A New Cheerleading Coach’s Guide on How to Coach Cheerleading Like a Pro Easily!
A Simple, PROVEN System to Organize Your Season, Create a Skilled Team and Bring out the BEST in You and Your Cheerleaders!
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Hello New Cheerleading Coach!!!!
Firstly, CONGRATULATIONS on your AMAZING opportunity to make a difference in the lives of your cheerleaders and your community as well as have a wonderful rewarding experience that will bring you so much pride!
As a new cheer coach, it is often difficult to know where to start and all of the things you need to create the best environment for your cheerleaders; that is why we created the Cheerleading Coaching Center and the Cheer Coach Kit Quick Start!
- The PERFECT place to start.
- Will give you EVERTHING you need.
- Will grow your confidence and
- Is SO SIMPLE to follow!!
As you go through roadmap checklist, remember, we have everything you need in the Cheer Coach Kit Quick Start. EVERYTHING is in 1 place, Easy to follow and SIMPLE to use! No guess work – just click and go! And … it is only $37!!! Gotta Love That!
Congratulations again on your upcoming season and please let us know if we can help you on your cheerleading coaching journey; and don’t forget to
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To get started, there are 3 main pillars to any successful cheerleading program:
- Your Systems: The foundation of a successful cheerleading season is about being ORGANIZED. Having proven systems in place will make your season run smoothly, safely and make it FUN for everyone!
- Quality Cheerleading Skills: Safe, quality cheer skills for your athletes produces routines that your cheerleaders are proud of and enjoy doing! Also, your crowd will have fun too!
- Leadership!: The true success of any cheerleading team is the quality of their leadership! This includes the coaches, and the captains, that can bring out the BEST in their team as well as themselves!
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As a new coach, it can be overwhelming and confusing on where to begin. Please know, you are not alone as we have ALL been there and know EXACTLY how you feel.
With our primary goal to help cheerleading coaches create a fantastic season for their cheerleaders and themselves, we have created the perfect place to begin! From our over 30 years of experience of coaching cheerleading, we have put together a simple roadmap to get your started to coaching a successful cheerleading season.
How to use this roadmap:
As a new coach, it is important to not get overwhelmed and thinking you have to do everything you see on the internet or from other teams. Just start at the beginning and where you are comfortable, especially with stunts.
Here is a tip, remember it is better to have a simple CLEAN routine that one that is sloppy and has skills your cheerleaders are not ready for.
Ok to get you started, just follow the check list below. Once you have ALL of the items done below, then it will be time to add more skills and activities to your season. Remember, this list is designed to:
- Help you have an organized season
- Give you easy, proven cheer skills that look great
- Help you motivate your team while growing your leadership skills.
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Pillar 1: Systems
Here are the basic forms and systems you should have in place to make your season run smoothly
Liability Waiver: Make sure all of your cheerleader parents sign a liability waiver. Normally this is done through the registration process.
Team Welcome Newsletter: This is a GREAT idea to make sure everyone is on the right page for all of the details in your upcoming season. Your newsletter should include details about:
- Team Rules
- Practice and Game Schedule
- Contact Information – a phone number, group chat
information or Facebook group, etc. - What to wear to practice
- Location of your practice in normal weather as well as
what happens if it rains.
Uniforms: Make sure you had out information about your uniforms: how to order them, sneakers, socks, bows, cold weather uniform information, etc.
Rosters: You will need to make your team rosters that includes the dates for your practices and games.
Cheerleader Information: Make sure you have basic information about your cheerleaders including a contact phone number, parent names, email contact as well as who is authorized to pick up your cheerleader from practice.
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Pillar 2: Skills
Here is a basic list of cheerleading skills that will get your season going and looking GREAT! Remember, this list is a perfect roadmap for beginning coaches as well as beginning cheerleaders.
Expert Tip 1: Master these basics BEFORE you move on.
Expert Tip 2: To make sure you do not get overwhelmed, just focus on the skills list
below as it is designed to fill up your season!
Cheerleading Motions: You should have a variety of basic cheerleading motions to start with.
Cheerleading Cheers and Chants: For your season, you should have at least 20 cheers and chants as follows: 10 that are general spirit; and 10 that are sport specific like football or basketball. With these last 10, you should have 5 that are for offence and 5 that are for defense.
Dance Routines: You should have the following BASIC dance routines for
your team:
- 2 General / Fun dance routines that you can use for half time routines as well as something special for homecoming.
- 1 Fight Song routine that you can use on the sideline.
Expert Tip: Have a portable CD player or speaker connected to your phone, where you can play the music for your cheerleaders and the fans can hear it. During half time, you can ask the people in the announcer’s booth to play your music over the field speakers.
3 Basic Stunts: As a new coach, cheerleading stunts are always the most intimidating as you want to make sure your athletes are ALWAYS safe! To begin, we recommend 2 basic stunts and 1 intermediate stunt and just do variations of them as they will look GREAT! Remember: DO NOT progress to the intermediate stunt until you master your beginning stunts!
Cheerleading Jumps: To get started, you should focus on 2 basic cheerleading jumps as well as the toe touch jump.
Formations: Having several formations, at least 5, will make even the simplest routines look AMAZING!
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Pillar 3: Leadership
Here are some tips to help you motivate your team and to bring out the BEST in you and your cheerleaders!
Team Building Activities: You should have at least 4 team building activities during your team practices to help your cheerleaders get to know each other and to build trust.
How to Motivate Your Team: Have at least 4 ideas on how to motivate your team to make the want to come to practice and work toward the team goals.
How to Communicate with Your Parents: Have at least 2 ideas on how to communicate with your parents so everyone is on the same page about practices, games, team announcements and more.
How to Teach Pee Wee Cheerleaders: If you a coach for cheerleaders ages 4 to 6, you are a pee wee coach! There are very specific tips that will help you create a great team and will help them have fun and learn your curriculum.
Coaching Mindset: Remember, you are the leader and everyone is looking to you for guidance.
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To give you ALL of the curriculum and tools you will need for your checklist, we have EVERYTHING here on the Cheerleading Coaching Center – just CLICK below:
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