Question by Lottie: Am I too old to start cheerleading?
I missed cheerleading tryouts this year, but I would like to start next year. I’ll be 15, turning sixteen (my junior year). I have previously done dance and yoga, and I play tennis though I doubt that helps. Is it too late, because I really want to do it?
by the way, I’m planning on doing gymnastics during the summer before tryouts.
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Answer by Mark Ambinder
You are too old. Too old to begin the training.
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It sounds that you have flexibility due to yoga and dance , If you cant do splits work on them , i would go to a local gymnastics gym and work on your tumbling but you can always be a base also. go for it and good luck
Hi there, Im Audrey and I’m 14(fifteen in about a week)
In my opinion, cheer is something you might want to start a little bit earlier, just because part of it you’ll need previous gymnastics training. But the cheering it self takes nothing.
If it weren’t for the gymnastics part, you could definitely make it.
Not to be a Debbie Downer, but you may want to consider learning a couple of moves first.
Have you considered dance team? It sounds like that would suit you alot better than cheer. I’m trying out for dance too, and to me it has a heck of a lot more meaning and purpose than cheer 🙂 But that’s my opinion….
Usually they choose girls(especially on Varsity) that have been in cheer since middle school, so to be honest I don’t know if you’d be prepared or enough to make it.
never too old to cheer.
Well, you know what i mean.
Okay, so you could try joining an all-star squad or gym team for good practice (out of school), then by next years tryouts you’ll know moves, probably some tumbling, and stunts. awesome and ready to go!
Your never to old to cheer.
I been cheering since I was 4 but my cousin started cheerleading this year and she is suprisingly good at it. She is 15. She turned 15 last week. Shes danced for a few years though. 🙂 So yes, You can be a cheerleader. The training? Well its gonna take work. Cheerleading is never easy. Try your hardest all the time especially while practicing. 🙂