It’s that time of the year. Crunch-time. Go-time. Time to shine. Time to make your routine hit. Probably the biggest challenge we all face at this time of year is making sure we stay focused, calm, and determined as we get ready to compete!
Read MoreThe air is chilling, the leaves are changing and competition season is STARTING! It’s mine, and I’m sure your, favorite time of the year! Cheerleaders are in gyms across the world, preparing, practicing and perfecting their routines to show off in the 2012-2013 season.
Read MoreAs summer comes to a close and school goes back in session, it brings us to my favorite time of year…Competition Season! Some of the best performances in cheerleading and dance history were performed in the 2011-2012 season. Unforgettable routines were displayed week after week from the East coast to the West coast and many of them were caught in action! Take some time to look back at all of the memorable moments from last season on Varsity TV:
Read MoreThere are no words to describe winning the gold medal again and standing on the platform with this team. We constantly came face to face with adversity and persevered. I am so proud and honored to say that I was a part of the 2012 USA World Champion team and I will never forget this experience! Until next year, GO USA!!
Read MoreSince the day I decided to become a cheerleader, I’ve been told that cheerleading isn’t a sport. “It has no ball.” “There’s no physical contact.” “Anyone can yell on the sidelines.” We, as cheerleaders have heard it all…seriously. So, I began to think… Maybe, just maybe, cheerleading isn’t a sport. In fact, I think it’s much more than that. It’s taught me a number of lessons that I wouldn’t have learned if I’d been in a “real” sport.
Read MoreI’m from the great state of South Carolina, where cheerleading rules the land. Almost every girl I went to high school with was a cheerleader at some point in their lives, and if they weren’t, they knew our cheers and could do them along with us. One thing about South Carolina cheerleading is we were not allowed to travel out of state to compete. Our season actually ended with the state championship in November. You can imagine once I made Clemson and was given the opportunity to compete at the College National Championship in Florida, it was a huge adjustment.
Read MoreCheerleading, like technology, is evolving. There will ALWAYS be a necessity for traditional cheerleaders, but the last decades, and more specifically, the last several years has seen cheerleading morph into a more competitive phenomenon. Traditional cheerleading is the genesis for today’s new genres of cheer-based performance and sport. They are all different but spring from the same well. Traditional cheerleading gave life to competitive cheer and that competitive drive has created the offspring of all star cheerleading and now STUNT.
Read MoreCheerleading is a different kind of sport. We have no off-season, there is no ball involved, and on top of supporting other teams, we support each other. When we hit the mat, we are out to prove that we are the best team, and we are out to gain respect from other teams proving that we are true competitors.
Read MoreThere is rarely a week to go by that I don’t hear another powerful story of something truly amazing and inspirational that a cheerleader or cheerleading team has done. This week I want to feature one of those stories. A friend and co-worker ran across this article and sent it my way. She knew it was the perfect story for the blog, and I could not agree more.
Read MoreBeing a "cheerleader" means different things to different people. To some people, being a cheerleader means you have a sideline pass to every sporting event. To some people, it's just an after school activity. To some people, it's a way to hang out with friends and work together. All of these things are great, but for some people being a cheerleader means adopting a new family.
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