Just curious now that the cheer season is winding down. Will you be cheering again next season? If so will you continue on with your current gym? Would you leave your current gym to join another with higher level teams? How important is winning to you?
i will be cheering next year. cant wait. will remain at my gym, and am super excited about it. talent pool seems to be growing at a rapid pace where i am at so that is always a plus!!! love my coaches, love the gym owner-love competing. winning isnt as important to me anymore as it used to be. being at a gym where you love all the people and know that everyone is trying their best are considered winners in my book however we have done quite well as an all around program this season.
Em won't be cheering next season. It was super fun for her on Level 4 Coed but this year it's been boring for her in high school. She loves All Stars but the competitions are tedious and boring, so she's decided to quit cheer.
I'll miss you guys!!!
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i will be cheering next year. cant wait. will remain at my gym, and am super excited about it. talent pool seems to be growing at a rapid pace where i am at so that is always a plus!!! love my coaches, love the gym owner-love competing. winning isnt as important to me anymore as it used to be. being at a gym where you love all the people and know that everyone is trying their best are considered winners in my book however we have done quite well as an all around program this season.
I wish you all the best. You seem to have such a pos attitude and outlook on it all. You have YOUR priorities right where you want them. Best of luck fulfilling your goals.
i will be cheering next year. cant wait. will remain at my gym, and am super excited about it. talent pool seems to be growing at a rapid pace where i am at so that is always a plus!!! love my coaches, love the gym owner-love competing. winning isnt as important to me anymore as it used to be. being at a gym where you love all the people and know that everyone is trying their best are considered winners in my book however we have done quite well as an all around program this season.
I wish you all the best. You seem to have such a pos attitude and outlook on it all. You have YOUR priorities right where you want them. Best of luck fulfilling your goals.
thankyou so much. Not until this season did i find out how hard it is to know where "home" really is. good luck to you as well.
I'm removing my daughter from the team she is currently on. I've been looking into others in the area. I'm sure we will find something that will be a good fit.
Good luck to you. We have been lucky, we found our "home" six years ago. Once you find it you never want to leave. We have had our highs and lows, but just like a family we all stick together, it definitely makes our teams stronger to have that kind of a bond.
Good luck to you. We have been lucky, we found our "home" six years ago. Once you find it you never want to leave. We have had our highs and lows, but just like a family we all stick together, it definitely makes our teams stronger to have that kind of a bond.
Thank You that makes me feel good. I know I will find it, just like you have
Unfortunately we will not be returning to our gym. Not anything too bad it just wasnt a fit for our family in particular. We are big on rules and committment and our gym lacks both for the most part. We don't feel that the owner or owners were upfront about things and cost. But again that is our opinion and there are many other happy families there. Just a lot of dofferent things and situations that added up this season for us that we just are not happy at all. So we will either find a new all star gym or hang up the all star cheer next season. Still deciding. We do wish everyone the best of luck whether you stay or leave your gyms. it is so important for both parties to be happy. My only suggestion is to be your own person and make your own decisions, those that are best for your family. Don't bash your current gym and be respectful. You are examples to your children. Show them how to handle choices and decisions. Don't try to get people to stay or leave with you. Let those who are happy be happy there if they decide to stay. And let those who need to find a perfect fit for them be happy with their choice as well. Never burn bridges and remember all of our children have been part of a family for many years or at least a season. Best of luck to all next season
Unfortunately we will not be returning to our gym. Not anything too bad it just wasnt a fit for our family in particular. We are big on rules and committment and our gym lacks both for the most part. We don't feel that the owner or owners were upfront about things and cost. But again that is our opinion and there are many other happy families there. Just a lot of dofferent things and situations that added up this season for us that we just are not happy at all. So we will either find a new all star gym or hang up the all star cheer next season. Still deciding. We do wish everyone the best of luck whether you stay or leave your gyms. it is so important for both parties to be happy. My only suggestion is to be your own person and make your own decisions, those that are best for your family. Don't bash your current gym and be respectful. You are examples to your children. Show them how to handle choices and decisions. Don't try to get people to stay or leave with you. Let those who are happy be happy there if they decide to stay. And let those who need to find a perfect fit for them be happy with their choice as well. Never burn bridges and remember all of our children have been part of a family for many years or at least a season. Best of luck to all next season
I love this response, thank you for it. Wonderful words of wisdom. Too often people who are not happy leave and try to take others with them, or bad mouth their gym when they go to another. Let those who choose to stay be happy with their choice just as you are happy with yours.
Unfortunately we will not be returning to our gym. Not anything too bad it just wasnt a fit for our family in particular. We are big on rules and committment and our gym lacks both for the most part. We don't feel that the owner or owners were upfront about things and cost. But again that is our opinion and there are many other happy families there. Just a lot of dofferent things and situations that added up this season for us that we just are not happy at all. So we will either find a new all star gym or hang up the all star cheer next season. Still deciding. We do wish everyone the best of luck whether you stay or leave your gyms. it is so important for both parties to be happy. My only suggestion is to be your own person and make your own decisions, those that are best for your family. Don't bash your current gym and be respectful. You are examples to your children. Show them how to handle choices and decisions. Don't try to get people to stay or leave with you. Let those who are happy be happy there if they decide to stay. And let those who need to find a perfect fit for them be happy with their choice as well. Never burn bridges and remember all of our children have been part of a family for many years or at least a season. Best of luck to all next season
Awesome post! You made my morning! I hope you find a program that will embrace your family and be a great place of nurture for your child.
