Anonymous
Post 02/17/2020 08:35     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think Lexi has vocal fry and below average intelligence — comes through in her speech. Possibly she has a learning disability (ADHD, dyslexia) that makes her ability to focus, follow through and get through her classes very difficult. She’s had a hard past and can probably make something of herself but my guess it will take her some more faltering to figure it all out, mature, and succeed. She’s bright and funny but has some challenges outside of her poor decision making (my guess).
Not disputing your ultimate point but what doe vocal fry have to do with it? I haven't noticed a correlation between vocal fry and low intelligence.


Not saying that there is a correlation. She has vocal fry, in a kind of valley girl way. And she also seems to be of lower intelligence. Disparate characteristics can be applied to the same person.
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2020 23:14     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:I am so hooked on this show. I grew up in Dallas and no lie, I had no idea this was going on in Corsicana! They are such good performers but omg it crazy

Drop down and give me 50 push-ups!


Texas takes anything football adjacent SERIOUSLY. I remember having to do push ups and laps in marching band if we messed up or did not hold our instruments parallel. In Texas sun, no fun!
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2020 22:29     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
Highly Recommend the series "breaking pointe" if you are enjoying this! It's a similar program following Ballet West a few years back. Absolutely addictive.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2020 15:32     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:I have conflicting thoughts about a lot of them. I get why Monica pushes so hard, but making TT practice while hurt was dangerous. That made me distrust her. Seemed vindictive. It seems like she has a definite soft spot for Morgan, like a mother-daughter relationship. I hope Morgan gets the love she needs for one more year and then finds success in whatever she decides to do.

La’Darius...oh man...I want to give him the biggest hugs, but I also don’t think coaching competitive cheer is a good fit for someone with anger issues. I hate Gabi’s parents and I hope she breaks free of them some day. They are using her as a cash cow and preventing her from growing up.

I would watch anything with Jerry in it. What a beautiful soul. I love him.


I would pull my kid if I saw La'Darius talking to them the way they showed in the last episode. He insults the kids. Gabi has said in interviews that the show really opened her family's eyes to how they treat her and they're making some changes. I think many of us want to adopt Morgan as our little sister.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2020 15:07     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:I think Lexi has vocal fry and below average intelligence — comes through in her speech. Possibly she has a learning disability (ADHD, dyslexia) that makes her ability to focus, follow through and get through her classes very difficult. She’s had a hard past and can probably make something of herself but my guess it will take her some more faltering to figure it all out, mature, and succeed. She’s bright and funny but has some challenges outside of her poor decision making (my guess).
Not disputing your ultimate point but what doe vocal fry have to do with it? I haven't noticed a correlation between vocal fry and low intelligence.
Anonymous
Post 02/04/2020 15:03     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
I have conflicting thoughts about a lot of them. I get why Monica pushes so hard, but making TT practice while hurt was dangerous. That made me distrust her. Seemed vindictive. It seems like she has a definite soft spot for Morgan, like a mother-daughter relationship. I hope Morgan gets the love she needs for one more year and then finds success in whatever she decides to do.

La’Darius...oh man...I want to give him the biggest hugs, but I also don’t think coaching competitive cheer is a good fit for someone with anger issues. I hate Gabi’s parents and I hope she breaks free of them some day. They are using her as a cash cow and preventing her from growing up.

I would watch anything with Jerry in it. What a beautiful soul. I love him.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2020 08:19     Subject: Re:Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think Lexi has a brain injury. Not only has she been in serious fights, she also showed pictures of herself after a car accident where she went head first through a windshield.


My brother's face went through a windshield when he was 16. He's a husband, father, CPA and lawyer. He doesn't have a brain injury. You should not diagnose people. Even if you were a doctor (which I highly doubt), halfway decent doctors don't diagnose people they haven't met with, examined and run tests on. You don't have any facts to decide Lexi has a TBI. Sit down.


So your brother didn't even get a concussion when his head hit the windshield? A concussion is a brain injury. Drug use can cause brain impairments as well. It doesn't mean you become a vegetable.


I don't think PP's assertion that Lexi might have a TBI is off base. I mean, both your brother and Lexi are anecdotes, but linking someone's head going through windshield with a probable TBI isn't a bridge too far.

I do think Lexi does have a low/er IQ. Which is fine. Many people do. She is so insanely talented at tumbling. If she can get her life on track she would be a great candidate to teach tumbling to kids after Navarro. She could find stability in a simpler job that uses her talents. She just needs a purpose and direction (and discipline to stay out of trouble). She's young...could still happen for sure.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2020 07:43     Subject: Re:Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Monica lost me when she made that guy practice after he hurt his back at a competition with another team. Seems like that also put the girl he’s supposed to be catching in a lot of danger. The other thing that bothered me is that the team didn’t seem to have adequate training and medical staff. All teams at the school shared one trainer? For a sport this risky, that’s inadequate. These kids need a lot of support for strength/conditioning, PT and nutrition. If the school can’t provide that that support to the athletes, seems irresponsible to offer the sport.

A guy I grew up picked up cheering in college because he liked a girl on the squad. That worked out and they opened one of those all star gyms when they graduated. It has been an extremely lucrative business.


