I am writing about the J&K Elite Cheerleading co which manages different cheerleading in various suburban towns within the Chicago area. My 6 year old was in the Tinley Park program in 08. They don't allow parents to stay and watch because ""its too much of a distraction for the coach & children."" However, they have the practice held in an American Legion hall where there is a bar less than 20 feet from where the children are performing. Me & some of the other parents would come early enough to watch through the doors and the Coach, Yesinia, was OFTEN yelling at the kids. My daughter hated going to cheerleading each week because she said it wasn't fun. My daughter, who can normally easily recite a dozen or more cheers, had a very hard time learning these cheers because the two cheers sounded the same and many of the lines made no sense to them. Several weeks into the class the kids would still perform the wrong cheer when the teacher would tell them to do one they'd do the wrong cheer. Then she would change the cheers so when my daughter would practice the one they'd bring home it was wrong because the coach was constantly changing it and making it even more confusing. Most of all, I really think that Coach Yesinia needs to learn lighten up and concentrate on making it ""more fun"" and she might find that the kids learn better when they are having fun. She takes her coaching job very serious and seems all about coming in 1st place which most of her teams did do. My daughter told me she was always yelling at the same four or five kids and that they would just sit there while she corrected those kids. It made my daughter scared of the coach and although she never got yelled at she really didn't like going to cheer leading because of this. The owners also are very UPTIGHT and PUSHY. Their raffle is a joke - they sell several thousand tickets for a mere $100 grand prize. This program is VERY COSTLY because they are always throwing in add ons!
Pros: Offers an indoor cheerleading program when most park dist. cheerleading programs are over.
Cons: SNOTTY SNOBBY owners, management, Coach yells & is Uptight too. NOT FUN! JK ELITE HAS NEGATIVE ENERGY FROM A TO Z!
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