Man oh man it looks like some of you need to check out your local All Star Cheerleading practices. I honestly didn't think anyone really believed what you are saying anymore. Check this out, and search for the Level 5 teams. Stingrays is agreat example at Level 2 or 5.
2009 UCA National All Star Cheerleading Championship
If that isn't hard work, then I don't know what is. Yes gymnastics is more challenging, but these kids work at least 9 hours a week as team plus privates and tumbling classes.
My daughter who is only 7 spent 3 years in All Star Cheer and she worked ver;y hard. There was no Rah Rah Shish boom bah there..blood sweat and tears. ANd no football games to sit and jump at.
If you do a search on Illinois Cheer Pee Wees Level 2 you will see my daughters team.
Why is my daughter in gymnastics and not cheer anymore? Their focus was really on tumbling and when she was blocking on her ROBH for 7 months I thought it was time for a change. SHe stepped into a gym and fell in love with bars!
2009 UCA National All Star Cheerleading Championship
If that isn't hard work, then I don't know what is. Yes gymnastics is more challenging, but these kids work at least 9 hours a week as team plus privates and tumbling classes.
My daughter who is only 7 spent 3 years in All Star Cheer and she worked ver;y hard. There was no Rah Rah Shish boom bah there..blood sweat and tears. ANd no football games to sit and jump at.
If you do a search on Illinois Cheer Pee Wees Level 2 you will see my daughters team.
Why is my daughter in gymnastics and not cheer anymore? Their focus was really on tumbling and when she was blocking on her ROBH for 7 months I thought it was time for a change. SHe stepped into a gym and fell in love with bars!
I have to agree. I actually would compare Cheerleading more to dancing with tumbling. Yes they can work hard but not the same way a gymnast does.
All I know in this area the cheer "coaches" seem to be more self taught moms of one of the girls or a school teacher assigned to the cheer squad.
Our gym has a local school come from 3-4 one a week and their coach works with them with the help of one of our coaches. Those girls well arent exactly fit. you have a few that look trim, athletic and health but the majority of them well are chunky. their tumbling is more in the range of "Whew I made it and didn't crash on my face" and their form Yikes!!
They do work very hard but no where near as hard as a gymnast.
Ok and that like to "real sport" WOW that was fabulous!!!