Cheer Evo: My new team!
I recently joined a new all-star cheerleading team! (Well, new to me — not actually new.) It’s called Cheer Evo, it’s an 18 and up, level six team. I attended tryouts this past Sunday, Aug. 11. I have to say, I was nervous. But, it was all for nothing because I had the best tryout … Continue reading
Going Backwards
Yesterday someone found my blog by searching “how to get comfortable going backwards in tumbling” (or something to that effect). Here’s what I have to say about that: First I want to acknowledge that whoever asked is probably a good front tumbler and in my opinion that’s WAY harder and it looks really cool. So … Continue reading
Facials
No I’m not talking about going to a spa and getting goo and cucumbers put all over your face, I’m talking about those sometimes scary facial expressions that cheerleaders are trained to wear. For some reason smiling is a big part of cheerleading at every level. What the heck, I have to do all this really … Continue reading
Greed & Cheerleading
One of the most irritating things about competitive/all-star cheerleading is that there are 66 “national” competitions a year. Did you know that Varsity owns every single company that puts on ALL of these competitions and they are reaping the rewards. I found an article last night call “Cheeramid: The Ultimate Ponzi Scheme” and that story … Continue reading
Knowing Your Limits
After my post Pushing Through the Pain (go read it if you haven’t yet or this post isn’t going to make any sense) that basically said cheerleaders just need to suck it up and get back on the floor for their team when they get hurt I got a comment on the facebook link saying this: “Well, here’s a perspective from an … Continue reading
Pushing Through the Pain
First of all, Happy 4th of July, I hope you have an awesome day! 🙂 The last post that I wrote was called Get Right Back Up, but I don’t know if I really drove my point home. I mean get up and do what has to be done no matter what (with in reason). … Continue reading
Get Right Back Up
We all fall from time to time, or have someone fall on us. The most irritating thing is when there is a fall or a slip or an awkward/scary catch/save in a stunt and then everyone decides that they shouldn’t do that stunt anymore or they should wait awhile to do it again. I understand … Continue reading
Fundraisers
It seems like every team has an array of fundraisers every year, because let’s face it, cheerleading isn’t cheap. You’ve got to buy shoes, uniforms, bows, make-up,and lots of hair spray. Not to mention paying for camp, camp clothes, coreography, coaches fees, and travel expenses. Lets add up those costs: Shoes: $60 Uniform: $200 Bows: $15 … Continue reading
Working out on the off-season
I’ve recently realized the benefits of working out in the off-season, or rather the hazards of not doing so. During my first semester at MSU I didn’t really do much at all as for exercise besides ride my bike to class and I did that again once it got warm enough in the spring and … Continue reading
June Practice: Day 2
On day two we pretty much did all the same things as day one, the main difference was that everyone was sore and tired. Another difference is that I didn’t get stepped on, so that was a good thing, but that didn’t stop me from getting two black eyes from Wednesday’s practice… We also worked … Continue reading
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