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I had a coach tell me before competing to 'check it off the list' and that's what I tell my girls now. Think of each part of your routine as an item on a check list and as you do each thing you check it off. Don't think ahead, don't think back just worry about the skill your doing at that moment.
 
I had a coach tell me before competing to 'check it off the list' and that's what I tell my girls now. Think of each part of your routine as an item on a check list and as you do each thing you check it off. Don't think ahead, don't think back just worry about the skill your doing at that moment.

That´s a great advice. I know my girls are not acting this way.
Sometimes they worry about a skill somewhere in the routine - a tumbling skill, a flipping basket, part of pyramid.
And they tend to be nervous because of this from the first beat of the music, from the first count of the routine.
Shame on me for not letting them do enough full-outs, i´m trying to change this to make them feel comfortable about every skill.
I will tell them the check-list thing, it´s great!
 
This was actually something I took from that documentary on the Twinkles. The coach was speaking to a little girl with a mental block:

"Everyone can have a bad day"
and
"There is no pressure from me and Dana to do this full. Ok? Look at how heavy you're breathing. Nothing about cheerleading is so important that it should make you this upset"

Words to live by^
 
Don't Over Think It! i over thought fulls to the point where i wouldn't throw them because i didn't understand how it worked.... after i stopped thinking about it I basically have a full! it also worked for stunting!
 
"I can't do the routine for you. You got to focus on what you're supposed to do and hit a great routine"
"No matter what happens out there, leave the mat knowing that you gave your all."
 
PARENTS - please be careful what you SAY in there - even if you are not a susie's mom - even if it is not about cheer...there are little ears everywhere and my 2 elementary-aged cps learned most of their inappropriate words not from other kids but from some of the parents at cheer...
 
Oh this is so good-another one that my daughter's previous coaches told me recently and helped me keep things in perspective:

" The reality is your daughter may never do a backhandspring (or tuck, or full) by herself. She may be scared to death of tumbling and never get over that fear. Does that mean she doesn't have something to offer a level 2 team? Or a higher level team? No. If she's giving it 100%, then you support her in that. Don't add to the pressure she's already putting on herself."


Can I blow this up and tape it to the wall of our parent room?
 
"They get yelled at enough on the floor. You don't have to do it in the car after practice. If they have a tough practice, just be a parent. Stop and get them a Frosty on the way home." And...
"There's nothing you can teach your child about cheer. That's what you pay other people to do. Keep your mouth shut."

And tape this one up too? This one will be EXTRA BIG.
 
My first school tryout, I had no friends that were trying out. We tried out in groups of 3, and one girl who was on the team the year before said to me "Remember to always smile. Even if you mess up. Just pick back up and keep going. I really want you to make it." It was something really simple, but it meant a lot and gave me that extra confidence boost :)
 
Before major competitions my team would circle up and collectively take a deep breath and let it out. It helped a lot with nerves and calmed people down. Probably the most helpful thing I have ever done before competing.


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That would help me too!
 
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