Cheer Comps

[YeahYeah01]

Shout-out to all the Dads out there with Daughters in Cheer.

These things are rough lol. 7 AM call time today 80 miles from home. So we got a room last night so my daughter didn't have to wake at 4 AM.

I have no interest in Cheer outside seeing my daughters performance so I struggle on these as I'm sure others do. You spend hours watching others just waiting for your kid. At least with some other sports even if your kid is on the bench it's still there team that you can root for.

Also F*** air horns lol.

 

[rivrrts429]

It’s like one of the most expensive sports to do as well. Blows my mind how much my friends spend on it in relation to other sports.

I wasn’t so upset with how much my daughters flying lessons cost anymore lol

I could do it if my tumbler was full of booze all day

God bless you cheer dads

 

[YeahYeah01]

It’s like one of the most expensive sports to do as well. Blows my mind how much my friends spend on it in relation to other sports.

I wasn’t so upset with how much my daughters flying lessons cost anymore lol

I could do it if my tumbler was full of booze all day

God bless you cheer dads

Oh ya it's ridiculous. The outfits are expensive as hell, the class shes in is as well and then when you go to the comps like this, we had to get a room and then may $20 a ticket for my wife I plus parking fees just to see her.

Even if my tumbler was full it's not enough lol.

All this to watch my Kid for 3 minutes lol.

 

[Spot]

Present day, anything a kid does thats physical (cheer, soccer, jiu-jitsu) is a net-positive in their life. Sometimes as parents we are along for the ride.

 

[YeahYeah01]

Present day, anything a kid does thats physical (cheer, soccer, jiu-jitsu) is a net-positive in their life. Sometimes as parents we are along for the ride.

Yup, that's why we do it brother!

 

[Sleek-Jet]

We dodged the cheer bullet and got into gymnastics... Still spendy but the tournaments are about 3 hours long, max.

 

[mjc]

My granddaughter does dance comp. Same here don't like sitting through all the others, so i sometimes get to stay home a watch the live feed and my wife goes.

 

[YeahYeah01]

We dodged the cheer bullet and got into gymnastics... Still spendy but the tournaments are about 3 hours long, max.

Lol at one point she was in gymnastics and cheer but ended up with cheer and tap/ballot.

 

[HotRod82]

My friends daughter was way into it, they traveled all over the country for competitions.
She even made the college team. She’s 24 now and has more injuries than an NFL player, she’s really beat up. Dad’s not sure it was worth it with all the injuries.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

Lol at one point she was in gymnastics and cheer but ended up with cheer and tap/ballot.

We did cheer for a while also, but my youngest wanted to do more of the gymnastics skills than be a flyer like the cheer club wanted.

 

[YeahYeah01]

My friends daughter was way into it, they traveled all over the country for competitions.
She even made the college team. She’s 24 now and has more injuries than an NFL player, she’s really beat up. Dad’s not sure it was worth it with all the injuries.

Wow that's not good..That is definitely something to consider. She still on the young side she's 7 so everything is super low impact.

She has been talking a lot of playing softball so maybe she will want to switch soon. Who knows. Once she starts she knows she's committed until the end of a season.

 

[DWC]

Shout-out to all the Dads out there with Daughters in Cheer.

These things are rough lol. 7 AM call time today 80 miles from home. So we got a room last night so my daughter didn't have to wake at 4 AM.

I have no interest in Cheer outside seeing my daughters performance so I struggle on these as I'm sure others do. You spend hours watching others just waiting for your kid. At least with some other sports even if your kid is on the bench it's still there team that you can root for.

Also F*** air horns lol.

Loud, dangerous, expensive, long days. Yep. Remember it well. . The horns and the back and forth cheers from the stands are awesome.

 

[YeahYeah01]

Loud, dangerous, expensive, long days. Yep. Remember it well. . The horns and the back and forth cheers from the stands are awesome.

