. So all the JV and Varsity football and basketball games and different cheer practice times.
But I am thankful they both got what they wanted. So I'm not going to complain anymore.
We went to the beach and celebrated DD 3rd Bday! Now back to daily routine...work, practice, flight class, more practice. 
DD14 won't start her school team practices until July but our gym is in full swing. Ohhhh...our Youth L2 team came in 2nd in the country! They came in 2nd at worlds in VA Beach too so that's pretty cool. 
, is working on the 3 step cartwheel and now beginning to learn a roundoff. They also are working with her to practice flying moves because they think one day she may be a flyer - she is built like one. She can do a really good heel stretch and bow & arrow but her balance isn't so great yet. She LOVES it though! 
For those not familiar with All Star cheer that means she's on both teams now, the jr level 2 and sr team (they are a level 3 now, maybe will be 4 by competition time). It's a lot of work but she thrives on hard work and is handling it very well so far. I'm so proud of my girl 
Tell your DD congrats! Hard work pays off! My DD11 was a crossover last year. She was on youth 3 but mid year had to cross down to youth 2 since they had some injuries. She did great. The first couple of practices were tough since they practiced back to back. She was exhausted but adjusted quickly to the longer practice time. Good luck!I'm glad to see this thread active again.
I'm not sure I updated my daughter's status or not. Our old gym closed and we followed a favorite coach to a new gym, with a much more serious head coach than we were used to. My daughter was on a Level 3 SR team at her old gym but was placed on a JR Level 2 at the new one. This new coach expects a lot more than the old gym did, which is why her teams win. However, it was a huge disappointment to my daughter. But she made me proud and refused to quit. She showed up everyday, worked her tail off, and set out to prove to her new coach she belonged on the sr team. Eventually the coach noticed. She was recently asked to be a crossover to the SR team!
They have skills camp this week and, of course, she is loving it. I'm getting excited for competition season to start!
Is anyone else's cheerleader a crossover for their gym? Is this your first year being on more than one team? I was just wondering how they handle the extra work and stress, plus school, ect. This is all so new to us.
I'm glad to see this thread active again.
I'm not sure I updated my daughter's status or not. Our old gym closed and we followed a favorite coach to a new gym, with a much more serious head coach than we were used to. My daughter was on a Level 3 SR team at her old gym but was placed on a JR Level 2 at the new one. This new coach expects a lot more than the old gym did, which is why her teams win. However, it was a huge disappointment to my daughter. But she made me proud and refused to quit. She showed up everyday, worked her tail off, and set out to prove to her new coach she belonged on the sr team. Eventually the coach noticed. She was recently asked to be a crossover to the SR team!
They have skills camp this week and, of course, she is loving it. I'm getting excited for competition season to start!
Is anyone else's cheerleader a crossover for their gym? Is this your first year being on more than one team? I was just wondering how they handle the extra work and stress, plus school, ect. This is all so new to us.
Another new Cheer Mom here!
My daughter, 12, had been taking gymnastics for years, but could never quite get to the competitive level. She actually worked on her BHS for TWO YEARS without hitting it...in one week of cheer, she hit her Round-off BHS! (still unsure of the standing BHS)
Anyhoo...she is on a Sr team that will start off as a Level 1, but should be at Level 2 by Christmas. We are already looking for ways to pay for the March Disney trip...that is our only flying competition.
I have a feeling that going to Disney with a Cheer team will be VERY different from my past trips
Congrats to your DD. I have one that it took 3 yrs just to get a Roff BHS and 2 years later that's still all she does. My dd is starting All Star cheer this year. We were going to start last year but the girls on the mini team were much older than her, she was only 3.5 last summer. Now, she's 4.5 and this year's mini team will all be close in age, with a few older one. She cheers for Palm Beach Lightning All Stars. Can't wait! She is doing great!
She has a private once a week, we started that in January, right after she turned 4, since I knew we were going to do it this year. So far she has a good cartwheel most of the time, can do a backbend without a spot for her coach but won't do it at home
DD9 has done two weeks of tumble camp and 2 days of flight camp and she's exhausted. Today I had to tell her that her coach is adding an extra practice Fri. morning from 9-11am. She was NOT happy. Neither was I for that matter considering I have to pay an extra $15 for it on top of just having paid $80 for choreography camp where they will spend 2 full days perfecting the routine. And that isn't until the end of July. Coach claims they need to learn to dance and then learn the dance for the routine. How rude is that?!?! She's taking it in stride though. Said well I guess I can do Fri. since I'll miss both practices the following week.
When we get back it's back to school for DD9 and school cheerleading for DD14. Summer will officially be over for me.
Is it because they have someone else do the choreography? Our parents would DIE if they ever had to pay that much. 
They really want her on the L3 team but I just don't think it is a good fit for her at this age. She has her standing back tuck and is working on layouts, but I would rather have her compete at L2 & then work on her tumbling etc in separate tumble classes and privates. I don't want a year of screaming coaching and being with girls waaay older than her to turn her off.Thank goodness we pay monthly and choreography and competitions (excluding travel) are built into the monthly fee.
