Month: July 2009

  • Varsity Score Sheet

    The “Varsity Standard of Scoring” has been released. Varsity Score Sheet

  • All-Levels Championship Gives Back

    The IALC recently donated $3000 to the USASF Scholarship Fund. All Levels Press Release

  • JAM Brands Universal Score Sheet

    The JAM Brands announced today that every JAM Brand event will use the same score sheet. JAM Brands Scoring Website & Email

  • Underground Cheer

    This link was anonymously sent to us recently. After a little hesitation we decided to post it  since we encourage people to express their feelings about the industry. The recording was published sometime no later than November of 2008. Underground Cheer Recording

  • Death By Chocolate

    Is this the worst or best way to go? Death by Chocolate

  • Message Boards

    What do you think of spirit industry message boards? What do each of them offer and what problems do they have? We ask because we are considering bringing back the Spirit Post Forum. We are currently testing the software we would use if we decide to proceed, but wanted to get thoughts about the current…

  • Jeff Webb on Safety

    Varsity sent a letter today: Dear Coach, As I’m sure many of you are aware by now, cheerleading and cheerleading safety have been getting a lot of attention in the media this week.  Much of the attention is due to the release of the 26th annual study by the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury…

  • US Finals 2010

    The US Finals announced all levels of cheer and dance will be able to compete at any US Finals location in 2010. As a reminder the 2009 US Finals restricted some divisions to the Virginia Beach location. US Finals Email

  • NCAA Cheerleading

    The Double A Zone, the official blog of the NCAA posted an article discussing cheerleading as a sport. Double A Zone

  • Wedding Invitations & Prayers

    A few years ago, a then young coach named Carlos asked me why I coached. I think my answer surprised him because I said I coached for Wedding Invitations. At that time I was coaching college kids who didn’t always agree with what I asked or told them to do, but to me, getting a…

  • NCSF “Our Fallen Angels” PSA

    The National Cheer Safety Foundation (NCSF) released the PSA “Our Fallen Angels” on YouTube early this summer. (We thought we posted about it then, but couldn’t find a post mentioning it.) Our Fallen Angels