- Jun 14, 2011
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So I must admit...I WAS one of those girls when I cheered. My best friend and I cheered together and spent so much time together we were like sisters. We had known each other since we were 4, so there wasn,t much that much that didn't know or share about each other. The problem was that we awould also fight like sisters.
Telling us to leave our problems off the mat or that we were affecting the rest of the team didn't work. I think you will find in situations like that, when people are bored...trouble is there. When you are working together toward a new skill or goal, they don't have time to argue. Whenever my coach realized anyone on the team was having issues, like us, she would suddenly have a new stunt sequence or tumbling pass or dance, that we had to learn together. We would be so obsessed with getting it before the other stunt teams or making sure we weren't the ones falling behind, we didn't have time to argue, we worked together to accomplish the goal and were proud of each other. She was a sneaky coach, but it made our team even better! I would even say GREAT!
Telling us to leave our problems off the mat or that we were affecting the rest of the team didn't work. I think you will find in situations like that, when people are bored...trouble is there. When you are working together toward a new skill or goal, they don't have time to argue. Whenever my coach realized anyone on the team was having issues, like us, she would suddenly have a new stunt sequence or tumbling pass or dance, that we had to learn together. We would be so obsessed with getting it before the other stunt teams or making sure we weren't the ones falling behind, we didn't have time to argue, we worked together to accomplish the goal and were proud of each other. She was a sneaky coach, but it made our team even better! I would even say GREAT!