All Hail Cheer Camp!!!

It’s here! Three days of skills, routines, games, friends and FUN. Safe to say my little cheerleader is beyond excited, as lolling on the sofa for hours on end gets rather tedious and she is certainly ready for an action packed few days.

What hit me this morning was the excitement I felt for my daughter about the upcoming few days. Being that she is going in to her 10th year of cheerleading, cheer camp is a long-standing summer tradition in our home. Still every year there is a buzz of anticipation, that can only be likened to Christmas eve, where you don’t know what is going to happen, but you know its going to be AMAZING!

It’s a nostalgic feeling for me as a parent, and today watching all the little ones run, dance and skip into the doors for their first ever experience of camp, it got me thinking about all the times I have watched my daughters eyes shine with excitement as I took her in and waved her off to the smiling coaches.

The routine has changed as she has gotten older and doesn’t need me to hold her hand and take her in. This morning, as she jumped out of the car without time for me to even say goodbye, I rolled down the window and shouted “have fun” I was replied with a cheeky smile and “always”. Silly me, of course she’s going to have fun, its cheer camp!

Maybe all cheer camps are the same, maybe they’re not, I couldn’t be sure as our experience as a cheer family is limited to the team we love and a couple of others over the years. Our squad has fantastic staff, who are second to none, and we are blessed to have guest coaches with the highest accolades to their names. Our cheerleaders have had amazing opportunities over the years because of camp to perform in front of massive audiences, try new things, and discover untapped talents.

Perhaps the best thing is that everyone is there, no matter if you attend one recreational class a week, or are in 4 of our competition teams, or even if you’ve never done cheer before and just want to have a go! Everyone is there together getting the same training, the same experience. Bonds are formed at cheer camp that will grow throughout the rest of the season, and that’s why it’s the most fun time of the year for a cheerleader, so happy Cheer Camp Week!

*we would love to know what your favourite part of cheer camp is, and why you love it as a parent or an athlete!