What is the difference between the commitment to a football cheer squad and a competing squad?
Football cheerleading offers a great experience for the girls. Cheering for the football teams can be a lot of fun for a limited time. The commitment needed for a football cheerleading squad involves availability for practices 3x per week in August, once a week in September and weekend games in September and October. Typically cheering for football does not interfere with the child participating in other activities. The commitment level for one of the competing squads is very high. Girls must be able to attend every practice unless sick. The routines designed for these squads are quite difficult and a child will fall behind if she misses a number of practices. In addition, stunt formations require 100% attendance or the squad’s performance is compromised. Coaches for these squads are very serious about attendance. If a girl decides she would like to participate on one of the competing squads, she needs to make that squad a priority. Most girls on these squads find it hard to participat
