Introduction

Hello! This is my first blog and my first entry on a blog - yea! You can read my profile to learn more about me and my cheerleading experience. I will be coaching a 7th and 8th grade youth squad for the football season this Fall. In the winter and spring, I will be coaching a youth rec competition squad - probably of 5 and 6-year-olds. So if all goes as planned, I will be coaching both ends of the youth cheer spectrum!

Coaching cheerleading over the last several years has been a richly rewarding experience. There is nothing like the excitement of cheering on a football team to a last-minute victory, watching stunts performed to perfection, or finishing a competition routine and hearing the crowd roar.

For those of us who used to be cheerleaders, coaching is really a fun way to continue to be a part of the sport (yes - I said sport!). Unlike many other sports (softball, soccer, karate), it is difficult to remain an active participant into adulthood. However, I am finding coaching just as (if not more) rewarding than cheering myself. : )

Cheers to you!
Coach A