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I am currently a graduate student at the University of Central Florida studying exercise science. My ultimate goal is to learn how to train athletes physically and mentally for demanding sports. Sport psychology is a very new field and there are not a lot of programs in it. I would encourage...

For real though, someone please PM me to get the tickets! I don't want them to go to waste! If you know someone that hasn't bought tickets yet, please tell them about me! They include Disnet tickets too :)

Hi everyone! My mom and I bought the Disney passes that includes admission to everything at WWoS (all finals sessions). Well, my sister had to have surgery unexpectedly and my mom is leaving after session 1. I am leaving after session 2. If anyone needs or knows someone that needs admission to...

Ok, so since they are clearing the Field house in between each session, how are they going to do that safely and efficiently? Think about it: people that have paid $90 (for only Monday) to get in...they give up a possibly good seat during the first session, have to wait outside, and hope to...

I do a private lesson with a tiny every week. Her mom posted this on my facebook wall: "Mommy, I'm so sore from all the air-conditioning coach Shannon had me do yesterday." I died laughing. I had her do squat jumps and hollow holds.

While doing too much can definitely lead to injuries, it mostly depends on what those coaches are making her do. Are they doing preventative conditioning? At my gym, all the coaches do a lot of conditioning. No, it is not just to get girls in shape. The drills and exercises I have my tumblers do...

Yes for flyers! About three of my private lessons are flyers. While their privates are originally for tumbling, sometimes we'll do flying drills and I'll stunt with them. I am a female, and most of these girls are too big for me to do legitimate one mans, but I'll lay down on a large mat and...

I definitely feel like fierce is the most common one that outsiders don't get. All my friends look at me crazy when I say something is fierce. I complimented a friend and told her that he outfit was fierce and she replied "I thought if you're fierce it means that you're a mean person." Um, no. lol

I bought it. The videos and the books are good supplemental material, but just keeping up with her website and other cheer news is sufficient, IMO.

Unfortunately I don't know how to get an out of state waiver because I am from Florida. However the financial aid office is really great and helpful! Their website is finaid.ucf.edu

Love! <3 one of the many reasons I love Will Smith (his looks don't hurt either. haha)

What you are describing sounds like psychological skills training. Many sports psychologists currently use this to enhance performance in all athletes. Its' core ideas involve mental imagery training, positive self-talk, relaxation techniques, etc. It has been shown to improve performance in...

I like it because it's different but not by taking away actual parts of the uniform (i.e. cutouts).

Tumbling clinics definitely help polish skills or help those that are extremely close to a skill. While a kid might learn a whole new skill, they certainly won't learn to do it by themselves right away (for example, a back handspring). However, tumbling clinics seem to give a lot of kids...

I text athletes only to schedule private lessons (if they are in high school, I text their parent if they are young) and to congratulate them. If an athlete, for example, lands her back handspring for the first time during our private lesson I will typically text them the next day saying I am...

For the team tumbling, we used to charge 5$ last season. However, this season it is built in to their tuition. We only do it for youth and mini teams. Most of the junior and senior girls that want to improve their tumbling just take private lessons. For preschool, it's $45/month. For the...

I run the tumbling program at a gym in central Florida. We've been building the program for the past year and so far, it has been pretty successful. It's a show up and pay as you go type of program (that's what makes it successful, not prepaying). So far we have 11, about to be 12 classes each...

You're right. A lot of times, (at least the ages I work with) if I say "I want your feet back slightly" they don't take it as what I would define as slightly. lol. So I just tell them to snap down. I work mostly with 10-12 year olds for level 3 skills.

You need to make sure you're snapping out of your roundoff and your backhandspring before doing a tuck. If you don't, your feet will be behind you for the set (or in an 11 o'clock position). For example, if you did a rebound of a roundoff or a backhandspring where your feet were behind you, your...

This is what I did and still do to keep my jumps hyperextended (specifically toe touch) drills: - sit in a straddle and do leg lifts/circles without stopping. Start with right leg and one hand on each side of your leg. Make sure you're not leaning back. Then left, then both legs. Make sure when...