CFHTT guide on how to get the most out of your cheer season.

Not believing in one self

Cheerleading is 80% mental 20% physical. If you are little bit athletic you can do almost all aspect of cheerleading with coaching.

Not believing in one self is the biggest down fall to a cheerleader. We have all seen athletes have all the skills requirement to nail a skill and fail every time because they don’t believe in themselves. Today we are taking a stand and leaving self-doubt. We are trusting in our coaches and the progression they have put us through. We are taking in the confident our team mates have in us when they say you can do it. Lastly we are attacking that skill with every ounce of our being, knowing that we are going to nail it. The sky is the limit for us and this skill is not going to stand in the way of our success.

Not being organized

Your coaches, your team mates are affected by your lateness. Coaches generally give out cheer schedule months in advance so how come it’s always a shock to you? It’s time to get organized get a diary or put the dates in your phone with reminders a couple of day before the event so you don’t forget. When you join cheerleading you commit to your team to be on time to know your counts and to try as hard as you can because you are part of that team.

Only being committed when it suit you

We all have lives outside of cheer and sometimes it is hard to get the right cheer/ life balance. Sometime is does feel like all you do is cheer.

Cheerleading unlike most sport you need all members of the team to progress. You can’t stunt if members are missing from your stunt group or practice the timing of a tumbles pass. It’s frustrating when members of the team are repeatedly not there because of social event or work commitments.

For this sport you need to make sacrifices, you will have to not attend some social events and go to training instead, that just life and we know it’s frustrating!

If you have a job that you know requires excessive amount of late night etc., you know you can’t be on a team because you know you’re going to miss training because of work. We get it, a lot bosses don’t care that you have cheer training when a deadline is approaching. We also understand that for a lot of people cheer is a hobby and not a career path.

This is why before you join the team you need to be able to commit to it fully. You need to put the team first. If you know you’re going to miss a substantial amount of practice then it only right for you to evaluate your commitment to the team.

We aren’t saying things won’t happen because we know life happens, and you just have to do the best you can but be aware your decision effect everyone.

Bad sportsmanship

Cheerleading is a competitive sport and we all want to win but that doesn’t mean you are allowed to sulk and be disrespectful, when you don’t or post negative comments on social media because those words hurt more than people could ever imagine.

You have to hold you head high and congratulate the other team and except that on that day they were the better team. You need to go back to your gym and work hard to make sure, you’re this best you are able to be.

 

Leaving behind regret

In 2016 we are leaving behind regret. The regret of not pushing oneself to one’s full potential, because of fear, laziness, or people perception of you. You don’t want to look back and think what if. Go for your goals and put the work in to achieve it so you can look back and feel satisfied that you gave it everything you got,

 

 

 

 

We hope these step help you to have the best Cheer season ever because your deserve to.