How to handle my daughter being on JV when she shouldn’t be
My daughter has been cheering since she was in 4th grade. She attends a high school that has done well in the past (finishing as high as 2nd in state) but has not come close to placing in our state for the past 2 seasons.
She made JV as a freshman and then sophomore year was placed with varsity during summer camp. She broke her hand early in camp. Come official tryouts she was moved down to JV being told she “wasn’t ready for varsity.” She was given no feedback so as her parent I asked. They said “consistency in tumbling and jumps.”
Fast forward to summer camp this year. She has worked on the feedback and then some. She can throw a tuck and is a strong base. 1st day of summer camp they separate everyone in to JV and varsity. And that was it. They just had tryouts for 2 days. Not a single athlete was moved up to varsity or down from varsity to JV.
There is 0 transparency on where the fundraised money goes and most goes to varsity despite JV fundraising more than varsity last year. The varsity coaches have forced athletes to be at practice with 102 degree fevers, sprained ankles, and back spasms. I want to go and let the coaches have it but I know what that will do to my daughter. One of the JV captains, who is now a senior, bullied the team to vote her for captain last year also. The program is becoming a sh*t show.
Any help is greatly appreciated.