Gymmonkeymomma
Proud Parent
UGH! After 6 years of telling my oldest DD she cannot cheer, I finally relented and let her try out for our town's competitive squad. This was only because cheering ends on Dec 7th, and she will be competing Level 8, which doesn't start till January 09. Of course, how can I tell Little Monkey no? I let her as well, since she will be repeating Level 5, also starting January.
So...both of my girls made the town competition squad which means they are also required to cheer at all football games. In addition, our gym owner also had an All Star cheering team, which lost many of its team members. They are trying to rebuild that team ....with the gymnasts. They have been practicing with this squad as well (no additional gym fees for the cheering time, thank goodness!!) Needless to say, I've been running around even more, with these additional practices.
Well, my girls are loving cheering! They are on 2 different squads (because of age/grade) and both are going to be doing tumbling passes during the routines. Little Monkey is the "point" in one of the cheers and will also be a Flyer. Their teammates and parents are amazed at how quickly they picked up the cheer routines.
The deal I made with my oldest DD is that her time in the gym has to be even more focused since she will be missing a couple of hours of practice a week. She has been complaining about Level 8 skills being "hard" and she doesn't "want" to do them, although she has not complained about actually going to practice. I'm not sure where this will take her... she has been wishy-washy about gymnastics before. There were years when she loved it, and others when she didn't want to compete but didn't want to quit either. Part of me wishes we had never gone down this road......
So...both of my girls made the town competition squad which means they are also required to cheer at all football games. In addition, our gym owner also had an All Star cheering team, which lost many of its team members. They are trying to rebuild that team ....with the gymnasts. They have been practicing with this squad as well (no additional gym fees for the cheering time, thank goodness!!) Needless to say, I've been running around even more, with these additional practices.
Well, my girls are loving cheering! They are on 2 different squads (because of age/grade) and both are going to be doing tumbling passes during the routines. Little Monkey is the "point" in one of the cheers and will also be a Flyer. Their teammates and parents are amazed at how quickly they picked up the cheer routines.
The deal I made with my oldest DD is that her time in the gym has to be even more focused since she will be missing a couple of hours of practice a week. She has been complaining about Level 8 skills being "hard" and she doesn't "want" to do them, although she has not complained about actually going to practice. I'm not sure where this will take her... she has been wishy-washy about gymnastics before. There were years when she loved it, and others when she didn't want to compete but didn't want to quit either. Part of me wishes we had never gone down this road......