Your post hit on so many things I have seen the 28 years I have been coaching.
If a parent/child decides to leave a program that is their choice. Don't try to make your reason, the reason why others should leave as well. I will admit (lest i get on my soapbox) that this is a pet peeve of mine. Do what you gotta do, but don't drag no other families into it. This also includes trying to beg families that left to retrun. Personally speaking I want people who want to be a part of what we are building. If you don't believe in me or our program then it is better for you to find somewhere else. On that I support you one hundred percent and will help you find a program that fits if you ask me. But do not tell me one thing..then when you find somewhere else to go, I hear you saying other things.
Don't burn the bridge...you never know in life if you are going to have to cross right back over that same bridge. Gyms close and merge every year...believe me there will probably be some suprises this summer alone! Where you think is ideal today could be less than ideal tommorrow. That small gym where you are comfortable today could by merger become a mega gym tommorrow. That mega gym where you love today could have a major restructuring that causes many to leave, making it a small gym again. If you totally ticked every one off where you left, it is going to be very hard to swallow pride and go back, as well as for them to forgive and let you come back. Even if the owners and coaches forvive, you still have to deal with the kids. (***Don't let it stop you if that is the choice you have to make...I can not begin to tell you the parents I have talked to over the years that regreted leaving -whatever the reason-but pride would not let them come back***)
Don't diss your old/former gym. You learned whatever you did while there. Somebody pulled their hair out trying to get you to learn that back handspring, standing tuck or running full. Some coach actually cried over not knowing how to get through to you to make changes necessary to keep that stunt up in the air. Now somebody else is going to benefit from that training. They won't have the same struggles with you that the gym you are leaving did.
So why diss them? This includes school comments, YouTube comments, MySpace, Facebook, AIM, IM and in gym comments. I have long lived with the mantra that somebody everywhere knows somebody everywhere. So your "diss" is never really private. The person you think is agreeing with may be the person that tells someone else what you said...or send that e-mail you sent. Then when the "drama" gets started you wonder why they "hating and starting stuff." Then you "push back" and volia...there you go..Cheer/Gym Drama!
Respect breeds respect. Cheerleaders are not gangs so stop acting like it! Display respect. You represent your family, your community, your school and your gym wherever you go...whether you have your uniform on or not. I am not talking about win/loss records..who got a World's bid versus who didn't, or who goes to what type of competition. Another mantra..Respect will take you farther than money ever will. I don't have to like you, but I will respect you. You do what you do, and we do what we do. If we meet on the mat may the team that hits, stays clean, wows the judges...win. If we don't meet...fine.
Lastly committment is bad word with many people. it sounds good, but few follow through consistently. Many owners and coaches wish their kids/parents would be more committed, but the second they implement any of the "tough love" actions they have threatened..those same parents push back or leave. So many let stuff go on longer than perhaps they should...hoping that longevity will engender loyalty. News flash..that don't work.
If you are only committed when it is convienent, then you are not committed.
We are staying at our gym. We LOOOOOOOVVVVVEEEE it...... Coaches outstanding, teams attitudes infectiously hilarious. I hope everyone finds what they are looking for, because when you do you will never want to leave.
Unfortunately we will not be returning to our gym. Not anything too bad it just wasnt a fit for our family in particular. We are big on rules and committment and our gym lacks both for the most part. We don't feel that the owner or owners were upfront about things and cost. But again that is our opinion and there are many other happy families there. Just a lot of dofferent things and situations that added up this season for us that we just are not happy at all. So we will either find a new all star gym or hang up the all star cheer next season. Still deciding. We do wish everyone the best of luck whether you stay or leave your gyms. it is so important for both parties to be happy. My only suggestion is to be your own person and make your own decisions, those that are best for your family. Don't bash your current gym and be respectful. You are examples to your children. Show them how to handle choices and decisions. Don't try to get people to stay or leave with you. Let those who are happy be happy there if they decide to stay. And let those who need to find a perfect fit for them be happy with their choice as well. Never burn bridges and remember all of our children have been part of a family for many years or at least a season. Best of luck to all next season
I love this response, thank you for it. Wonderful words of wisdom. Too often people who are not happy leave and try to take others with them, or bad mouth their gym when they go to another. Let those who choose to stay be happy with their choice just as you are happy with yours.
Thank you all for your kind words. I strongly believe that it is important to set examples for our children. I hope and pray that we are doing so with this situation as well. Life is too short to be unhappy or to make others unhappy. It is a small world in the world of competitive cheer and you never know when your paths may cross agian, therefore it is important to be respectful and have class when you handle in situation. I am thankful for the time my daughter had at her cheer gy. She has a learned a lot of great things as well as some negative things, but hey it is part of life. The most important things she learned is to fulfill her committment, be loyal and to give yourself 100 percent no matter what. She has learned to wor through adversity without hurting others in the process. She has made some really good friendships and build some amazing relationships. It is what its all about. We firmly beleive it is not our job to change the cheer program, so it is best we find some place to foster our family needs and the needs and values we want to instill in our own child. Again I hope that everyone who is making decisions on where to go next season or if they are staying at their current gym, remembers how to handle things. That each person, family and especially the kids find a cheer family that fits them and fosters thier needs.
Thank you all again for the kind words and I am hopeful that this message will send positve vibes and thoughts to all who finish out their season. Good lucjk to everyone at Nationals. Have fun and win... as long as you dont win against our teams (lol)
