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Any advice that you can give me to pass on to my CP. Basically, she is doing a frog-legged BHS. She first got her BHS in November, so it is still a fairly new skill. She is doing good, pushing off with her toes. But when she gets to the handstand portion, she looks like a hot mess. I do...

Hi All. My daughter is only in her 2nd year of cheer and this year is struggling with the fact that she's been placed on a team but has no position. (eg - not a base, backspot or flyer). She is struggling with the feeling of not belonging or fitting in and therefore not being valued. She is...

Hi Everyone, So some exciting news, my team is considering our first international trip! If we get approved we will be attending the Live Your Legacy International Championship at the O2 in London!!! I'm so excited and have been trying to sus out the Legacy cheer and dance competitions so if...

Hello Everyone! I’m new to this site but cheered in high school and college. I now have a 16 year old who cheers. I am wanting to get into panel judging (went to a USASF legality training this past year and decided on the first day that it wasn’t what I really wanted to do), any advice of where...

A fellow coach and I are currently part of an all star team. However, it is not a cheerleading gym - it is a team offered by a dance studio - we only practice once a week with our teams throughout the year to compete. The program has not grown in the four years we have had it (we are not the...

I thought I'd start a new thread on this since the other post are old. Any advice when visiting College Cheer Clinics? Also, is there a site that has an updated list of Clinics? Thanks

I posted this is in the coaches room and it didn't seem to get much traction, so I thought I'd try here! I am one of 3 coaches at the high school I graduated from. In the 4 years I was there as a student, we have never competed with more than 10 girls. We had our first "open gym" where we let...

Hi everyone. I'm looking for some advice on how I can get my CP motivated at cheer. We moved to a new gym this season and she rocked it at tryouts. She also kept up her work ethic over the summer. All of a sudden she's started giving up. She went from basing the biggest senior flyer (at 11 years...

hey guys so im going to be a freshman at unr in the fall but i was hoping to try out for the cheer team my sophomore or junior year. Unr has "4" teams.. stunt, tumble, cheer, and pom (they all cheer together but do different thingss) I have a strong background in cheer and a moderate background...

I started cheering my freshman year of college and my team doesn't have any tumbling (or a coach eek). I just made captain (as a junior) and my co-captain and I want to add tumbling so we can eventually become a competitive team. We're planning on taking classes as a team, but I'd like to be...

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I was hoping for some thoughts and advice from others about the best option for my daughter long term. A little background first. Her cheer age is 6. She just completed her first Allstar season on a Mini 1. She loves it. We are at a large gym with 40+ teams currently. She loves the coaches and...

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Hi everyone! I've been looking into starting my own all star cheer team for a few years now, but I don't have any coaching experience. I used to cheer during my high school years, but had to stop when I was diagnosed with lupus in 2008. I don't really know where to start in regards to coaching...

Hey all, this is my first year as a flyer and I'm needing some advice. I live in Canada so partner stunting isn't anywhere near what it is in the states (for the most part obviously) and though me and my stunting partner have toss to hands/extension easily I was wondering if anyone has tips for...

hi! I am looking for any information on choreographers in or near PA for allstar cheer and any helpful advice on our first time as an allstar cheer team,

My daughter (age 8) is working on her back tuck. She is really stuck in a bad habit right now, and she's struggling to fix it. She keeps throwing her head and she's also opening up from her tuck position too soon. Any tips or tricks for her to help her remember to keep her head straight and...

Hi, does anyone have the infinity halo trainers? Was wondering about them actually helping you jump higher...do they actually work or is it just a fun gimmick that won't stick around?

I will be going on my first travel competition and am wondering about tanning. Since we leave 2 days before we compete and it's a 2 day competition, I'm not sure if I should tan before we leave or do it when I arrive. So for the parents/athletes who do travel competitions a lot, what do you...