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5 WAYS TO REDUCE PERFORMANCE ANXIETY

You would think that for someone who makes a living of making and presenting videos, “performance anxiety” is not the first thing that...

CHEERLEADERS: PUT YOUR BACK INTO IT!

Dear cheerleaders, Have you ever felt like: Jumps are not improving? You cannot hold a handstand? You find it hard keeping stunts stable?...

HOW MANY CHEER FULL OUTS AT CHEER PRACTICE?

by Justin Schneider & Debbie Love TO FULL OUT OR NOT TO FULL OUT... THAT, IS THE QUESTION! It’s competition week, halfway through a 2...

POSITIVE MINDSET FOR CHEERLEADERS

There will be times where we want to quit and won’t think we’re good enough. Maybe it was a fall. Or a made mistake in a stunt sequence...

BUST A MOVE, NOT YOUR ANKLES!

You start your run into your pass and in your hurdle step, your ankle rolls... and even though you try to push through you can barely...

HOW ELITE CHEERLEADERS USE GRIT TO BECOME CHAMPIONS

by Jeff Benson ARE YOU STRIVING FOR TALENT OR FOR GRIT? Would you rather be the athlete who barely has to practice; walks into the gym...

TOP 3 CONDITIONING LIFTS FOR MALE CHEERLEADERS

by Coach Sahil M. It's no secret how far the sport of cheer has come in the last ten years. Every season, the boundaries of stunt...

SAVE TIME WITH CHEER CONDITIONING

By now, we’re all pretty much aware that conditioning is not just something cheerleaders do after shampoo. Unless you’ve been living...

10 MISTAKES ALL CHEERLEADERS MAKE

Are you an all-star cheerleader or parent? Make sure you're not guilty of one of the most common 10 pitfalls that could be holding you...

HOW TO GET A CHEERLEADER BODY

Firstly, we want to make one thing clear. There is no such thing as THE cheerleader body. We’re sorry if the title misled you. There are...