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Encouraging a Highly Competitive Athlete
An athlete is an athlete, but a highly competitive athlete is a force to reckon with. Rough practices, mental blocks, and even worse, a stunt that didn’t stick or poor placement in a competition; out comes that competitive spirit. I’ve had my bouts with the...
Preparing Your Athlete for College
[qodef_dropcaps type="square" color="white" background_color="black"]I[/qodef_dropcaps] ,unfortunately, am no cheer professional, [qodef_highlight background_color="black" color="white"]I’m a cheer mom who simply wants to help my athlete reach her goals.[/qodef_highlight] First on her list is heading off to college. For parents preparing to send a child into college cheer there are...
Working Through Mental Blocks: “The Parents Side”
Video credit to Aniya Wilson on BGC. It’s torture, that is for me anyway…to watch your child struggle. It’s been a whole year, she’s learned the posturing leading up to skill execution, but she just over. Or what about when she had it, but suddenly, it’s...