Anonymous
08/24/2022 22:22
Subject: Re:Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every Pom I know, my daughter included, would correct you. It’s not similar to cheer.
Can you explain what makes it different?
For one thing, poms doesn’t cheer.
They are entirely different, maybe watch a video or two?
They are not entirely different, they have many similarities.
Poms is a dance squad. Cheer is a cheer squad. Cheerleaders cheer at games. Poms dance in a halftime show. Cheerleaders can do acrobatics and flips. Both are against the rules for Poms. Cheers are a minute or less. A Poms routine lasts for five or so and has different types of music with transitions to each. Also Poms do some pretty sophisticated dance moves. It’s hard to make The Pom squad. They have two days to learn a dance routine and then are judged as to their ability to learn a routine and do all of the dance moves. They really are only really similar to those that don’t take the time to learn these sports.
That’s for competition season in Winter. Teams usually start constructing their routines in November. It’s broken up in 3 division. Sherwood will most likely take the cake for best routine again.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 21:11
Subject: Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:I was wondering if Poms is a girl sport only? I don’t see any boys on any of the schools teams. It’s very similar to Cheerleading, I don’t know why a boy can’t tryout and make the team.
My nephews’ school (in The South) has two boys on drill team. They dance at the games.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 21:10
Subject: Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
I’ve seen boys do poms at a couple schools.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 20:55
Subject: Re:Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every Pom I know, my daughter included, would correct you. It’s not similar to cheer.
Can you explain what makes it different?
For one thing, poms doesn’t cheer.
They are entirely different, maybe watch a video or two?
They're less similar than say field hockey and lacrosse.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 20:51
Subject: Re:Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every Pom I know, my daughter included, would correct you. It’s not similar to cheer.
Can you explain what makes it different?
For one thing, poms doesn’t cheer.
They are entirely different, maybe watch a video or two?
Poms is a dance squad. Cheer is a cheer squad. Cheerleaders cheer at games. Poms dance in a halftime show. Cheerleaders can do acrobatics and flips. Both are against the rules for Poms. Cheers are a minute or less. A Poms routine lasts for five or so and has different types of music with transitions to each. Also Poms do some pretty sophisticated dance moves. It’s hard to make The Pom squad. They have two days to learn a dance routine and then are judged as to their ability to learn a routine and do all of the dance moves. They really are only really similar to those that don’t take the time to learn these sports.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 20:15
Subject: Re:Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every Pom I know, my daughter included, would correct you. It’s not similar to cheer.
Can you explain what makes it different?
For one thing, poms doesn’t cheer.
They are entirely different, maybe watch a video or two?
They are not entirely different, they have many similarities.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 20:00
Subject: Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:Here's a guy on a Pom squad. It happens.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpwJmDzillU
That’s not MCPS.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 19:45
Subject: Re:Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Every Pom I know, my daughter included, would correct you. It’s not similar to cheer.
Can you explain what makes it different?
For one thing, poms doesn’t cheer.
They are entirely different, maybe watch a video or two?
Anonymous
08/24/2022 19:34
Subject: Re:Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:Every Pom I know, my daughter included, would correct you. It’s not similar to cheer.
Can you explain what makes it different?
Anonymous
08/24/2022 19:22
Subject: Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous
08/24/2022 19:17
Subject: Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Who says they can't try out? Poms is usually more dancing, and the squads do dances at half time. I don't see why boys can't try out and dance too. I bet they do at some schools.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 19:15
Subject: Re:Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Every Pom I know, my daughter included, would correct you. It’s not similar to cheer.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 17:41
Subject: Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
Anonymous wrote:I was wondering if Poms is a girl sport only? I don’t see any boys on any of the schools teams. It’s very similar to Cheerleading, I don’t know why a boy can’t tryout and make the team.
Actually no it’s not. It can be multiple reasons why a boy may not tryout. Fear of bullying, lack of skill, time restraint, etc. Einstein has had 2 boys on their team in past years. In fact, I think Einstein was the first and only school to do so. Einstein has a big dance scene at their school and the student body was very supportive.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 17:31
Subject: Re:Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
I'm pretty sure MoCo has a rule that if you have a sport that doesn't have an equivalent team for the opposite sex (e.g. there's no girls' football team) then a kid of any gender can try out.
There have been female kickers and male cheerleaders at our local high school.
There have been female kickers and male cheerleaders at our local high school.
Anonymous
08/24/2022 17:23
Subject: Is PomPons (Dance team) a girls only sport?
I was wondering if Poms is a girl sport only? I don’t see any boys on any of the schools teams. It’s very similar to Cheerleading, I don’t know why a boy can’t tryout and make the team.