BUBBA61 Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 What is the ideal range for number of cheerleaders in a single squad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipn4OHS Posted December 24, 2003 Report Share Posted December 24, 2003 I'd say an ideal # is somewhere between 16-21...16 at the least...21 at the most. We have 21, but I think it'd be better with about 18. It kinda depends on the location of the school. In a place like Memphis that has a ton of gyms and breeds cheerleaders it is easy to find 21 girls in one school with a high skill level. Smaller cities it is better to have fewer #s b/c it is harder to find that many girls at the same skill level. It is kinda a disadvantage come competition time when you are competing in the large division with all those memphis teams. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoachLogan74 Posted December 25, 2003 Report Share Posted December 25, 2003 id say ideally, around 20 cheerleaders. the CAK squad breaks into A, B, and C squads for away games so that the cheerleaders do not all have to go to away games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUBBA61 Posted December 26, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 id say ideally, around 20 cheerleaders. the CAK squad breaks into A, B, and C squads for away games so that the cheerleaders do not all have to go to away games. Sounds to me like the CAK cheerleaders are not very committed, and lazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipn4OHS Posted December 26, 2003 Report Share Posted December 26, 2003 That is probably not the case BUBBA. When you have one squad cheering for both football and basketball...it gets really hard once basketball season rolls around. We have the same problem. We are split into 4 different groups for basketball games and 3 groups cheer at each game. And if you want you can cheer at them all, but the whole reason for this is because we have 21 girls on our squad and there just isn't room on the court for that many girls. It is really crowded with 16. Plus, our team plays OVER 50 games this season, they average about 2 or 3 games a week, and we cheer for both girls and boys varsity. That is as many as 9 games a week...plus practices for competition. With the division we are in we find ourselves traveling up to Knoxville for several games which is nearly 2 hours away. So some nights we don't get home till nearly midnight and to get that we have to leave almost RIGHT after school. And these traveling games are usually NOT on Friday nights either. So it doesn't have anything to do with not being dedicated or being lazy...for our squad atleast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BUBBA61 Posted December 27, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2003 That is probably not the case BUBBA. When you have one squad cheering for both football and basketball...it gets really hard once basketball season rolls around. We have the same problem. We are split into 4 different groups for basketball games and 3 groups cheer at each game. And if you want you can cheer at them all, but the whole reason for this is because we have 21 girls on our squad and there just isn't room on the court for that many girls. It is really crowded with 16. Plus, our team plays OVER 50 games this season, they average about 2 or 3 games a week, and we cheer for both girls and boys varsity. That is as many as 9 games a week...plus practices for competition. With the division we are in we find ourselves traveling up to Knoxville for several games which is nearly 2 hours away. So some nights we don't get home till nearly midnight and to get that we have to leave almost RIGHT after school. And these traveling games are usually NOT on Friday nights either. So it doesn't have anything to do with not being dedicated or being lazy...for our squad atleast. Good point, I will be less hasty in making such a harsh assumption in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipn4OHS Posted December 29, 2003 Report Share Posted December 29, 2003 HaHa Thanks BUBBA! I wasn't getting mad or anything, just didn't want you to think we were a buncha lazy airheads who don't carea about their team. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bergil24 Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 our cheerleading squad had planed to have a team party on a friday night and a game was rescheduled for that night but the cheerleaders decided that they would rather have the party and just skip the game. this makes me think that some cheerleaders are on the squad more for socializing than to cheer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipn4OHS Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 Some...yes. But not all, and that isn't a reason to stereotype all cheerleaders. Our coach would have a fit if we did that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradfromtheNest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 I agree Flipn...I actually think 21 is too many. Sometimes the talent seems to be diluted with so many cheerleaders....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flipn4OHS Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Yea...I agree grad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradfromtheNest Posted January 2, 2004 Report Share Posted January 2, 2004 And keep up the good work out there! You need to get that Sissy girl to tumble more with you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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