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Our favourite Cheer coach channels Madonna.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The hit TV show Glee resumes tonight, after a break. (I found this episode disjointed and less engaging.)

This is Maddie Gardner of Cheer Extreme!

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!”

ABC Nightline posted this article on Jan. 4th.

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.

But it’s hard to dispute much in the ABC video – When the Cheering Stops (8min)

Embedding disabled by request of ABC

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.

Click PLAY or watch her 2009 VISA Championships tumbling lines on YouTube.

No deduction for “chest low” on landing on that piked full-in.

KiaraNowlin.com

I assume some Cheerleading coaches are mortified at being skewered by Sue Sylvester, a character on the hit TV show Glee.

She’s the queen of mean. The new cover girl of Cheerleading coaches.

Coach Sue Sylvester

I love Sue. She’s the best character in the show.

Click PLAY or watch Sue on YouTube.

Become a fan of her Facebook page. Or follow her on twitter.

The Cheer team are the bad girls, of course. … But more embarassing is how they wear their uniform all the time at school.

Losers. ….

Leave a comment to let us know how the Cheer world is handling Sue Sylvester.

UPDATE: Stacy tells:

Tye is also an artist in Cirque du Soleil’s WINTUK!
The show opens Friday, November 13 in New York City.

Likely you’ve seen the Cheer tumbling sensation on YouTube.

A former power tumbler, famous for his kick split into twisting.

Un pro de la gymnastique

Tye was coaching at Cheer Athletics in Dallas. He’s relocated to Total Cheerleading in Auckland, New Zealand. Click through for details.

Frederick Nicolas linked to the video on Facebook.

I’m totally enjoying this oddball TV show.

Click PLAY or watch Don’t Stop Believing on Viddler.

Click PLAY or watch Golddigger on YouTube.

trailer for season 1

Posted by Jay Thornton:

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.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

details on American Gymnast

Promoted as a Cheer product, I’d be happy to have one in my Artistic gym.

Air-filled is the future of gymnastics matting.

Shawn Johnson on a Cheer magazine?

… 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 …

This is from the new GK Elite blog specially devoted to Cheerleading Uniforms.

It’s been many, many years since I’ve seen one of these near collisions in a gymnastics gym.

This girl is a cheerleader.

Linked to by Tracey Morrison on Facebook.

Haven’t talked to anyone in person yet from the Cheer team that trains out of my gym.

But rumour on Facebook is that they were the top Canadian team at the World’s competition in Orlando placing 7th in their division.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Cristela D’Elia-Burton

I’ll post details when they become available.

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!”

SUNDAY, APRIL 26th
3:00-4:30
$25.oo per gymnast

Cincinnati Gymnastics

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.
…

The Milkhouse and Jostens Center at the Wide World of Sports. The Worlds Showplace at Epcot.

USASF Worlds – FAQs

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.)