Author: Andre
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David on Standing Fulls
David Petty is the Tumbling Director at Cheer Extreme Raleigh in North Carolina. When should you start teaching a standing full? I recommend after the athlete has consistent jumps to tuck and after they have mastered a running combination to full, possibly even a double. Favorite Drills My favorite drills starting out would be doing…
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How to Gain Control of Your Free Time by Laura Vanderkam
Laura Vanderkam presented How to Gain Control of Your Free Time as a TED Talk.
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Shea on Standing Fulls
Shea Crawford is the Tumbling Director at Midwest Cheer Elite, which has several locations, originating in Ohio. Prerequisites Prior to starting to introduce a standing full to an athlete I require the athlete to have an open or no grab standing tuck. This demonstrates the athlete possesses the height and strength to begin working on…
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How Students of Color Confront Impostor Syndrome by Dena Simmons
Dena Simmons presented How Students of Color Confront Impostor Syndrome as a TED Talk.
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In Review – December 2016
December, along with 2016, has left us. Here’s the news that ended the year, including the news of the year. Everyone reported on Cheerleading being granted provisional Olympic status, including Reuters, Inside the Games, The Courier-Mail, BBC, USA Today, USA Cheer, and USASF. The Courier-Mail also published IOC Can’t Be Serious: Cheerleading and Muay Thai…
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4 Larger-Than-Life Lessons From Soap Operas by Kate Adams
Kate Adams presented 4 Larger-Than-Life Lessons From Soap Operas as a TED Talk.
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An Interview With the Founders of Black Lives Matter
An Interview With the Founders of Black Lives Matter, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi, was published as a TED Talk.
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Help for Kids the Education System Ignores by Victor Rios
Victor Rios presented Help for Kids the Education System Ignores as a TED Talk.
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The Urgency of Intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Kimberlé Crenshaw presented The Urgency of Intersectionality as a TED Talk.
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Islamophobia Killed My Brother. Let’s End the Hate by Suzanne Barakat
Suzanne Barakat presented Islamophobia Killed My Brother. Let’s End the Hate as a TED Talk.
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Know for Sure
“It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.” – Mark Twain
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In Review – November 2016
November came and awarded the first bids to Worlds. Articles regarding the Supreme Court case between Varsity and Star Athletica continued in The Hill, the Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. KATU published Student With Down Syndrome Achieves Cheerleading Goal: ‘It Means the World’. The Omega published Cheerleaders Find Balance Between Art and Sport.…
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How America’s Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty by Kandice Sumner
Kandice Sumner presented How America’s Public Schools Keep Kids in Poverty as a TED Talk.
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Enough With the Fear of Fat by Kelli Jean Drinkwater
Kelli Jean Drinkwater presented Enough With the Fear of Fat as a TED Talk.
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How We Talk About Sexual Assault Online by Ione Wells
Ione Wells presented How We Talk About Sexual Assault Online as a TED Talk.
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What Reality Are You Creating For Yourself? by Isaac Lidsky
Isaac Lidsky presented What Reality Are You Creating For Yourself? as a TED Talk.
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And Then There Were 5
Last weekend 4 of the 9 undefeated major college football teams lost, leaving Alabama, Clemson, Michigan, and Washington as the 4 remaining Power 5 teams and Western Michigan as the only remaining Group of 5 team. I beleive the first 4 now clearly control their own destiny in making it to the playoff, but the…
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