Category: Spirit

Business Insider published What 12 Super-Successful People Wish They Knew At 22. Maybe you wish you could rewrite your past. Or perhaps you’re content with the decisions you made at that time in your life. Either way, there are probably a few things you wish you knew then that you know now.

Intuit’s Small Business Blog published Do You Have a Hobby or a Business?, touching on how the IRS determines how to classify the effort. As far as the federal government is concerned, a hobby is not a profitable endeavor. If a potter spends all day crafting bowls and vases, gives most of the inventory away,…

Varsity All Star is pleased to introduce The Dance Summit Championship, a prestigious event for all star dance teams. The Dance Summit will take place on May 2-3, 2015 at a park within the Walt Disney World® Resort in Orlando, FL. In its inaugural year, 205 dance bids will be offered in the Mini, Youth,…

Summer is slow until the regional meetings get in full swing so there isn’t much to observe or much news to talk about. Since there isn’t much to talk about I’ll briefly talk about the wedding I attended last weekend. It was a wedding between a male that’s a former college cheerleader and current all…

The June 11th show featured hosts Adam, Andre, Lark, Lisa, King, and Shane. Topics included Champions League moving to Los Angeles, All Star Games, Majors, International teams participating in invite-only events, and Shane taking a position with Aloha Productions.

USA Today published AMA Officially Designates Cheerleading a Sport, stating the American Medical Associations new position on our activity. The nation’s largest doctors’ group adopted that as policy Monday at its annual meeting in Chicago. AMA members say cheerleading is as rigorous as many other activities that high schools and the NCAA consider sports. Adding…

The New York Post published Not About the Benjamins: Suits Missing Point of Cheerleading, referencing the recent lawsuits involving NFL cheerleaders. Sports franchises have no incentive to make cheerleading high-paying. It’s basic supply and demand: Hundreds show up at auditions for a handful of coveted spots, despite low pay. The teams could probably fill their…

Simon Sinek presented Why Good Leaders Make You Feel Safe as a TED Talk, discussing a feeling leaders invoke in people.

Wired published Google’s Larry Page on Why Moon Shots Matter, discussing why he believes it’s important to have ambitious goals. That’s why Page expects his employees to create products and services that are 10 times better than the competition. That means he isn’t satisfied with discovering a couple of hidden efficiencies or tweaking code to…

The NCATA published Mulkey Named Baylor Head Coach. Felecia Mulkey, after guiding the Oregon Ducks to four consecutive National Collegiate Acrobatics & Tumbling Association (NCATA) national championships in five seasons as the Ducks’ head coach, has accepted the head coaching job at Baylor University, athletic director Ian McCaw announced Tuesday.

It’s now June. New teams have been chosen, practices have begun, and parts of routines are being put together. It’s also the time of the year that a lot of information regarding the upcoming season is being shared at conferences, regional meetings, in private conversations, and in public forums such as Fierce Board, Facebook, and…

The June 4th show was hosted by Andre and King along with new guest host, Lisa Aucoin of Spring Tumbling, and returning guest host, Adam Jaggers of Cheerlive.tv. Topics included FISU accepting cheerleading as a member, the IEP, Spring, and Varsity Gym Owners conferences, summer on the Fierce Board, and Stay to Play.

David Epstein presented Are Athletes Really Getting Faster, Better, Stronger? as a TED Talk, discussing the role of technology in athletic advancement.

Heart of Cheer published Age vs. Level – Aren’t They the Same?, clarifying something many misunderstand. I find great interest when a parent would rather (and I have seen this happen) have their athlete compete on a Senior Level 1 team than a Junior Level 2 team, thinking for some odd reason this makes their…

14 different Event Producers have teamed up to bring you The Season Pass! For the 2014-2015 season, customers will have over 200 quality events to choose from when making decisions for their competition schedules. With The Season Pass you have the ability to customize your competition schedule all for one low price. Whether you are…

Spirit Post has changed significantly over the years. It’s a product of starting a new hobby, some good ideas, several bad ideas, combining sites, splitting them, combining again, and a lot of trial and error. At times there have been separate sites for school, all star, and general cheerleading news and sites for events, dance,…

Memphis, Tenn., May 29, 2014 – USA Cheer President Bill Seely participated in today’s Healthy Kids & Safe Sports Concussion Summit, joining President Obama to discuss sports safety and concussions. The event featured young athletes, parents and coaches, as well as professional sports stars and military service members convening to discuss ways to prevent and…

Due to it being the “offseason”, the NACCC Annual Meeting being moved from Doral in May to Chicago in August, and the holiday weekend there wasn’t much to observe this week, but I had a few conversations and one comment really stuck in my head. I had a coach say something like it seemed like…

The May 28th show was hosted by Andre, King, Lark, and Shane along with guest host Adam Jaggers returning for another week. Topics included FISU accepting cheerleading as a member, live streaming cheer events, Varsity Gym Owners and IEP Conferences, and USA Cheer.

The International Cheer Union published a video recap of the 2014 World Championships.

Memphis, Tenn., May 27, 2014 – USA Cheer has announced that Ronnie Carter has been named its Executive Director. USA Cheer, the governing body of cheer in the United States was founded in 2008 to serve all aspects of cheer in America – traditional, all star and the emerging sport of STUNT. Ronnie Carter served…

USASF posted a video in honor of 30 years of All Stars.

Inquirer.net published Team Pilipinas Cheerleading Team Brings Home the Bronze from Florida, discussing the team’s first trip to Worlds. Team Pilipinas is an all girl team that represents the Philippines in international cheerleading competitions. It is comosed of the best of the best cheerleaders in the country.

Last weekend was my first weekend at home since Thanksgiving. During my streak of 23 consecutive weekend on the road I worked 19 cheerleading competitions, attended 1 competition without working it, went to my parents’ for Christmas, watched Kentucky play in the Final Four, and judged Kentucky Cheerleading tryouts. For the most part I enjoyed…

OverStretch on May 21st was hosted by Andre, King, Lark, and special guest host Adam Jaggers of Cheerlive.tv. Topics included the Unified and Universal Score Systems,  Team Selections, COP Brand Awards, and Small Gyms.