Individuals

Date: Wed Oct 29 12:34 PM, 2008

Individuals

Date: Wed Oct 29 12:40 PM, 2008

We used to do them for years, as the girls started to get older it just became harder to get them in the gym and it is alot of extra time and work for the coaches as well. I agree, many other people used to do them. I miss them but not enough to push it in the gym. =)

Date: Wed Oct 29 12:59 PM, 2008

I only saw 2 last year and i wasnt very impressed by either yawn

, one i coldnt get over the fact that she was wearing bloomers and the other was the sloppiest thing i ever saw in my life.

I didnt see this one in person but she was pretty good on the video. Shes only 6

Date: Wed Oct 29 1:12 PM, 2008

I take a nap through the individuals. Cheerleading is a TEAM sport!

Date: Wed Oct 29 2:18 PM, 2008

Ugh! I agree. Can't stand sitting through individual after individual. It's a team sport. I think they should do away with the individuals, duos, stunt groups, etc. and just focus on the team.

Date: Wed Oct 29 2:22 PM, 2008

i think its great for athletes to be able to showcase their talent, especially if their gym doesent offer a team where they can show their full range of talent.

Date: Wed Oct 29 3:52 PM, 2008

Can someone pass me a pillow and a warm blanket?

Date: Wed Oct 29 8:32 PM, 2008

Im so over individulas at cheer comps. dance and cheer individuals
i hope they go away or only offer them on a different day from team comps. pleeeeeeease no individuals lol

if they need to showcase their talent there is always local talent shows

Date: Wed Oct 29 10:18 PM, 2008

Individuals are good for cheerleaders to push their own personal skills. Not a lot of sports allow "individuals". This is why cheerleading is a great sport. It pushes the team, small groups (stunt category) and individuals. I think its great that these kids have the guts to go up infront of a bunch of people, by themselves and do their own personal talent. It takes a lot. Cheers to them!

Keep it going.

Date: Wed Oct 29 10:36 PM, 2008

Individuals are a thing of the past because individuals don't make enough money for gym owners or competition companies - not worth the effort!

LadyW · Senior Member

You know it really is a tough call. Last year we did a dance solo. There were a lot of issues good and bad that I won't really go into. There were 6 girls from her team (out of 9) and they did solo's as well. I think in some ways it kind of tore their friendship and teamship apart. The team never really came together as a cohesive group.

It was a great learning experience, but on her last comp (2nd out of 17 girls, BTW) -- she was done and basically said, I really never want to solo again. "Too much stress."

I agree, that solo's/individuals should be conducted on another day. If the solos were first, they were exhausted (especially in dance where some of them have 2~ 3 dances to do being on elite teams). Similarly doing them afterwards, they were too tired to perform well for the solo. I remember our 1st comp, we got there at noon, performed team dances at 2, 4, and 5, did the awards, ran back, changed for solo, warmed up and then went on at 7 pm. She was as they say "a hot mess". She knew it, and it really lowered her confidence -- the exact opposite of what we were trying to accomplish.

Date: Thu Oct 30 11:13 AM, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

We used to do them for years, as the girls started to get older it just became harder to get them in the gym and it is alot of extra time and work for the coaches as well. I agree, many other people used to do them. I miss them but not enough to push it in the gym. =)

It is a lot of extra work for all involved. Our gym will totally hook the athlete up, but it is up to the parent to handle most of it.

Date: Thu Oct 30 4:17 PM, 2008

i like the dance individuals because dance is a solo and a team sport. but the cheer ones are a waste of time. cheer has always been a team sport and you can't do any cool stunts with only one person.

Date: Thu Oct 30 4:28 PM, 2008

i think Kiara is doing one this year or at least thats what someone told me, if she is I cant wait to see smile

I love individuals

Date: Thu Oct 30 8:08 PM, 2008

The majority of the long time girls that did them took a break last year like Kiara and many others, I will be interested to see if they come back this year with it!

Date: Thu Oct 30 9:14 PM, 2008

Individuals is a thing of the past. The ones I saw last year was boring, and really unnecessary.

Date: Thu Oct 30 9:17 PM, 2008

that little girl in the video is not with fierce any longer, she is with Ca this year, and is on their Junior 4 team. She left fierce because they didn't have a team for her. Good luck with CA honey...

Date: Thu Oct 30 9:41 PM, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

that little girl in the video is not with fierce any longer, she is with Ca this year, and is on their Junior 4 team. She left fierce because they didn't have a team for her. Good luck with CA honey...

Thats a really long commute for a 6 year old!

Date: Thu Oct 30 10:20 PM, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

that little girl in the video is not with fierce any longer, she is with Ca this year, and is on their Junior 4 team. She left fierce because they didn't have a team for her. Good luck with CA honey...

Thats a really long commute for a 6 year old!

i know, my 7 year sister has a full and she could care less if she was on level 2 or level 5 hmm she just loves to cheer

Date: Fri Oct 31 9:26 AM, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

that little girl in the video is not with fierce any longer, she is with Ca this year, and is on their Junior 4 team. She left fierce because they didn't have a team for her. Good luck with CA honey...

Thats a really long commute for a 6 year old!

i know, my 7 year sister has a full and she could care less if she was on level 2 or level 5 she just loves to cheer

thank u for the OPINION, but that's just what it is. you shouldn't worry about things your not paying for!!! aww