A comprehensive guide to coaching youth cheerleading that covers communication, rules, equipment, safety, teaching and shaping skills, cheers, sidelines, dances, partner stunts, pyramids, jumps, tumbling, preparing for the season, and game day.
This guide introduces and explains the basics of coaching, such as coaching philosophy, sport psychology, sport pedagogy, sport physiology, sport medicine, parent management, and sport law.
Coaching cheerleading is unlike any other job out there. It comes with it a lot of pressure, responsibility and expectation. It also comes with a lot of fulfillment, reinforcement and intrinsic reward. Whether you are a new to coaching or a seasoned veteran, whether you coach all-star, junior high, high school or collegiate-level cheerleaders, whether you are confident in your job or feel overwhelmed and unsure - this book is for you! This book is meant to guide any and all cheerleading coaches through the various aspects of their job. It covers both the logistical elements of coaching (i.e. writing a contract, organizing an effective tryout, dealing with parents, etc.), as well as, the fundamental elements of coaching (i.e. how to address the mental health issues of your athletes, how to create and maintain a unified group, how to coach the various personalities on your team, etc.). This book covers the many elements of coaching that a new or veteran coach comes across throughout their season. It also discusses ways to help "break the mold" of the many negative stereo-types that surround and infiltrate our sport. Let this book be your guide along your coaching journey. Let it inspire you to coach with more intent. Let it push you to become the best coach you can b
Provides coaches of 8- to 14-year-olds with tools to help their players learn and enjoy the game of football. Endorsed by American Youth Football, the largest football organization in the world, with over 400,000 participants and 77,000 coaches. Fundamentals of offense, defense, and special teams are covered in depth. Topics include communicating with and handling players, planning and conducting practices, and providing basic first aid. Includes enhanced section about player safety on the field, with new information on concussions from the CDC. Instruction is supported with nearly 75 drills, over 65 photos and illustrations, games and coaching tips.
Cheerleading is a physically challenging sport and 101 Cheerleading Drills is an authoritative collection of cheerleading-specific and functional exercises for building and maintaining the flexibility, strength, and technique that the sport requires. The drills and exercises in this book feature step-by-step instructions and easy-to-follow photos. The jumping, tumbling, motion, and stunting drills contained in this comprehensive resource will aide any cheer coach in maximizing their team's skill level and performance ability.
In the past decade, cheerleading has lit up the sidelines and become an activity all its own. Attendance at summer camps has grown to more than 500,000 participants annually, and tens of thousands train for regional and national competitions each year, with championships and even college scholarships on the line. As cheerleading continues to grow, so too does the need for a source of information that covers the range of skills, stunts, and moves. Complete Cheerleading provides all the information participants need in order to excel in this highly athletic and increasingly competitive activity. Top cheerleading coaches and judges lend their expert instruction on such crucial topics as body position and movement, voice control, jumps and tumbling, stunt technique, and choreography. There are chapters dedicated solely to games and pep rallies, camps and competition, and practices and conditioning, in addition to XX stunts for all levels of cheer squads. Teaming Justin Carrier, National Cheerleading Association (NCA) director of curriculum, and Donna McKay, cheer coach in Iowa and national judge, this book combines success at the national level, long-term coaching expertise at the high school level, and judging experience at every level. Complete Cheerleading is the all-in-one authoritative source that cheerleaders, coaches, and advisors will turn to from one spirited season to the next.
UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL AND REACH FOR GOLD.The body knows no difference between a recognised sport at the olympics or what we do. All it cares about is the two and a half minutes and the months of gruelling training it goes through. All the body wants is to find the right balance between being pushed to a peak without being pushed beyond its capable of. BODY BEFORE SKILL is a brand new reference book for all coaches who want to dig into a deeper understanding of their sport and how to make the most of their athelete's potential."I see this book, as well as the full INTENSITY(tm) method enhancing any coach or programme who implements it into their curriculum. The results of training the whole body of the athlete will be forever. They will be strong adults physically and mentally who can deal with the punches life throws in their path. They will be healthier both inwardly and outwardly by learning proper nutritional and workout guidelines. I wholeheartedly endorse the Body Before Skill movement, INTENSITY(tm) as well as the creators of it. If your passion is to become the best coach, you can be this is a must for your library. I encourage all coaches to take the INTENSITY(tm) coach qualification. Please join me in my crusade to motivate athletes internally in a positive environment to become better athletes and people of high character and integrity." DEBBIE LOVE, USASF Hall of Fame"It's like the bible for cheerleading instruction. It summarizes and applies nearly 4 years of my undergraduate education and then applies is directly to the sport that I love. It's the most comprehensive cheerleading manual that I have seen on the market."JEFF BENSON, Sports Performance Psychologist"Body Before Skill gathers decades of expert knowledge and experience in sports science together in one place from the most respected contributors in the industry. It is the turn-key solution for optimizing your athletes performance for cheerleading and you can't find it anywhere else. It's been missing from our industry for years and now it's here. My experience with INTENSITY moved my own knowledge years ahead. I can't imagine having had access to a program like this when I was a young coach starting out. It can literally cut years off the learning curve. It's THE institute for higher learning for cheerleading coaches. It's cheerleading college."SHANE MONTGOMERY, Tumbling Director at ICE Allstars
"Stunting: A CHEER-Technique Book" is a book to help cheerleaders of all levels improve their stunting skills. We begin with the most basic of stunts including hand positions and a description of all positions. It has multiple pictures for each skill and a detailed explanation on how to execute each stunt. In addition, it covers more advanced stunts and single based stunts. It is a great tool for coaches, choreographers, and even cheerleaders themselves.