I don't know who invented the new air horns that you just pump so there is unlimited burts but there's a special place in hell for them.

 

[whiteworks]

Cheer is life, suck it up butter cup

1. Get a couple of those padded seats with backs for the bleachers.
2. Get a motorhome so you can go bbq and take naps when your daughter is not performing.
3. Never under any circumstances volunteer to help make funnel cakes of cook hotdogs n shit like that to raise funds.
4. Tumbler cup with a nice beverage helps.
5. Consider cheer dad gummies as seen advertised on RDP

 

[YeahYeah01]

Cheer is life, suck it up butter cup

1. Get a couple of those padded seats with backs for the bleachers.
2. Get a motorhome so you can go bbq and take naps when your daughter is not performing.
3. Never under any circumstances volunteer to help make funnel cakes of cook hotdogs n shit like that to raise funds.
4. Tumbler cup with a nice beverage helps.
5. Consider cheer dad gummies as seen advertised on RDP

Lol I don't openly complain, just internalize it and post it on here.

I don't volunteer for anything! But my wife's does so I get screwed by default and not in a good way.

The motor home would be cool but the places that host have the worst parking and unorganized as it can get.

I will add that we typically hang out in what ever area it after and hit some breweries so there's light at the end of tunnel..

 

[HotRod82]

Wow that's not good..That is definitely something to consider. She still on the young side she's 7 so everything is super low impact.

She has been talking a lot of playing softball so maybe she will want to switch soon. Who knows. Once she starts she knows she's committed until the end of a season.

I don’t mean to be negative about it…. It’s great to see kids doing sports and competing. My friends daughter was the top of the pyramid, always being thrown into the air because of her small frame. Maybe there’s far fewer injuries if you’re not the one being tossed around. That kid was incredible to watch on the trampoline, she seriously defied the laws of physics. lol.

 

[Kbach]

I’ll see your cheer comps and raise you an ice skating comp

My daughter ice skates and is on a synchro team. I think I could’ve bought a DCB in what we’ve paid for skates/outfits/lessons/ice time/etc.

You’re giving me PTSD reading about the cheer comp since it sounds the same as ice skating except half the rinks we go to you sit and freeze your ass off while waiting/watching

 

[YeahYeah01]

I don’t mean to be negative about it…. It’s great to see kids doing sports and competing. My friends daughter was the top of the pyramid, always being thrown into the air because of her small frame. Maybe there’s far fewer injuries if you’re not the one being tossed around. That kid was incredible to watch on the trampoline, she seriously defied the laws of physics. lol.

Ya I get it. Most sports have some sort of inherent risk but just like family with kids in football we the parents have to look at for the long term well-being of the kids.

 

[YeahYeah01]

I’ll see your cheer comps and raise you an ice skating comp

My daughter ice skates and is on a synchro team. I think I could’ve bought a DCB in what we’ve paid for skates/outfits/lessons/ice time/etc.

You’re giving me PTSD reading about the cheer comp since it sounds the same as ice skating except half the rinks we go to you sit and freeze your ass off while waiting/watching

Lol ya that would be worse for sure. Annoyed and cold is way worse than just annoyed.

 

[Singleton]

Daughter does national travel volleyball - I feel your pain.
Tournament in Corona this weekend. starts playing today at 3, then tomorrow at 3 as well

 

[YeahYeah01]

Daughter does national travel volleyball - I feel your pain.
Tournament in Corona this weekend. starts playing today at 3, then tomorrow at 3 as well

2 days in a row would not be fun!

 

[cofooter]

My daughter was in club volleyball for years. The team was stacked but she was just average so did a lot of bench time. Used to frustrate me to no end sitting through two and three day tournaments and not getting to see her play much. But she enjoyed it and it kept her active, so we supported it. Sometimes there were hours between games and I'd go for a run, or do errands, or something else to keep busy. Eventually got down to taking turns with the wife each weekend. Its a huge family commitment to invest the time and money. I was really happy when she gave it up for High School Volleyball......

