Category: Spirit

The USASF posted minutes from the Dance Committee meetings on USASFDance.net.

Shane Womack, the Associate Publisher of Inside Cheerleading Magazine, sent following email about the iC 2011 Junior All American Team: Hello Coaches & Friends, Inside Cheerleading Magazine is looking for talented and dedicated Junior Cheerleaders ages 14 and under to be a part of our brand new Junior All American team presented by Nfinity Shoes!…

“The Majors” were introduced by JAMfest. There isn’t too much information yet, but what is available can be found at The Majors website. The teams competing at the inaugural event are: All Girl Cheer Athletics Cheer Extreme FAME Maryland Marlins Maryland Twisters Coed ACE California All-Stars Cheer Athletics Cheer Extreme Top Gun

The USASF has release the General Information Packet for the 2012 Cheerleading Worlds. The VIP Gala is now on Thursday. Some divisions (Small Senior, Small Coed) will have preliminaries on Friday for At Large Bid recipients only. The top 10 teams from preliminaries will move to Semi-Finals on Saturday to compete against the Partial Paid…

Forbes published Doing Deals — 3 Tips for Entrepreneurs (Part 2 & Part 3). The 9 tips, each part has 3, are a list of actions to take and not to take when going through a merger or acquisition process. Be Careful with Letters of Intent Create a Competitive Environment Use Your Lawyer as the…

UCA has updated the way Paid and Partial Bids will be awarded to College Nationals. UCA’s Director of College Programs, John White, sent an email outlining the changes. The changes, along with the 2012 Paid and Partial Bid recipients, have been posted on UCA’s Website. Below is the email sent to coaches: I hope this…

Jeff Webb is going to receive OSIP’s Lifetime Achievement Award later this month at the SITA-OSIP Conference in Las Vegas. Inside Cheerleading and Cheer Biz News have more information.

Mahwah Patch published MHS Coach: Why Cheerleading Is Important. “I was an active member of the Mahwah cheerleading program for 10 years. The memories and life skills I have gained through being actively involved in the program are irreplaceable. Mahwah cheerleading taught me time management, respect, and perseverance which led me to continue my cheerleading career…

Ben Horowitz published When Employees Misinterpret Managers, which should have been called When Management Misdirects Employees according to some. The article points out the problems of focusing on the wrong goals and numbers.

Mongolia has joined the International Cheer Union as its milestone 100th nation. ORLANDO, Fla. (September 2011) — As of September 12, The International Cheer Union (ICU) has welcomed its 100th member country. With the recent additions of cheerleading members in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam, Mongolia becomes the 100th member nation of one of the fastest…

All*Star Prep, Rec, or whatever it ends up being called is the initiative to organize the lower cost, lower time commitment, shorter season teams. The 2011-2012 season looks like it’s going to be a year of data collection so intelligent decisions can be made in the future. Event Producers are going to be asked to…

Varsity Brands Celebrates 3rd Annual National School Spirit Day on September 9, 2011; More than 200,000 Hours of Community Service Conducted Over Past Two Years Memphis, TN – According to a recent survey of 1,016 teen girls conducted by Varsity Brands, when concerned about an issue, cheerleaders are more likely than the average teen girl…

The New York Times ‘You’re the Boss’ blog published Deciding Whose Advice to Take, focusing on 4 themes: The Complicated and Expensive Solution (may not be within your budget) Conventional Wisdom (may not apply) The Trustworthy Source Who is Just Plain Wrong (may steer you the wrong direction) The Wisdom of Crowds: Not Always (right…

There have been several ideas mentioned concerning USASF Rules Officials, also know as Safety or Tech Judges. Rules Officials will work for the USASF, not the Event Producers, and be given full autonomy in enforcing the rules. This should help keep Event Producers out of the awkward position of deciding between enforcing a rule or…

Earlier this week I re-stumbled upon this quote: The real test of genius is not knowing best from worst, but knowing best from second best. For some reason it really made me think about business owners this time. This is the real test of genius for a business owner, knowing best from everything else. Knowing…

The USASF Athlete Registration System is up and running. It hasn’t been widely publicized yet to help control the traffic and avoid overwhelming the system. This season, 2011-2012, is a phase in year, meaning membership is not required, but strongly encouraged, for all athletes not planning on attending Worlds. To help encourage membership for all…

The Cheerleading Agency, Indianapolis, IN. Teams up with Xtreme Spirit as a NEW TeamXtreme Partner Brand. The Cheerleading Agency and Xtreme Spirit are proud to join forces to help promote quality material and exceptional recruiting for college bound cheerleaders. The Cheerleading Agency is a full service coaching & personal representation cheer agent organization. The agency…

USASF Chairman Jim Chadwick mentioned plans to create a “Professional Membership” level of the USASF. The process of gaining this level of membership will including a background check, among other things. It seemed like this idea was still early in development so few details were shared.

Spirit Festival is the latest competition to join Varsity All Star and the Varsity Family Plan. Memphis, Tenn., (August 2011) – Varsity has announced its acquisition of Spirit Festival, effective immediately. Based in Hamden, Connecticut, Spirit Festival was founded 16 years ago by Robin Norko, and its World Bid event, Spirit Fest Cheer & Dance…

Cheer Moms, the cheer parent community at http://cheermoms.net, was recently acquired by Cheer Channel. Cheer Channel Acquires ‘Cheer Moms’ Social Media Platform

Forbes published How an Entrepreneur Can ‘Get Lucky’ in a Startup, listing 5 traits successful entrepreneurs have in common: Accept responsibility for your actions Learning from mistakes Perseverance on all goals Confidence in yourself and others Cooperation with others in your network

The rules making process is being renovated. The next set of rules will be for the 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 seasons. All proposals will be due by May 1, 2012, with current instructions being to email them to Les Stella. The voting slate will be created at the NACCC Doral Meeting which begins the day after…

Chico Garcia, Louisiana State University’s cheerleading coach, was involved in a boating accident that left him seriously injured. More information can be found at www.getwellchico.com. From Facebook: UPDATE ON CHICO GARCIA!!!! They took him off the venilator this afternoon and he is doing well breathing on his own. He is awake and alert and in…

Monday, August 29, 2011 – The IEP (Independent Event Producers) is pleased to announce the launch of the I-Deal Savings Plan! The I-Deal Savings plan is a loyalty program designed to provide cash back to teams and organizations who attend multiple events produced by IEP companies. Select IEP companies have agreed to reward customers with…