Teach then Cheer Blog Posts
Cheer Team Christmas Ideas
At this point in the season, your cheer team has been working hard for several months. I am going to share some fun cheer team Christmas ideas to bond, boost morale, and make memories. Keep in mind the holidays that your cheerleading team celebrates when planning these activities. These cheer team Christmas activities can be…
How to Plan Cheer Practice as a Coach
Preparing your cheer team to be successful doesn’t start at cheer practice, it starts before cheer practice even begins. We know the old saying, Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail. As a cheer coach, I used to show up without a structured plan for cheer practice. Sure, we would accomplish a lot. But it…
Sideline Cheer Coaching Tips
High school cheerleaders spend most of their time at football games on the sidelines. Prepare your sideline cheer team to feel confident as they perform cheers, stunts, dances, and jumps on the sidelines. High School cheerleaders should be present during the entire football game. Cheerleaders should be on the sidelines before the coin toss. Prepping…
High School Cheerleading Tryouts Pre-Season Planning
Create a plan for the cheerleading season before cheerleading tryouts to set you and your new cheer team up for success. Cheerleading Tryouts is arguably the most important event of the cheerleading season. Not only is the new team chosen, but cheerleading tryouts set the tone for the entire cheerleading season. Plan the cheer season…
High School Cheer Tryouts Parent Meeting
How to run a Cheer Tryout Parent Meeting The Cheer Tryouts Parent Meeting sets the tone for the cheer season. Being a cheerleader can requires a huge time commitment and financial commitment. By hosting a Cheer Tryouts Parent Meeting, you as the cheer coach can share all of the important information before tryouts. When athletes…
High School Cheer Tryout Clinic and Evaluation
Plan for a thorough cheer tryout clinic so that athletes trying out for your cheer team will feel confident during evaluations. Cheer tryouts can be intimidating to athletes trying out, so preparing a cheer tryout clinic where athletes feel prepared will help you choose the best candidates for your cheerleading team. High School Cheer Tryout…
How To Avoid Cheer Team Drama
Cheerleading teams are infamous for being full of cheer team drama, but it does not have to be that way! Cheerleaders are often depicted in the media as catty, mean girls. When I started coaching my goal was to avoid cheer team drama and poor attitudes. I knew that coaching an unhappy and drama filled…
The Best Cheer Team Bonding Activity
This is one of the most powerful cheer team bonding activities you can do with your team! If you are looking for a cheer team bonding activity that will create closer bonds on your team and boost the positive energy, try this one out! We call this activity “I’ve Got Your Back.” In my opinion,…
Choose the Best Cheer Captains for your Team
Choosing cheer captains for your team is one of the most important decisions of your season. Your cheer captains serve as a liaison between the coaches and the cheerleaders. It is so important to have a strong working relationship with the athletes you choose to be cheer captain of your team. In this post I…
The Ultimate Guide to High School Cheer Tryouts for Coaches
How to Run Cheer Tryouts as a Coach How to run Cheer Tryouts as a coach from pre-season planning, parent information meeting, tryout clinics, to tryout evaluation. Cheer Tryouts are an exciting time in the season. You get to meet all of the new athletes while your returning athletes are looking forward to a new…
Cheer Team Attendance Policy
Cheer Team Attendance Policy and Consequences Do your cheerleaders keep missing practice? Without a cheer team attendance policy, you might find yourself constantly rearranging stunt groups, line ups, and choreography. Oftentimes this means watering down stunts and the team will feel frustrated when teammates are always missing. I coach a high school cheerleading squad and…
7 Ideas for Cheer Camp Team Bonding
Cheer Camp Team Bonding Cheer Camp is a great opportunity for your cheerleading team to bond. This close bond serves your cheerleading team all season long. Cheer camp typically takes place during the summer which is early in the cheerleading season. Capitalize on that positive energy at the beginning of a new cheer season by…
Cheer Coach Binder Must Haves
What To Include in your Cheer Coach Binder What do you include in your cheer coach binder? Comment below, I am always looking for more ideas. Cheer Coach Binder Hey Coach, I created these Cheer Coach Binder forms. They are available for purchase on TPT.
Cheer Coach Backpack Must Haves
Below is a list of all of the items you should keep in your Cheer Coach Backpack! This post contains affiliate links, which means I receive a small commission, at no extra cost to you, if you make a purchase using this link. Please see my disclosure for more details. 1. Backpack Backpacks make coaching…
Cheer Coach Gift Ideas
Ideas for Cheer Coach Gifts As a coach, truly the best gift I have received are either handwritten Thank You notes or messages of appreciation throughout the season. My love language is words of affirmation, so that might be why those mean the most to me! But, if you do have a coach who you…
What I Wish I Knew Before Cheer Camp
We just got back from UCA Cheer Camp this week, we took our high school cheerleading team. Here is what I wish I would have done before I went to camp and during camp! 1. Made Pins In the all-star cheer world, decorated clothespins are super popular. From what I understand, the goal is to clip a…
First Year Cheer Coach Advice
Your first year of coaching will be challenging but it will also be so rewarding! My first year of coaching was harder than I expected. I thought coaching would be a breeze, I mean I teach first grade, I have been an assistant coach, I even grew up watching my mom coach. But I had…
Cheer Camp Tips for Coaches
Cheer camp is one of the most important events of your cheerleading season! Here are some of my top cheer camp tips for coaches heading to cheer camp with your cheer team. Our cheer team attends an overnight UCA Cheer Camp every summer. We keep coming back because it is our cheerleaders’ favorite memory of the season….