 

[YeahYeah01]

My daughter was in club volleyball for years. The team was stacked but she was just average so did a lot of bench time. Used to frustrate me to no end sitting through two and three day tournaments and not getting to see her play much. But she enjoyed it and it kept her active, so we supported it. Sometimes there were hours between games and I'd go for a run, or do errands, or something else to keep busy. Eventually got down to taking turns with the wife each weekend. Its a huge family commitment to invest the time and money. I was really happy when she gave it up for High School Volleyball......

I'm sure splitting up times are in our future, my son is almost 3 and I'm sure he will play baseball at a minimum so we have to split to duties on conflicting schedules.

The main reason I have not boughta new boat. Most weekends all already booked.

 

[Sleek-Jet]

2 days in a row would not be fun!

VBall is almost always 2 days. Oldest daughter plays club VBall. That's our weekends from MLK day to mid-May.

Now that she is older it is way more fun because the level of play has come way up... LOL... Those first couple of years were painful.

 

[YeahYeah01]

VBall is almost always 2 days. Oldest daughter plays club VBall. That's our weekends from MLK day to mid-May.

Now that she is older it is way more fun because the level of play has come way up... LOL... Those first couple of years were painful.

Lol I hear that. Like tee-ball when they just chase the ball.

 

[Singleton]

Daughters team finished 3-0 today in division 3. Play again tomorrow at 3pm in Corona. If they finish first in tomorrows pool, they play for the division 3 championship and should finish in the top 25 for the season (currently ranked 33). Southern California Volleyball Association 12yo age group has 158 teams and 8 divisions. Top 16 is division 1, next 16 in division 2.

 

[scottchbrite]

We are a competition dance family for one more competition! They had a regional competition in Escondido today and finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in their different classes/styles. They have Nationals in Vegas next month and they are done. They don’t want to dance next year. They got a taste of volleyball and they’re hooked. They’re doing both currently and our weekends are really busy and holy crap is all if it expensive. I prefer volleyball any day because I understand it.

 

[rivrrts429]

We are a competition dance family for one more competition! They had a regional competition in Escondido today and finished 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in their different classes/styles. They have Nationals in Vegas next month and they are done. They don’t want to dance next year. They got a taste of volleyball and they’re hooked. They’re doing both currently and our weekends are really busy and holy crap is all if it expensive. I prefer volleyball any day because I understand it.

Get ready to visit Vegas a lot more if they’re playing Volleyball. My co-worker transferred to Vegas when his daughters were young because it’s the volleyball Mecca.

It worked out as all three of his daughters went D1 scholarships. Doesn’t hurt they’re all 6’+ lol

He’s fortunate with all of his work travel points so he’s still flying all over watching them play in college.

Was an eye opener to how much money is floating around the Volleyball community. Some of these girls only know what it’s like flying around on dads jet, never commercial lol

 

[CLdrinker]

My middle kid is gymnastics. It’s expensive. Only 1 close competition. Others were far away. 1 was Vegas the other was Palm Springs this weekend.
I think Gymnastics created 3 or 4 weekend hotel stays this season.
Plus $60hr private an every week. Like $1000 in team gear.

It makes her happy. But I despise any sport where scoring is left up to judges and their opinion. Also every kid gets a medal no matter where they place so it’s a participation trophy atmosphere that is complete bullshit.

It’s rough.

 

[DWC]

It makes her happy. But I despise any sport where scoring is left up to judges and their opinion. Also every kid gets a medal no matter where they place so it’s a participation trophy atmosphere that is complete bullshit.

It’s rough.

The “judging” was brutal in cheer too. Pretty sure even our coaches didn’t get it. The team would do a flawless performance and lose to a missing element. Usually something stupid. By the time my daughter went into her senior year she didn’t want to do it anymore.

