Category: Spirit

Each year following The Cheerleading and Dance World Championship, the Worlds Advisory Board (WAB) reviews successes, opportunities for improvement, and new ideas for the following year. Because 2017-18 team placements and tryouts are in process, this new information is time sensitive as programs plan for next season. (Dance Worlds Divisions and Categories for 2018 will…

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Dear USASF Member, Our Member Database will be closed for maintenance beginning May 17, 2017 and will reopen prior to the new membership term that begins August 1, 2017. Watch for announcements in July. If you need any member information, such as member ID numbers, please email [email protected] for assistance. Your Regional Director will be…

The 15th episode features Shea and David discussing Tryouts.

Dear USASF Coaches and Owners: Please forward this email to your parents and athletes, and encourage attendance at USASF leadership programs this summer! BOLT (Bettering Our Leaders of Tomorrow) activates young female cheer and dance leaders to become strong peer role models who put team first. MARCH (Males Advancing Respect, Character and Honor) a NEW program designed to build…

Dear USASF Cheer Program Members: The USASF is listening to input from members regarding the Cheer Age Grid and Exhibition status for Tiny teams for the 2017-18 event season. As plans for team placements and tryouts are underway, concerns have been brought forward by coaches recently about the ability of programs to field teams within…

USASF Regional Conventions – Pre-and Post-Convention Workshops Because you asked for it again this year! Don’t miss the pre- and post-convention workshops for coaches, owners and athletes! Extend your Regional Convention experience with these opportunities: IMPACT (Integrity Motivates People and Cultures to Transform) leadership series for All Star Cheer and Dance Coaches and Owners J.U.M.P.…

The 14th Drill=Skills has the guys discussing fulls.

USASF Regional Conventions – It’s Time to Register! We hope you’ve Saved the Date for the USASF Regional Convention near you this summer, because Registration is officially OPEN, and ALL of the class descriptions are available online! New This Year Dance specific classes and and Level 6 Cheer Credentialing are available ONLY at the West…

Is there a right/wrong way to teach a hurdle into a roundoff? I don’t know if I could legitimately say that there is a wrong way to teach any skill, but the most productive way that I’ve seen taught and used, is hurdling in a tight “touchdown”, or another “Shea technique” that was taught to…

On the 13th edition of Drills=Skills, Shea, Sean and special guest Jenn Power discuss Worlds 2017.

Often times when dealing with the roundoff a few issues are getting feet together fast enough to allow for blocking as well as pushing through toes from each foot. A few drills to help with getting feet together faster. Roundoff to push up shape.  I like to introduce this from a lung with landing onto…

April showers brought NCA College and started Worlds, but didn’t finish it. Here’s what else made the news: International Cheer Union World Championship results. National Law Review published Sis-Boom-Bah: U.S. Supreme Court Rules That Cheerleader Uniform Design Elements May Be Eligible for Copyright Protection and Cheerleader Uniform Designs Protectable Under Copyright Act. TMZ posted Floyd…

It’s not too early to plan your summer! Regional Conventions are the place to be for Cheer & Dance Legality Official certification, we have an exclusive dance concentration at the Las Vegas location and check out these pre and post-convention add on’s below! Click here to register for the Regional Convention near you!: IMPACT (Integrity…

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There are a couple different variances in roundoff technique just like with any other skill. The main principle no matter what the technique is to efficiently change athlete from using forward facing momentum to backward so they can go up or back depending on the desired angle of trajectory. You’ll find the hurdle and lunge…

Nutritionist Stephanie Yeatts joins the guys to talk about nutrition on the 12th edition of Drills=Skills. Stephanie also provided the Cheer Athlete Nutrition guide below. Cheer Athlete Nutrition

On the 11th Drills=Skills Shea, David, and Sean discuss Conditioning.

Some of the common issues I see in handstands are a short lunge, head out and improper balance. A tip I got from Debbie Love was to walk heel to toe 4 steps and that should be the distance of step into the lunge.  Elbows behind ears with an invisible straight line from finger tips…

Special guest and former Olympic gymnast, Wendy Bruce-Martin joins the guys to discuss Coaching Culture on the 10th edition of Drills=Skills. The show will be live on Wednesday at 1pm Eastern.

The handstand by far is the most crucial movement an athlete will learn when starting to tumble. This position will be the foundation of almost every tumbling skill. While learning this movement, conditioning is the most important aspect due to the full body strength and awareness needed to properly perform this skill, so strength is…

Welcome to April. March came and went with USA Cheer Announcing the Junior Coed U. S. National Team and Nfinity introducing “Flyte”, calling it the ultimate stunt shoe. The biggest news of the month will likely turn out to be the Supreme Court ruling on uniforms, as reported by Associated Press, Bloomberg, LexisNexis, National Law…

This week’s edition of Drills=Skills features Shea, David, and Sean discussing classes.

I’m sure that everyone out there has at least given a solid effort in attempting to do a handstand. And I’m sure that some of us did them fairly well. But, we all have seen people try this “simple” drill and epically fail. What I want to do, is give you a few techniques that…

The 8th edition of Drills=Skills is all about technique.