Category: Spirit

Cheer and Dance teams attending the World Championship have the opportunity to rent practice space on Thursday, April 24th and Friday, April 25th between the hours of 8 am and 10 pm. Details are as follows: 6 Spring Floors & 3 Dance Floors Available in the Fantasia Ballroom at Disney’s Contemporary Resort Reservations Required $400…

KPRC published Cheerleading Squad Caters to Special Needs Teens. Spring Creek Athletics teaches children how to cheer, dance and tumble. One of its teams is called the “Spinning Stars.” All 22 members, ranging in ages 6 to 28, have special needs.

KWWL published With $1.5 Million Gift, Cheerleading Returns to Upper Iowa U. Harms decided to establish the Diane Kinkead Harms Endowment of $1.5 million to help pay for a head coach with the goal of forming a competitive cheer team.

Fox News published Sarah Shahi: ‘Person of Interest’ Star Says Being a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Trained Her for Hollywood. I learned a great deal about what it’s like to be disciplined and rehearse. We rehearsed for eight hours a day every single day and I was a full time college student. To be able to…

Has your program organized or participated in a philanthropic or community service project this season? You’re eligible for the USASF Chairman’s Cup Award! Tell us about your project and how it benefited your community or a non-profit agency or charitable organization. Projects might range from clothing or food drives, litter campaigns and nursing home visits…

Event 15 took be back to the West Coast and overall I feel like it was a down weekend for performances. There were still several good performances, but I also feel like teams had a few more deductions than the past couple weeks. Hopefully this blip will reverse this weekend. On the rules side of…

The Charlotte Observer published A Hearty Cheer for this Cheerleader. Kendall has benefited from the influences of her teammates. She’s also a member of the Diamonds, a competitive cheerleading team for people with special needs. It’s part of Charlotte All-Star Cheerleading.

In celebration of National Cheerleading Safety Month, Varsity has partnered with CheerSafe, a coalition organized by USA Cheer and the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators (AACCA), to improve cheerleading safety by increasing safety awareness throughout the cheerleading community. CheerSafe and CheerSafe.org provides athletes, coaches and parents important tools, trainings and updates regarding cheerleading…

The USASF sent the March eNews last week. USASF Awards – Nomination Deadline is Today! Submit your nominations for Cheer Coach of the Year, Dance Coach of the Year, Leadership Through Sportsmanship and more! All USASF members are eligible to nominate! More information is available on USASF.net. Worlds Bid Update The list of teams earning…

The Independent published Cheerleading: The Not So Glamorous Reality. I’m talking about competitive cheerleading, not the silly, fluffy pom-pom shaking, semi-nude dancing you see at the edges of American football games. I mean cheerleading as a sport where men and women form a team, throw each other in the air, do back-flips and handstands and…

Event 14 took me to one of the largest and most prestigious events of the year. As it has been for the past few years, it was great to be part of it and see some of the best teams in the worlds put on a show. I didn’t have any major observations from routines…

It’s time to submit nominations for the 5th Annual USASF Awards! The VIP Gala & Awards is a celebration of excellence and accomplishment in All Star. Held the evening before The Cheerleading and Dance Worlds preliminary competition begins, coaches, program owners, event producers, media partners and industry affiliates gather to “kick off” Worlds weekend and…

The Worlds Scoring Videos have been posted on USASFRules.com along with a video of the judges meeting from 2013. There are separate videos for: 2013 Worlds Judges Meeting Intro to Worlds Scoring Worlds Scoring-Stunts Worlds Scoring-Pyramids Worlds Scoring-Sync Tumbling Worlds Scoring-Comments on Score Sheets Here is the 2013 Worlds Judges Meeting video:

KSTV profiled the University of Kentucky cheerleading program.

The Guardian published Women Should Try Cheerleading and Ballet, Says Sports Minister. In an interview with the Telegraph, she added: “You don’t have to feel unfeminine … There are some wonderful sports which you can do and perform to a very high level and I think those participating look absolutely radiant and very feminine such…

Event 13 was my third of 5 events in the Pacific time zone and it had some of the busiest days I’ve had this season, running over 250 teams on 1 floor. The event itself was fine, but I feel like we’ve regressed with some of the rules violations. There were several teams passing though…

The Times of Israel published Sports Minister Supports Nixing Cheerleading Acts. Zandberg suggested that cheerleading acts should be eliminated from games because they were “an institution that maintains stereotypes and sexist perceptions of women and leads to the objectification of the female body.”

RantSports.com published NFL Cheerleading Scam is a Joke; Bengals Cheerleader Latest to Tell All. The NFL cheerleading scam has now spread to a second AFC North team as former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader Alexa Brenneman has come forward, just like a former Baltimore Ravens cheerleader to say that she was taken advantage of while performing as a…

All USASF member Junior Dance Teams have the opportunity to qualify for the Junior Dance Worlds! If your team would like to qualify, simply submit a DVD of your team performing at a Dance Worlds Bid event for consideration. Click for more information: DVD submission details Download DVD submission form Find a Dance Worlds Bid…

Central Michigan Life published Spirit of Love: Cheerleading Brings Couple Together Despite Varying Paths. “My brothers, as you can imagine, still actually give me a hard time for it,” Terpstra said. “People are pretty caught off guard by it, but a lot of it is because they don’t know what goes into it. They just…

Event 12 took me to the largest cheerleading event in the Southeast, maybe the World, and there were some great performances including 1 of the 2 best I’ve seen this season. For the most part it seemed like teams continued to settle into their routines and continued to increase the performance side of things. I’m…

WRCBtv.com published Cheerleading and Dance Competition Helps Local Economy. “When you bring 10,000 into a city, most of those people are staying in hotels every night. Eat out for breakfast lunch and dinner. They’re paying for parking and going to the shops. When you do the math you start seeing some pretty good money coming in…

My Fox Memphis published Life-threatening Cheerleading Fall Leads to Local Triumph. “I was supposed to be doing a front flip and instead dove. I was estimated about 15-feet and just dove and hit the top of my head,” recalled Robinson, “It was like pain all over but at the same time tingling and numb all at…

Several gym owners have reported receiving letters from ASCAP requesting payment for an annual licensing fee. An example of the letter is below: ASCAP’s more than 487,129 songwriter and publisher members thank you for using music in your business. As you know, music plays a valuable role in creating an environment that attracts and retains…

560 cheerleading teams from across the U.S. competed at Walt Disney World Resort® in Orlando MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Feb. 10, 2014 – After months of practice, more than 11,000 of the country’s top high school cheerleaders competed this weekend in the National High School Cheerleading Championships, produced by the Universal Cheerleaders Association, a Varsity brand.…