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My daughter has been a member of her local cheerleading team for a few years now and she absolutely loves it. She has entered many competitions with her group and to be fair they have done really well, although first place still unfortunately eludes them. They have come second and third a couple of times though, which is pretty good considering how new the group actually are.

She thinks that perhaps the reason for them not quite reaching first place is because a lot of the other teams who compete and score well also attend dancing groups, so their dancing skills are absolutely fantastic.

She is going with the train of thought that her group could benefit from some dance lessons and this will hopefully improve their dance skills, and that just might boost their chances at the competitions.

She is also already talking about the possibility of dancing holidays for the group, where they can go away for a weekend and literally learn to dance. She is very similar to me and when she gets an idea in her head, she doesn’t let it slip!!

Saying all that though, I do think it sounds like a great idea because their gymnastics and cheerleading are already brilliant, I just think that sometimes their dancing lets them down.

At present the team consist of nearly 40 girls and 1 very brave boy and when they are at their competitions, some of them appear to be a little un-coordinated.

Later this year they already have entered some pretty large competitions, and already they are upping their practice sessions. I think it’s great to see kids actually wanting to do well at their preferred sport and putting in the time and effort.

I must say that with all the competitions the team enter and the uniforms we have to buy, accommodation costs, travel costs, etc. cheerleading is by no means a cheap hobby. I musn’t grumble though as my daughter really enjoys taking part, so that is all that matters to me.