>>4694234>how tf does competitive cheerleading workCompetitive cheer is divided into levels based on skills allowed:
>L1 - basic stuff, nothing more than one foot off ground>L2 - little more off the ground, nothing inverted>L3 - inverted appears, flyer can go "full up" but always 2 hands under control, standing back is "table stakes">L4 - flyers can invert and twist, standing flip w/ twist is "table stakes">L5 - really advanced crazy shit, "doubles" start to appear here>L6 - the super ultra mega stuff, lots of one-arm rewinds and "single ups" and crazy shitGyms are split into small and large, depending on number of athletes they put on the floor. Cut is, I think, 28.
Gyms are also split into divisions based on total number of enrolled athletes, usually D1 and D2.
> my daughter won L4 D2 small at NCA a couple of years ago.It's a fuck ton of work, amazing amounts of conditioning, a LOT of travel, a LOT of money, and more drama than it should be.
And one company (Varsity) has their hand in everything. Shoes, uniforms, the events, everything.
But the whole thing got my daughter a scholarship to a D1 university.
