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[quote=Anonymous]Not true that Poms is a MC thing. There are lots of colleges with Poms teams. But as for MCPS, this is what I can tell you.

If your daughter goes to a HS with a D1 poms team, it’s highly unusual to make the team if the athlete doesn’t have a dance background. PP is right that most Poms start dance at a young age and continue through HS. And if the HS has a dance program, most Poms are involved.

Poms is a precision dance team. In D1 schools it’s very competitive to make the team. It’s a fall and winter sport.

Performances occur at football and basketball games. Some schools practice daily including weekends and some practice a bit less.

In MCPS sports starts a couple of weeks before school and missing practices isn’t an option for most teams. After freshman year, athletes are also expected to do summer workouts which start in July - I don’t think all schools have these though.

Poms doesn’t not involve tumbling. There are rules about what moves are legal and there is some rule that makes tumbling not allowable.

There is a county competition in February and a few invitationals before that. These start right after New Years and some schools require practice between Christmas and New Years.

Good luck to your daughter. Mine found that being on Poms and in HS dance really gave her a good group of friends. I liked that it kept her active and it gave her a good peer group of hard working friends. [/quote]

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