Ok Cheerleaders, it’s go time!!! Frisco videos due Wednesday the 15th at noon Prosper live virtual tryouts Saturday the 18th. This is going to be fun to say the least! I would offer my gym for the video of tumbling, but Frisco is not allowing anyone [...]
The big day: cheerleading tryouts. You’ve been training for this for months, and then bam! It’s been put on hold. School has been shut down, sports and activities have been canceled, and now you have been confined to your home. How’s that daily che [...]
With the Corona Virus Pandemic going on, a lot of you had your cheer tryouts postponed indefinitely. Gyms were shut down, and your skills are getting out of practice. Prosper ISD has announced that they are having a virtual Live Tryout on April 18th. [...]
Recruiting Guys I was recently working with some girls from a local high school that mentioned some of the football boys were talking about quitting the team. The first words out of my mouth were “Grab ‘em! Let’s teach them how to stunt!” They [...]
The Loaded Question I was recently talking to a parent that has a weekly group private lesson for her daughter and friend. She asked, "how long will it take for the girls to get their back handspring." That's a loaded question, and any coach that can [...]
They say everything happens for a reason – sometimes that reason is hard to comprehend and sometimes that reason reveals itself in the coolest of ways. I knew Craig and his Crew at The Tumble and Stunt Institute were great coaches, and all-around goo [...]
I just wanted to share a book on mental blocks. I had the pleasure of meeting Jeff Benson a few years ago when he was consulting with a local girl (he's in California), and she flew him in to work with her. They needed a gym, so he suggested mine, [...]
Cheerleader Hibernation After 32 years of coaching (yes, I’m old), one thing I always see are the kids that come to get their tumbling skills a month or two before cheer tryouts, and then go into “hibernation” till the tryouts next year, whether the [...]
All of us at TSI would like to congratulate everyone that made their cheer teams! What happens next? CHEER SPONSORS Cheer has been under the Fine Arts Department for years. The heads of the Frisco Fine Arts Department are from different backgrounds t [...]
All Star Cheerleaders! Are you wanting to move up to the next level at your All Star program? Are your coaches focused on the routine and the skills in the routine, and not concerned with you working on new skills? Need some one on one time with a co [...]