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7 MOST COMMON CHEER BASING ISSUES (& HOW TO FIX THEM)

Basing cheer can come with one (or multiple) badges of honour: BRUISES! However, there is one main culprit for bruising and base injury:...

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...

HOW TO LEAD YOUR CHEER TEAM TO SUCCESS

There will be moments when your team is in practice; it’s a day where nothing seems to go right. Stunts won’t stay in the air. The team...

5 REASONS YOU'RE NOT HITTING YOUR CHEER SKILLS

Photography by Emanuel Berthe In the last few years, the team at CheerConditioning.Academy has been working relentlessly to pinpoint what...

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...

6 SECRETS OF 6 PACK ABS

by Justin Schneider and Jessica Zoo Summer is getting closer and we all know what that means: time in the sun! Whether you’re out with...

3 SECRETS TO GET YOUR TUCK

Let’s imagine for a moment that your tumbling is a movie. (For your parents, your tumbling classes will look like a comedy.. Tumbling by...

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...

8 WAYS TO BUILD CONFIDENCE IN YOUR CHEER TEAM

by Melissa Hay In judging competitions over the last 12 years and coaching for more than 20 years, I can always spot a confident team. ...

CHEERLEADERS: HOW TO HIT YOUR COUNTS

Whether it's spaghetti or jelly arms, getting kids (or some adults!) to hit their motions can be a struggle. This past week, we have...

CHEERLEADERS: STEAL THE SHOW

by Melissa Hay The lights scan the stage as you enter the floor, the announcer just called your team to the mat, the music is pounding...

ENDURANCE TRAINING FOR CHEERLEADING

Photography by Emmanuel Berthe Hands up if you or your team struggle with getting through full-outs 🙋🏻 or does anyone else notice how...

CHEERLEADING, LEVEL ASIAN. TIPS FROM NU PEP SQUAD.

Imagine a world where every athlete on a cheer team is on a fully paid scholarship. Where teams have 1 coach for every 5 athletes,...

AN IDIOT'S GUIDE TO CHEER ACCESSORIES

Cheerleading has it's own obsession with fashion trends, styles and accessories! We've put together a quick guide for programs and...

THE SPORT OF CHEERLEADING

by Debbie Love This sport of cheerleading is still very young, but I have been involved cheering since 1965 and doing gymnastics as well...