A Game Of Telephone

    





     As the 2012 cheerleading season comes to an end, the 2013 cheer season begins! Cheerleaders all over the world are going through the tryout process. All Star gyms are now having tryouts to establish their teams for the 2013 cheer season.
     Yes, there are cheerleading teams all over the world, but it's a small world after all...believe it or not. Many cheerleaders use twitter and instagram to connect with eachother, and find out the scoop of the other gyms. This has also established long distance relationships and friendships between fellow cheerleaders.
     Now that everyone from gyms across the world are communicating, no secret can be kept a secret anymore. For example, Cheer Athletics from Dallas, Texas just had their tryouts for the upcoming season. Everyone was interested to see what teams they would have, get rid of, and keep. The cheerleaders of Cheer Athletics lives became public, whether they wanted it to or not. How they did at tryouts or what skills they threw at tryouts where on everyones timeline on twitter and suddenly became everyones business.
     Every cheerleader knows that the latest cheer scoop will be on the fierce board. Every team now has no privacy because everyone else knows their business. Yes, communication can be both good and bad, but we live in a dangerous world so the more privacy the better in my opinion. It's great all of these cheerleaders have come together because they all share a common passion, but it has gone a little too far.

The Cheerleading Worlds And The Cheer Future

                                                                                                                             

      Last weekend the largest and most prestegious cheerleading competition was held at Disney's Wide World of Sports. It is called The Cheerleading Worlds. Thousands of competition cheerleading squads travel hours just to attend, and hopefully bring back the gold. Teams like Maryland Twisters, Stringray All-Stars, Cheer Extreme, California All-Stars, and World Cup hope to defend their titles and defend their spot. This year in the "Large Senior All Girl" division, the ladies of Senior Elite were crowned as the world champions. "I was really shocked" said Adriana Mier a TopGun cheerleader. "I thought Maryland Twisters had it in the bag."
       Once The Cheerleading Worlds comes to an end, that means the cheerleading season comes to an end. Tryouts for gyms across the country begin to start, and teams learn new routines for the coming season. I wonder what the new cheerleading season will hold. Every year teams get better, uniforms are changed, and new tricks are made up. With the new USASF cheerleading rules, teams are going to have to tone it down a bit. Some tumbling is now restricted and the uniform policy is changing. In a few years more rules by the USASF will be implemented. So this upcoming season will be very interesting, and I honestly can't wait!