Hello all I am a new member and thought I would post to introduce
myself.
I am the mother of a drill team member. My daughter is 14 this will
be her 4th year in a drill team. .

My daughters old coach retired (actually was forced out) The main
reason being the 2 women that took over. We are very loyal to the
coach and these woman do not exemplify anything that he has taught.
In fact their caddy and nasty attitudes teach all the things I
despise. So we decided to switch 4-H counties and join another team.

So this year we thought we were on to new endeavors however it has
been one disappointment after the other. There has been numerous
canceled practices. Important members don't show up. And just lack
of organization. It has become a huge frustration.

My daughter is way more advanced then some of the kids on the team.
She would like to do more cantering if not do the a whole program at
a canter. The new kids that are just learning are holding her back
from what she wants to do. Which is ok she likes to help out and
knows that she to was at that stage once. However she still wants
more.

My daughter and I are seriously considering starting our own drill
team. I think we have enough knowledge to get it started. I just
have issues with offending people. The coach of our new team is not
only our 4-H leader but is a family friend. We love and respect her
very much and would hate to do anything that would change the
relationship that we have.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to handle this with out
hurting feelings?

And how to go about starting a new team?

We have tons of information and starting points and we have helped
the old team a lot so we know sort of how things should go and how
the work. Just not really sure. How to make the transition.

Heidi