Saw this on a gym group Facebook post.
The gym couldn't get boys ages 3-6 into their preschool cheer class. So they rebranded it as "Come learn to soar, jump and tumble like a Superhero!"
The next session had dozens of boys! What dad would keep his son from superhero class?
Just brilliant...
Have some questions from another special needs coach. Please let me know your thoughts!
Do your athletes travel overnight to competitions? Do they stay with their families or with chaperones? Any good practices you can share?
I just wanted to take a minute to acknowledge the contributions that Emily has made to this board, especially over this last weekend. She got the right threads started; loaded them with the correct links in the first post and kept guiding the thread back when it would drift.
Thank you very...
The 2013 Worlds Performance Order lottery will be streamed live & free at:
Mr. Video :: Live Streaming and On Demand Video
starting at 7:00 central time on Tuesday, April 9th!
Enjoy!
I would like to get some input from everyone about the interaction between high school cheer teams and how they interact (good or bad) with all stars.
Does the high school coach have any issue with cheering all stars? Are there restrictions? Are high school cheerleaders banned from cheering...
Hard to believe that a year ago this week, the Image & Appearance rules were first released. The outcry was pretty immediate and if you think people can't have an impact, then you just need to revisit the first 30 days after the release.
In remembrance of the anniversary, I'm reposting my...
We all have them and with Christmas coming up, we need to share! If they involve cheerleading; all the better. I'm going to post one that Kelly (wife of one of the ACE owners) posted.
Kelly:
Hi all, I shared this story on my author page, but typing it reminded me that it is one of my...
Can we discuss what is (and is not) cyber bullying?
There are a lot of groups that are against it and I don't think anyone is "for" it. But do we really know what "it" is?
Over the last few weeks we've had instances that were either claimed to be bullying or at least hinted they were.
Just...
Please don't post something just because it's been 10 minutes.
But if the team went Friday and it's still not there, please let me know gym and team name, division, venue and performance time.
Also, please let me know if it was there yesterday and not now.
Per request:
American Pie (with apologies to Don McLean)
A long, long time ago… I can still remember how
Cheerleading used to make me smile.
And I knew if they had a chance,
That they could make those people dance,
And maybe they’d be happy for a while.
But March 28 made me shiver,
With...
If we can, let's try to post any relevant discussions about the number and awarding of bids in this thread.
As we all know, NCA advertised 7 paid bids and 21 at large bids.
They have (apparently) awarded 8 paid bids and 24 at large bids.
Several people have already pointed out that a...
The competition this year is going to be great!
As of today, there are 16 special needs cheer teams and 2 special needs dance teams registered!!
It's going to be a great competition!!
I hope everyone has a safe and joyous holiday season.
With all the difficulties everyone faces, please take this time to enjoy your family and think about what good things you have in your life.
Y'all generally know about my passion for the special needs teams.
An article was just published in Cheer Biz News outlining a lot of information on how to start a team. Natalie Reinert did a great job of taking the time to really understand the division and what needed to be done. I'm very...
Just wanted to make sure that everyone was aware of the new special needs rules:
1. teams are limited to level 3 rules with the additional restriction of no basket tosses.
2. event producers are allowed to let the special needs teams choose to exhibit or compete.
Please help make sure all...