Monica was making a point. The guy (forget his name) that got hurt cheered at an all star competition that weekend when she told him not to. Their first priority - especially if they are getting scholarship money - is to the school team. If he was healthy enough to compete in a two day all star competition at the same level, then he needs to be on the mat ready to go for his school Monday. I was in the sport and cheered at the same gym some the people here do and you know what you’re signing up for, especially when on scholarship.


The kid should not have cheered in the other competition, no question. Monica had a right to be pissed and to impose some consequence on him. The particular consequence she imposed was reckless and exposed him and his flyer to greater risk. If the school had proper medical or training staff on site she would not have been permitted to do that. It was wrong.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2020 22:08     Subject: Re:Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:Monica lost me when she made that guy practice after he hurt his back at a competition with another team. Seems like that also put the girl he’s supposed to be catching in a lot of danger. The other thing that bothered me is that the team didn’t seem to have adequate training and medical staff. All teams at the school shared one trainer? For a sport this risky, that’s inadequate. These kids need a lot of support for strength/conditioning, PT and nutrition. If the school can’t provide that that support to the athletes, seems irresponsible to offer the sport.

A guy I grew up picked up cheering in college because he liked a girl on the squad. That worked out and they opened one of those all star gyms when they graduated. It has been an extremely lucrative business.


Monica was making a point. The guy (forget his name) that got hurt cheered at an all star competition that weekend when she told him not to. Their first priority - especially if they are getting scholarship money - is to the school team. If he was healthy enough to compete in a two day all star competition at the same level, then he needs to be on the mat ready to go for his school Monday. I was in the sport and cheered at the same gym some the people here do and you know what you’re signing up for, especially when on scholarship.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2020 21:36     Subject: Re:Cheer on Netflix
Monica lost me when she made that guy practice after he hurt his back at a competition with another team. Seems like that also put the girl he’s supposed to be catching in a lot of danger. The other thing that bothered me is that the team didn’t seem to have adequate training and medical staff. All teams at the school shared one trainer? For a sport this risky, that’s inadequate. These kids need a lot of support for strength/conditioning, PT and nutrition. If the school can’t provide that that support to the athletes, seems irresponsible to offer the sport.

A guy I grew up picked up cheering in college because he liked a girl on the squad. That worked out and they opened one of those all star gyms when they graduated. It has been an extremely lucrative business.
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2020 08:42     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:I think Lexi has vocal fry and below average intelligence — comes through in her speech. Possibly she has a learning disability (ADHD, dyslexia) that makes her ability to focus, follow through and get through her classes very difficult. She’s had a hard past and can probably make something of herself but my guess it will take her some more faltering to figure it all out, mature, and succeed. She’s bright and funny but has some challenges outside of her poor decision making (my guess).


But she is a tumbling BEAST!
Anonymous
Post 02/01/2020 07:56     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
I think Lexi has vocal fry and below average intelligence — comes through in her speech. Possibly she has a learning disability (ADHD, dyslexia) that makes her ability to focus, follow through and get through her classes very difficult. She’s had a hard past and can probably make something of herself but my guess it will take her some more faltering to figure it all out, mature, and succeed. She’s bright and funny but has some challenges outside of her poor decision making (my guess).
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 22:54     Subject: Re:Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think Lexi has a brain injury. Not only has she been in serious fights, she also showed pictures of herself after a car accident where she went head first through a windshield.


My brother's face went through a windshield when he was 16. He's a husband, father, CPA and lawyer. He doesn't have a brain injury. You should not diagnose people. Even if you were a doctor (which I highly doubt), halfway decent doctors don't diagnose people they haven't met with, examined and run tests on. You don't have any facts to decide Lexi has a TBI. Sit down.


So your brother didn't even get a concussion when his head hit the windshield? A concussion is a brain injury. Drug use can cause brain impairments as well. It doesn't mean you become a vegetable.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 14:41     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't understand why Morgan is still hanging around. Didnt she graduate? why don't these kids move on to a four year school and cheer some more. Poor morgan, i cant believe the only encouragement from her grandparents was to become nail tech


Yes, I was a little confused by why the school is allowing her to stay. Why didn't they counsel her out to transition to a 4-year school?
And to be fair, I think her grandparents were saying to own a nail salon, not just be a nail tech.


I’ve seen pictures floating around of her and Austin in Texas Tech uniforms. I think she ultimately did transfer out.

I liked the show but I don’t think I want another season. The moment that they captured seemed appropriate, another season seems like it would be more of the same but this time everyone is trying to become famous too.


I would like another season with a different school.
Anonymous
Post 01/31/2020 14:30     Subject: Cheer on Netflix
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Re: Monica. She is an interesting one.... I did not get a warm and fuzzy “these are my kids” vibe that she portrayed. The entire time her demeanor and tone was quiet, reserved, focused. She barely smiled, even when the team did something right (except for at competition). When somebody fell or got hurt she never ran over to them. I just didn’t see what was so inspirational or amazing about her. Yes, she counseled Lexi and obviously had a soft spot for Morgan, but I don’t think the documentary portrayed her as an amazing coach. She seemed detached and a little cold and dead eyed.


The kids fall all the time, her running out there every time would en up taking up half the practice. The athletic trainers did go out there every timed thats their job and they have the right training to assess injury, not monica. Y'all need to stop being so coddling. This is sexist. You think male cachets who win national titles run on the field and pat players on the back? nope.
Yes, I have mixed feelings about Monica but I never see male head coaches run out to take care of their injured players. It's always the trainer, who knows what to do in that specific situation.