"Worlds" Competition for All Levels

Anonymous15 · Member

"Worlds" Competition for All Levels

Date: Mon Jan 28 10:20 AM, 2008

I think it sounds fantastic! Very neat, new and different. I'm looking forward to hearing more about it.

Date: Mon Jan 28 12:46 PM, 2008

I think It would intresting to have an all level worlds competition. sp then you will be able to see all level 3 team with handsring tuck and all level 4 with standing tuck and level 5 with standing fulls wow.... can you say dedication from every team memeber.cant wait for this to happen

Date: Mon Jan 28 12:48 PM, 2008

If this is true than I see many teams across the country dropping down levels.

Anonymous15 · Member

I agree with you "anonymous" I think everyone will need to step up their game.

My daughter attends a large gym here in SoCal. This was sent to all parents this morning from the owner(s).

Can't wait to see what happens!

-- Edited by Anonymous15 at 13:37, 2008-01-28

Fierce Coach · GURU

is there a site on the wbe wherei can find this information?

Anonymous15 · Member

This is the only link I could find, but I pulled it off of the ProX Forum:

http://www.varsity.com/uploads/pdfs/nca/all_levels.pdf

Check the Varsity site.

Date: Mon Jan 28 10:37 PM, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

If this is true than I see many teams across the country dropping down levels.

We are already seeing this. Chain reaction from level 5's dropping to 4, then 4's dropping to 3, etc... This will give gyms more incentive to step it up and field true level teams, I'm excited about it.

Tamara · cheergyms.com Master Poster

I think I like the idea, but I could be wrong. ;) It sounds pretty cool to me, but there's so much opposition to it on ProX that it makes me wonder what I'm not getting.

I think it would be great to finally have one true champion for each level. Isn't that what many say this activity needs?

If this thing does come to fruition, what would happen to the current USASF Worlds?

Is attending a Varsity competition the only way to qualify?

And the whole competiting on opposite coasts simultaneously seems a little wacky to me. Does this mean you wouldn't be able to watch your competition? I guess this would ease the space needed to hold a competition like this. Do you get to choose which coast you go to or is it decided upon where you qualified?

Date: Tue Jan 29 5:36 AM, 2008

I went and read the thread on the Pro X board. This is one of the responses that I agreed with...

SANDBAGGING SANDBAGGING SANDBAGGING IS ALL THAT COMES TO MIND! Sooo many teams are going to be after that "Precious title."

flipkidjudge · Senior Member

***Disclaimer***I could be Wrong!!!!***Personal Opinion Follows***Warning***

In my personal opinion, this sounds like a major swipe at Final Destination and the NLCC by Varsity. Final Destination has done a great job (not perfect) in reaching out to teams of all levels for an end of the year type championship. There is still a qualifying process one must go through to get there. Gyms who like to bring as many teams as possible, or those who don't have Level 5 teams have found this competition a reasonable alternative to a "World's" Championship. it is growing on the East Coast. Final Destination has been mocked on ProX as the "other World's, World's rip off, World's lite" etc by quite a few. IMHO it is problem some of the same people who are ripping the idea of Varisty having a World's for all levels, as for them the only thing they want to see are the top 10 level 5 teams in the country. Nothing else really matters to them for this type of competition.

Varsity's perceived weakness has been that many of their competitions do not really bring in the smaller gyms/programs. Reasons have been thrown about from the mandated you must be a member of USASF, competition cost, distance to travel to event, no reasonable chance of winning or doing well when your are being compared to the top gyms in the country, etc. I do not think any gym should simply go for the "easy win" but when you know you are about to be crushed and the reputation of the team you are competing against has already given them first place in many people's eyes...why do you want to demoralize your kids like that..over and over again? (This is what a coach told me from another team at a recent comeptetion) A second perceived reason is that a lot of East Coast teams (for whatever reason again) shun Varsity competitions. I am not just talking about the major programs here.

Varsity's purchase of ACP as well as this new announcement shows me that they are now aggressively going after those smaller gyms and trying to develop a format that you must, one way or the other go to Varsity events. You can now save money on competition costs by not traveling but so far out of your location...with this telecast judging. ACP was one of the main cheerleading companies in the NLCC and Final Destination loop. Their small gym championship was attractive to many gyms like the one I used to work at in Virginia with 50 kids on a very good day. That gym would rather close than go to a Varsity event...at least that is what the owner had told me.

***I do not work for Final Destination or the NLCC. Our gym has never been to Final Destination and in the past we have attended a Varsity event. I am just a coach speaking my opinion on the subject***

-- Edited by flipkidjudge at 06:00, 2008-01-29