She won the Nfinity’s Golden Ticket contest, pulling the lucky ticket placed at random in boxes of Nfinity Passion cheer shoes.
… Gardner won the trip of a lifetime – an unforgettable three-day experience where she attended a show during Fashion Week, was treated to a $5,000 shopping spree from Barney’s New York, and her own personal limousine.
She also got the cover of Inside Cheerleading magazine.
A partner publication of Inside Gymnastics magazine, “Inside Cheerleading is designed to help you enjoy, train, perform, compete and live cheerleading to the max!”
Most Dangerous ‘Sport’ of All May Be Cheerleading
With No Regulatory Framework in Place, Cheerleading ER Visits Have Skyrocketed
Currently Cheer is the target of a lot of negative press, some of it deserved.
In the past Trampoline Sports were a media target. At other times, elite Women’s Artistic Gymnastics. Many times I challenge comparatively uninformed journalists when they make misstatements.
I do think Cheer needs to do better at training and certifying coaches, especially in tumbling.
On the other hand, there are a surprising number of superb coaches and athletes for a comparatively new sport. Some of the spotters are as good as the best Artistic coaches.
Over the past 10yrs I’ve been converted to a Cheer fan. It’s wonderful to see so many hundreds of thousands of athletes participating.
Update: Check the comments. Geoffrey Taucer feels different.
We need to do more to educate the general public on the health benefits of Cheer.
An update from Bekah on the IG Forum on Cheerleader / Powertumbler Kiara Nowlin.
She’s on the U.S. national tumbling team and won gold in Double Mini and Tumbling at this year’s Age Group Games in the 13-14 age group. She’s also the Double Mini and Tumbling U.S. Junior Champion.
A brand new gymnastics and cheerleading product offered by American Gymnast, the Flip Machine is an air-filled unit providing super-fast spring for gymnasts and cheerleaders learning leaps and flipping skills. This video gives a great overview of how the product can be used. It’s great for learning back tucks, front tucks, straddle jumps and a variety of other gymnastics and cheerleading skills.
… Olympic Champion Shawn Johnson is all over the place these days. You can see her on the Cover of Inside Cheerleading magazine. The issue features an interview with Shawn …
An excellent special event to add to your annual calendar.
You need good coaches, though. That are able to spot beginners. Especially older Cheer tumblers.
CGA’s Back Handspring Clinic is open to all Superoo’s and Level 1 – 3 students. This is an excellent opportunity to develop strength and technique to successfully complete the “Back Handspring!â€
World Cheerleading Championships, Walt Disney World in Orlando Florida.
Prelims: Saturday, April 25, 2009
Finals: Sunday, April 26, 2009
… The Cheerleading Worlds has grown to be so large that it needs to be held at two seperate arenas. Disneys Wild World of Sports’ Milkhouse arena and Disney’s Hollywood studios . The Dance Worlds is held in Disney’s famous Epcot.
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The Milkhouse and Jostens Center at the Wide World of Sports. The Worlds Showplace at Epcot.
Good luck to the team that trains out of my gym, The Pythons. The first Alberta team ever to be invited to this prestigious event.
Brittany Crowe competed Artistic until age-18. On graduating High School, she decided to join Cheer. That was last September. Eight months later Brit’s going to Worlds.
We gave her pom-poms as a send off gift. (Cheerleaders HATE pom-poms.)