 

[YeahYeah01]

My middle kid is gymnastics. It’s expensive. Only 1 close competition. Others were far away. 1 was Vegas the other was Palm Springs this weekend.
I think Gymnastics created 3 or 4 weekend hotel stays this season.
Plus $60hr private an every week. Like $1000 in team gear.

It makes her happy. But I despise any sport where scoring is left up to judges and their opinion. Also every kid gets a medal no matter where they place so it’s a participation trophy atmosphere that is complete bullshit.

It’s rough.

Agreed. It's opinion based and half the time I don't understand why a team won over another team.

 

[YeahYeah01]

The end result from yesterday: my daughters team took 1st and she was super pumped about that.

 

[CLdrinker]

The end result from yesterday: my daughters team took 1st and she was super pumped about that.

End result my daughter took 6th out of 8. She is placing worse has the season goes on. She won Vegas. Don’t know what her deal is.

I do know it was an expensive weekend between the Palm Springs stay and the jacks going out on The 5th wheel.

 

[Rbcconst]

Shout-out to all the Dads out there with Daughters in Cheer.

These things are rough lol. 7 AM call time today 80 miles from home. So we got a room last night so my daughter didn't have to wake at 4 AM.

I have no interest in Cheer outside seeing my daughters performance so I struggle on these as I'm sure others do. You spend hours watching others just waiting for your kid. At least with some other sports even if your kid is on the bench it's still there team that you can root for.

Also F*** air horns lol.

How about those 14th place trophies or ribbons they give out!!!

 

[whiteworks]

We have a few more years of this and then she’s off to college. Plenty of time to reinvent lives for ourselves after she’s off doing her thing. For now, it’s all good and I’m enjoying every bit of her pursuits.

We’ll be luck to squeeze in a few offroad trips in the winter as a family and maybe a weeks vacation someplace in the summers LOL

If you don’t raise your kids, you will raise your grandkids

 

[cxr]

Shout-out to all the Dads out there with Daughters in Cheer.

These things are rough lol. 7 AM call time today 80 miles from home. So we got a room last night so my daughter didn't have to wake at 4 AM.

I have no interest in Cheer outside seeing my daughters performance so I struggle on these as I'm sure others do. You spend hours watching others just waiting for your kid. At least with some other sports even if your kid is on the bench it's still there team that you can root for.

Also F*** air horns lol.

you will miss it when its done DAD, my daughter is now a freshman in college
but we did a combination of beginning Gymnastics and then cheer since she was like 4. i dont know if i miss cheer so much or just my daughter being little.

i used to call the summit in Orlando florida Cheer hell lol
sometimes on the weekend i watch the cheer championships on ESPN n the morning

 

[rmarion]

no Cheer yet.... our Granddaughters..

10 y/o - 7 time State Gymnastics Champion
7 y/o - just brought home Gold at 2024 Gymnastics Regionals.... 1st - floor, 2nd AA.

She loves to Dance.. can see her move onto Cheer .

Love watching then compete

 

[Singleton]

We have a few more years of this and then she’s off to college. Plenty of time to reinvent lives for ourselves after she’s off doing her thing. For now, it’s all good and I’m enjoying every bit of her pursuits.

We’ll be luck to squeeze in a few offroad trips in the winter as a family and maybe a weeks vacation someplace in the summers LOL

If you don’t raise your kids, you will raise your grandkids

Very accurate.
During volleyball season, if we are home 1 weekend a month we are lucky.
When not at volleyball, we are in the desert, snowboarding or hiking.
Cancelled a Memorial Havasu trip so we could have a weekend at home in May

 

[YeahYeah01]

you will miss it when its done DAD, my daughter is now a freshman in college
but we did a combination of beginning Gymnastics and then cheer since she was like 4. i dont know if i miss cheer so much or just my daughter being little.

i used to call the summit in Orlando florida Cheer hell lol
sometimes on the weekend i watch the cheer championships on ESPN n the morning

I'm going to go with her being little and excited about being apart of everything. I can for sure see missing that when she older but I don't think I'll miss the actual cheer events lol

 

[YeahYeah01]

We have a few more years of this and then she’s off to college. Plenty of time to reinvent lives for ourselves after she’s off doing her thing. For now, it’s all good and I’m enjoying every bit of her pursuits.

