Archive for the ‘All Star Cheerleading’ Category

Starting a Special Needs Team

December 15th, 2011 | All Star Cheerleading, Featured | Dcalodney | Comments Off

Questions to consider before you start a special needs team

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Termination Dos and Don’ts

December 14th, 2011 | All Star Cheerleading, Featured | Dcalodney | Comments Off

Tweet When it comes to letting an employee go, it doesn’t have to be all drama. by Lee Erica Elder Workplace terminations are like breakups—handled with care, they pave the way for new beginnings and leave each party with fond memories, a shared understanding of what did and didn’t work and experience that can ultimately [...]

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The Wonderful Worlds of Competition

December 14th, 2011 | All Star Cheerleading, Featured | Dcalodney | Comments Off

Tweet Secure a paid bid to Worlds with tips from teams who’ve been there, done that. By Heather Larson Let’s face it, every team wants to receive a paid bid to The USASF Cheerleading Worlds. It’s not only a great confidence booster, but it also means your team doesn’t have to worry about the expenses [...]

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Do Looks Matter?

December 14th, 2011 | Your Athletes | Dcalodney | Comments Off

Tweet How your team’s appearance can help or harm their score sheet by Blake Boldt   Your team’s practiced all the right moves to prepare for the rigors of competition: They’ve put in countless hours at the gym, perfected their stunts and even conditioned to make sure they could make it through their two minute [...]

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Athletes 101: How to effectively coach athletes who have ADHD

November 17th, 2011 | Featured, In the Gym, Your Athletes | Dcalodney | Comments Off

In much of the literature regarding research on ADHD, it’s fairly easy to take the words “school,” “classroom” and “workplace” and replace them with “cheerleading practice.” Parents experienced with ADHD recognize that children with excessive energy need to have it channeled in a positive, supervised environment.

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Parents 101: The Tug of War Divorced Parent

November 17th, 2011 | Your Athletes | Dcalodney | Comments Off

Scenario: One parent signs up her daughter for cheerleading and attends the parents meeting without her ex-husband. She receives the contract, competition schedule, list of fees and payment due dates. The season gets under way and the athlete’s father starts receiving notices in the mail regarding payments due.

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Healthy Lifestyles: The Skinny on Weight Problems

November 17th, 2011 | Featured, Your Athletes | Dcalodney | Comments Off

No matter your size or shape, it’s common for people to find things they don’t like about their physique. In fact, it’s often easier to list the negatives than it is to name one thing they love about themselves.

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The Biz: The Lowdown on Starting Up

October 4th, 2011 | All Star Cheerleading, Business Smarts, Featured | Dcalodney | Comments Off

Tweet CBN Aug/Sep 2011 Pick the best business format for your gym’s future. by JoAnna Haugen When people establish small businesses, the company generally takes one of four basic business structures: a sole proprietorship, partnership, corporation or limited liability company (LLC). For all-star cheer gym owners, the company is almost always a corporation or an [...]

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DX Advisory Panel Consults on AmeriCup & Helps Develop Exciting Changes for 2012

September 30th, 2011 | All Star Cheerleading | Dcalodney | Comments Off

Tweet Minneapolis, MN (Sept. 30, 2011)  – Dance Xtreme invited a combination of school, rec and all star coaches to form an advisory panel and help refine the AmeriCup to become the best dance championship in the country. After numerous conference calls and lengthly dicussions, the 2012 AmeriCup promises to be an event dance teams [...]

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Meet the 2011 USASF Hall of Fame inductees

September 15th, 2011 | All Star Cheerleading, Featured, In the News | CBN Staff | Comments Off

Jim Chadwick, Colleen Little and Jody Melton

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