Drop a win from this week big or small. New skill landed, a hard practice you pushed through, anything. Let's hear it.

Welcome to Base Camp by Altitude. Before you do anything else inside this community — introduce yourself right here in the comments below. This is how you find your people. A base in Texas finds another base in Texas. A 15 year old male cheerleader finds other male athletes who get it. A flyer chasing her college dream finds someone on the exact same path. It all starts with this post. Use this format: Name: Age: Hometown: Position: Current gym or program: Biggest cheer goal right now: One thing I want to get out of Base Camp: Drop your introduction in the comments below and go find someone else who just introduced themselves and welcome them. That is the culture we are building here. The climb is better together. — Coach Jay

Not true. Coaches recruit consistency and coachability over raw difficulty almost every time. Having a full definitely mitigates the risk of you not making your dream team, but to be recruited overall and still get a good experience, this still holds true.

Welcome to Base Camp by Altitude. I am Coach Jay and I am genuinely glad you found this place. Most athletes are figuring out the cheer journey alone. Scrolling Instagram, watching highlight reels, wondering how the athletes they admire got to where they are. No real answers. No real community. Just noise. That ends today. Base Camp by Altitude exists for one reason — to give serious cheer athletes, driven parents, and young people building something in this sport a real home. A place where the people around you understand the journey because they are on it too. Parents — you are welcome here too. Follow along, ask questions in the Recruiting 101 category, and celebrate your athlete's wins in the Wins and Recognition thread. This is where the climb begins. Some of you will stay at Base Camp and get everything you need right here. Some of you will use this community as the launching pad into Altitude University — where the structured climb toward college cheer recruiting begins in full. Either way — you belong here. Read the Newcomer Checklist below this post. Complete it before you do anything else. Let's climb. — Coach Jay Kendrick Founder, Base Camp by Altitude 7x World Champion | Netflix CHEER | Team USA | Navarro College | The University of Alabama.