NCA Nationals

NCA Nationals is the second biggest competition, besides the cheerleading worlds. NCA stands for Nations Cheerleading Association. This competition is taken place in Dallas, Texas. It is one of the hardest competitions but one of the funnest. It is pretty much a preview of Worlds because the teams that usually go to Worlds get their bids at NCA Nationals. The competition is being held on February 26-27 2011. Im going to be at that competition cheering my teammates on.

Cheer Dynamics

Cheer Dynamics used to be the all star team that everyone had to be on. Everyone knew everyone and the coach staff was so much fun. I used to be on Cheer Dynamics and eventually everyone moved from there to Full House, which is the team I am on now. The reason everyone moved from Cheer Dynamics to Full House is because two of the best coaches there got into a very big argument that still hasn't been settled to this day. So my coach now, Jason Manhart, opened up Full House all stars, and sure enough mostly everyone followed. Cheer Dynamics was one big family that moved to a different location and has a new name. Now, Cheer Dynamics doesn't exist anymore and Full House is having its biggest year yet! The picture above is a picture of two of the teams at a competition for Cheer Dynamics.

Top Gun Unlimited Co-ed 2009 Worlds Best View

Victor Rosario, in my eyes, is the best cheerleading coach ever. Him and his wife are such amazing and driven people. there ability to coach is unbelievable and I admire them a lot. Victor, is the coach and owner of Top Gun all stars, the best all star team in the world. This team has won worlds every year in the unlimited co-ed division, so he must be doing something right. Aside from coaching, Victor and his wife, along with other staff, go all around the world hosting clinics at other gyms, helping them become more talented and showing them different techniques that he uses for his teams to become better. I don't think there is any other coach that is as talented as him. This video is of his unlimited co-ed team at worlds in 2009.

Risk of Injury

My all-star team in 2007

Cheerleading really is a dangerous sport. You can get hurt very easily considering I tore my ACL tumbling. You can break any bone in your body pretty much and you can mess up some of the organs inside of your body as well. Now they are starting to make different kinds of braces to wear over your chest so that when or if you fall out of a stunt or when you are caught in a cradle, you don't land on your stomach and mess up organs inside or hurt your ribs/back. You can get doing anythings in cheerleading. You can hurt yourself tumbling, stunting, running, jumping, or even dancing. People don't understand the risks people take and that it takes skill to do everything, all while trying not to hurt yourself.

What It Takes To Be Cheerleading Coach

My coach Jason and I at Worlds in Orlando

To be a cheerleading coach, the first thing that you need is experience or knowledge because you need to know what your talking about to be able to coach a cheerleading team. Being a coach takes hard work, determination and patience. If you don't have any of those qualities then your team probably wont succeed the way you would want it to. I admire my coaches so much because they put so much time and effort into each individual as well as the team. You want to be dedicated to your team, have fun with them and not hate any part of your job. If you don't like the sport and hate what your doing, then being a cheerleading coach isn't for you. Jason Manhart is my all-star coach. I admire him so much. I've known him for 7 years and I consider him as a father figure. He has done so much for me and has helped me out so much with a lot of different things. I know that he will always be there for me along with his wife Tiffany, whether it has to do with cheerleading or if it is something going on in my personal life. He has influenced me so much and i hope one day I gain some of the great qualities he has. You need to be a true fan of cheerleading to be a coach and love all of your athletes.

The CheerLeading Worlds

The Cheerleading Worlds is the biggest competition in all-star cheerleading. It is held in Orlando Florida every year during April vacation. My all-star gym has gone the past 4 years. The only way that you can compete at this competition is if you get some kind of bid, which means you have to go to another competition where they give out the bids, compete and if you do good and meet a certain score, then you get a bid to go. Competing at the cheerleading worlds is the scariest/ best thing ever because all the teams that you are up against are really really good, so therefore your team wants to do really good so that you can beat some of these teams. This competition gives bids out all over the world. Teams come from all over the place like Jamaica, Australia, France, China, Japan, etc. It is so cool to see teams from all over compete and see all the cool new stuff that you have never done or seen before that is popular in other countries. Since I am not on an all-star team down here at school, I won't be able to compete, but I am definitely going to watch. Being able to compete and watch The Cheerleading Worlds the past 4 years has been one of the best experiences of my life.


This is a link of a team that won The Cheerleading Worlds for Unlimited Coed Level 5, Top Gun All-stars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxtdQlGeWz8

All-star Cheerleading

Like I have been saying, all-star cheerleading is way different than high school cheerleading. When your on an all-star team it doesn't have anything to do with your school, it is something that you want to go and do on your own. All-stars is out of a private gym and there are thousands of them all over the world. I am on an all-star team that is out of West Bridgewater, MA, and it is about 20 minutes away from my house. Since I have been at this gym we have been to The Cheerleading worlds 4 years in a row. The Cheerleading Worlds is the biggest competition in the all-star world. I have been doing alls-stars since i was in 7th grade and I absolutely love it! But one downfall is that at one of my practices I was tumbling and tore my ACL going into my sophomore year of high school, which kind of sucked because I couldn't cheer for 8 months. I was out half the season for high school and all star cheering. Being on an all-star team helped me get back to my skill level after i tore my ACL because I could go there whenever I wanted to and work out. I wouldn't have to wait until high school practices and since I was on two team I had double the practices of mostly everyone. That helped me get better and stronger faster. Most people on high school teams do all-stars as well. At one point about 17 out of 20 people on my high school team were on some kind of all star team. All-stars allows you to become friends with people from different towns and be on teams with people just as good as you that you might not even know. All-stars for me has made me a more well rounded and determined person.


This is a link of my all-star team at a competition, I dont know if you will be able to see it since its on facebook.
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150095757575788

High School Cheerleading

High school cheerleading is totally different then all-star cheerleading. High school involves going to football games and basketball games and cheering them on, doing sideline cheers and half time routines. When your on a high school team you have to follow the rules of what the school sets for you and your coach has to obey the rules of the athletic director as well. Most people that I have talked to say that cheerleading isn't a sport. I think it most certainly is. Maybe when we cheer at the games, that shouldn't count as part of it, but when it comes to competitions, the things that we have to do are very hard. Someone who has never done it before cant just walk into a practice and expect it to be easy....it isn't at all. My high school cheerleading team was very dedicated and we put in a lot of time and hard work to get what we wanted..and it paid off. My sophomore year of high school, 2008, my team won States. We got grand champions, which means we got the highest score in the state out of all the divisions. It was one of the best moments of my life, and its moments like that, that keep reminding me why I continue to do what I love.


This is a link to a video of my team competing at States
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJbo3vwBzO0

What cheerleading means to me.

High school team at states in 2008

Cheerleading is very important to me. I miss it more and more everyday that I'm not doing it. I have been cheerleading since I was in fifth grade. I did my high school team all four years and I have been on an all-star team since I was in 7th grade. I tore my ACL and Meniscus about two years ago but that hasn't stop me from doing what I love. Cheerleading to most people isn't a sport but once you get into it you realize how hard and time consuming it is, just like all other sport. My high school team won states in 2008 and that was the most amazing feeling ever to be the best team in your state. This past April, my all-star team went to worlds, which is held at the Milk House in Orlando, Florida. Teams from all over the world go to this one competition. You have to get a bid to go, which pretty much means you have to be really good. Seeing teams from all over the world is amazing and one of the best things I have ever experienced. Cheerleading is very important to me and it is something I absolutely love to do.