To piggyback on this it's also good to contact the coach very far in advance, ESPECIALLY if you can't make this clinics. This year both USC (South Carolina) clinics were during major competitions: NCA and Battle at the Capitol. Contact the coach according to his or her preferred method to...
Someone tweeted that I made USC?! I'm honored!!! :D Also Syndey Stinson from ACX Wildjags made USC along with one other ACX girl whose name I didn't catch.
Don't leave anything out in the open unless you never want to see it again. I left a new pair of sunglasses on top of my bag last year during practice at Allstar Sports and they disappeared. They were $5 cheapo sunglasses but still.
One of my best friends (not cheer related. he's listed as my son on my facebook for those who know me) makes maple bacon ice cream. It tastes like heaven.
I see the title and I think, "Now if I were a coach I could make a conditioning game out of this. One toe touch for every time someone posts Maddie Gardner or Gabi Butler."
It's really not a scary as you think. I was really nervous back in warm ups but the second I stepped out on the mat I got the feeling of "wow this really isn't that bad...let's do this". Really, just relax.
The Whoadeedly fiasco was explained a few pages ago. I don't remember which ones sadly.
ETA: the above post hadn't appeared when I pressed "post". Sorry.
All I could hear on the floor was the initial whistle at the start of our music. I couldn't really hear the crowd either. Other than that I loved every aspect of the competition.