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Hi all, We have one male athlete right now, but we would love to gain more and work towards true coed style stunting and a coed-style team. Does anyone have any tips on recruiting male athletes? Or even just in general? I recently took over a new school and we have 10 athletes, i'd love to get...

How many 8 counts is your pyramid? Our stunt sequence is 5 1/2. Our Pyramid was I think 7 1/2 last year. I am debating how many 8 counts to make our dance and how many to allocate for pyramid as we head into choreography next week. I like to make sure I have plenty of time to allow for two...

We hold tryouts in the late spring and practices over the summer twice a week. In addition, we have "skills trainings" that are twice a week for a total of four days a week starting in mid-June. One day is open stunt where they can work on whatever stunts they want (or we want), in a more "open...

Sharpness! I'd love if someone could break down how to be "sharp". It is such an off concept for new athletes and sometimes they just can't get it to "click".

For our alternates we tell them right up front when we post our team: Team members: blah blah blah, Alternates: blah blah blah. Alternates are required to be at all practices and know ALL parts of the routine respective to their stunting position. This means knowing all parts of the dance...

Okay that's what I thought too! I was just thinking... I watched last year and saw plenty start with a cheer and looked at the rules and it doesn't designate where it needs to be.

Oh really? For some reason (I did UCA Staff too) but I never realized this HAHAHAH. Wow. Good to know!

Do you all have a preference for your "order" within your routine? For example, we are used to doing: Opening Jumps Partner Stunts (Sequence) Cheer Transition Element (baskets, etc.) Pyramid Dance I do not want to end with a dance, but I am unsure if we should switch up the rest of the...

We are doing new uniforms this year! We have a budget of $4500 for 30 uniforms ($150) each. I have yet to confirm that this one is within our budget (I am assuming it is since our Varsity Rep sent the artwork after I told her our budget) but who knows. I can't upload the image since it doesnt...

Yes! I saw your post on some other Financial Thread and used that structure when I set up my spreadsheet, so it's a similar system. Thanks for all the tips!

Thanks everyone! It weirds me out too- I even spoke with our AD who recommended I have parent as a signer? Anyway, I've been giving receipts anytime I accept or give money, and keeping detailed spreadsheets so hopefully it goes well!

I am taking over as head coach with my current program where I am assistant. We do not have a booster club, and so the coaches have organized finances in the past. The current system the head coach had a business account with Wells Fargo, where all the cheer money went and I was a signed/had...

Thanks everyone! I think I am going to go with one maroon and one white, if the base of our uniform is black. If we go with a maroon uniform again I will probably just do both white.

I wanted to see what a general consensus was on poms! Growing up we had two-tone poms (Navy & Orange). The school I am coaching at now currently uses one maroon and one white. We are getting new uniforms and so I was debating if we wanted new poms as well. Thoughts we are having is, what looks...

We used schoolpride.com! Decent prices for good graphics. They were super on it in terms of making sure we had out materials before competitions, and sending artwork before starting production.

I did our choreography this year- but i've worked with Mandi Spina and Scott Ralph before. Any of their recommendations or cheer colleagues I would trust! (East Coast based)

Hmm interesting! Thanks everyone for your input! I grew up paying $1000 (roughly) between sideline for Football, and competition. It's been a bit of an adjustment here where parents won't really pay much- by no means do I expect them to pay $1k like I did (or those of you in CA apparently as...

Awesome thank you guys so much!! I'll have to post a video when we clean it all up :)

How much money on average do your athletes pay per season (camp, clothing, fees, etc.) How much do you expect them to fundraise? My experience on the east coast was expensive- roughly $1000 (sideline & comp) each year of high school. Now where I coach it is roughly $300-400. However, I am...