Thank you! This helps a lot coming from someone outside the team. Surprisingly, I've never heard just roll with it. I've never really thought about it either. That makes the a lot of sense though. Just don't let it faze you and keep going. Thanks again!
Sorry to double post but thank you so much for this! I never would have thought of this! Maybe she'll recognize me even! We did a kiddie camp this summer so hopefully some of those girls will be at the game!
Don't be nervous, it's fun! Focus on being as overly peppy as you can. You may think you're smiling and look happy, but a normal smile doesn't really come across as happy when you're yelling, so you really have to exaggerate it. Raising your eyebrows helps too. If you mess up, keep your smile and just keep going, if you're really lost try to casually look around you to figure out where you should be. Focusing on a kid is a good idea but if you're in front of the student section where there are no kids, look kind of up and through them and don't be intimidated by them. Our student section used to throw stuff at us, they're pretty awful, so trust me when I say there's nothing to be afraid of! They can't hurt you and they probably aren't paying enough attention to you to make fun of you or even notice if you mess up!
Thank you! Thankfully (going off of your student section anyway) we don't really have a student section for football. But our parents are just as crazy. Sometimes they'll tend to outnumber and out-chant our student section in basketball season. And that's one thing I love about football season: they're more likely looking up and over you to watch the game than looking at you, where as in basketball season, if they're looking at you, they're looking at you and it's obvious. In other words, I'm glad The Herd doesn't assemble until basketball season. Funny you mention raising your eyebrows. I always get teased that I don't have them, and I think I look sorry if demonic when I raise them as high as I can (because I can raise them pretty high)
Whomps, lol. That is a flashback. Didn't think was still used at all.
We would throw them shirts and candy and they'd throw it back. We just don't throw them stuff anymore. That's what you get!
I've been bringing it back for about a year now. I'm making it cool again.
When I tore my MCL they let me do physical therapy at home! They gave me a sheet of exercises and a couple of tools. It was wayyyy too expensive and I didn't have a license to get there efficiently so they told me I had that option.