We’ll be luck to squeeze in a few offroad trips in the winter as a family and maybe a weeks vacation someplace in the summers LOL

If you don’t raise your kids, you will raise your grandkids

We have a little bit of off time but getting less and less, and then when my almost 3 Y/O son start with whatever sports it will be double time so not much left. The good part though is my wife is a school nurse so she gets summer off so we sneak in some weekday trips when my work schedule allows.

It's what we signed up for though so can't really complain much.

 

[OldSchoolBoats]

Did it for 6 years!! Even had a thread going on here years back. Met a lot of great people through Cheer and it was a huge catalyst to my daughters success so far in life. Still paying off the debt though from trips to Dallas, Florida, Georgia....etc.

Enjoy it man!

 

[69hondo]

Oh I am over it!
Wife was a cheerleader. 3 daughters and they all did it.
We are about done. youngest is graduating this year and thats it. No more comps, practices, traveling, no sleep etc!!!! LOL
I wont miss it at all. I will miss watching them do something they love

 

[Mandelon]

My daughter never did this, but I do appreciate cheerleaders in general. Thank you.

 

[81Sprint]

My Daughter is a base and just made varsity going into 10th grade, it is a crazy schedule but I think it is great for her. Been doing it for several years now. They really work the crap out of them, but it also keeps them busy and she's making lifelong friends.

 

[HBCraig]

Shout-out to all the Dads out there with Daughters in Cheer.

These things are rough lol. 7 AM call time today 80 miles from home. So we got a room last night so my daughter didn't have to wake at 4 AM.

I have no interest in Cheer outside seeing my daughters performance so I struggle on these as I'm sure others do. You spend hours watching others just waiting for your kid. At least with some other sports even if your kid is on the bench it's still there team that you can root for.

Also F*** air horns lol.

I can tell you, you will miss it when shes in college. Did this with my daughter for years with softball.

Sincerely,
Girl Dad

 

[Sleek-Jet]

End result my daughter took 6th out of 8. She is placing worse has the season goes on. She won Vegas. Don’t know what her deal is.

I do know it was an expensive weekend between the Palm Springs stay and the jacks going out on The 5th wheel.

Is she doing Jr. Olympics or Excel (or some other program)?

We were lost on judging till my wife worked a tournament hosted by our club. Spent a lot of time talking to the judges. In the end it still is an opinion but there are standards they are looking for on the required skills. The first thing we learned is it doesn't have to be pretty but the skills have to be executed correctly. Pointy toes are a big deal I guess, LOL.

 

[CLdrinker]

Is she doing Jr. Olympics or Excel (or some other program)?

We were lost on judging till my wife worked a tournament hosted by our club. Spent a lot of time talking to the judges. In the end it still is an opinion but there are standards they are looking for on the required skills. The first thing we learned is it doesn't have to be pretty but the skills have to be executed correctly. Pointy toes are a big deal I guess, LOL.

This is just regional gymnastics teams competing and hosting competitions so they can charge parents more money.

 

[JD D05]

It's BRUTAL! I had 2 daughters in it for 10 years, both crossed over between a level 5 and world's team. This was pretty cool a couple years ago my daughter showed up for the big event in Florida for the 7th time or something and this huge banner was there with her on it.

 

[weasle]

My daughter has one year left of high school. It goes very fast. She did all the comp teams and has been to Florida several times too.

 

[BajaT]

7 years cheer. 4 Trips to Disney World. Was so happy when she quit in Jr. High. Then club volleyball.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! $$$$$$$$