#shouldofjoin

tl;dr I really regret not joining the pep flag team in high school. 

Lately, I've been more drawn to pep flags. I always have been when I was in high school but after graduating high school I never really thought about  it until now. The first time I saw flags was the incoming high school students orientation pep rally that the high school I went to had and when I saw the pep/short flags team performed, I knew I wanted to join the team. I asked my cousin who was a senior then to tell me when was the tryouts, since one of his friend was the captain but he told me there are 2nd tryouts during the year. Which by the way, there wasn't. So I missed out freshman year. I wanted to tryout for my sophomore year but unfortunately, I gave up after two days since most of my friends were joining swim. I understand that flag is hard but I think it was too much for 2 weeks.My biggest regret in high school ever?! And i feel like they made a huge mistake on the commitment by having newbies go to the practices for 2 weeks. The team btw end up being worse. For some reason, the older members quit and it was all newbies then. I'm thankful for my parents for buying me 2 flags online and I got to learn how to twirl by myself by watching many (MANY) short/pep flags routines. Its not the best and not clean but hey, I can still do a few tricks? :D I was debating if I should tryout for my junior year but hesitated because I was afraid and didn't want to do it by myself. ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE THERE! And so, due to budget cuts and the coach left, the pep flag team was cut my junior. I didn't have a chance to tryout afterwards and I really regret it so much because I realize it was something I really want to do. I was also lucky enough to go to a high school that offered pep flags because only small amount of high school has it and I didn't take the chance. Now, in college, I won't let the chance go, after what I did in high school. The college I go to is a pretty boring school but after all, its really what you make of it. Did I regret joining swim in high school? No, it was a good experience. Not knowing how to swim to being one of the faster swimmer in the JV team. (Well I learn in like 2nd grade but didn't swim at all afterwards. I wasn't good at all.) It was worth it! However, I did really regret not joining the Pep Flags team because I could of did both. :(

Anyhow, I like a lot of routines from many hs pep flags team. I don't really know which routine is my favorite but I think this one might be the one.