I thought this would be a fun topic. How old were you when you started cheering?What got you started in the sport? How does cheer fit into your future after high school?
Well.. I started CHEERING my Soph. year in high school. (I did gymnastics before that, stated that when I was 7.) I got startedl because I wanted to quit gymnastics, and my mom said I had to start another sport. Since I'm really not good at anything else and I have no hand-eye coodination, I started cheer. It also helped that during the first year of Motions, they practiced at the gym I did gymnastics at.
And the whole after high school thing?? Well, its 5:10 a.m. right now, and I'm getting ready for practice at Palomar College. I've met (and been recruited and offered scholarship by) a coach from a TOP Div. I school already, and I plan to be on Pro X some day SOON. Basically, its still my life.
And I love Motions. If I could, I'd give it all up to go back. Maybe I'll work for ya again someday Smelly.
Hi Amac! I like this topic. I love to hear how everyone got started. So many different stories. Some people started when they were very young and some in high school. Hope more people respond with their cheer biography!
I started when I was 4 at a cheer camp... when I turned 5 I did popwarner and it was boring so I did all stars the next year. I am 14 now and am still cheering.
I started when I was 5. It was a local thing like Pop Warner, but it wasn't Pop Warner and you didn't cheer for games, you just did parades. It was sort of weird. I did that til 4th grade, which was when you could start cheering at my school, and then I did both high school team cheer and all-star at the same time through high school. Then I cheered one year in Div. I college til a back injury knocked me out right at the start of my sophomore season. I would continue to cheer now in open division but my body just can't handle it anymore.
