Cheerleading DVD’s – CheerZone’s Top 10 Picks

Need some new motivation for your workouts? Just need a few new moves for your routine? Keep in shape and polish up your skills with cheerleading fitness DVD’s! Here are our choices for the best DVD’s.

Cheerdance Workout
This one of a kind instructional dance DVD has cross-over appeal fusing cheerleading and dance. Not only will your cheerleading skills improve, but also build strength and flexibility to learn new skills.

Cardio Cheer
Paula Abdul instructs you on taking your cheerleading skills to new heights and getting into the best shape of your life! This five-disc set will give you the flexibility, endurance, moves, and power to achieve all your cheerleading goals.

West Coast Cool: Dances & Pom Sidelines
Two “totally choreographed” on the court time-out dances followed by four additional sideline pom routines.

West Coast Cool: Game Action Chants & Performance Cheers
Learn cool new cheers and chants from UCLA cheerleaders. Includes 12 game action chants and three performance cheers.

Cheeracise Cheerleading – Cheer Like a Pro
DVD includes six routines, a bonus music cd, makeup and nutrition tips, and many different workouts for improving your cardio, leg strength and flexibility as well as six dance routines with step by step instruction.

Winning It All: Advanced Stunts 2
The ability level of your squad will naturally progress to higher and higher levels at a safe, yet fast, pace.

Winning It All: Basic Partner Stunts & Transitions
Learn the basic stunts and transitions and all the fundamentals you will need for proper execution, including information on muscle memory, team assessment and other critical coaching aides.

Pop Warner Presents 30 Partner Stunts for Youth Cheerleading
Easy to follow, step by step instruction for 30 stunts at various levels from beginner to advanced.

Dances And Quick Dances
Exciting new dance to inspire your squad! Features three original 8 – 8 count and four 4 – 8 count dances.

CHEER!
UCA (Universal Cheerleaders Association) instructor Lacey Taylor takes you step-by-step through the key moves and chants, essential cheers, and the big dance routines then shows you what it takes to become a successful leader.

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Cheerleaders – Should You Try Out For Cheerleading?

Cheerleading tryouts are coming up soon and you are thinking about trying out.  Even if you have already selected the team you will be trying out for, you may want do some research before you attend any tryouts.  In order to increase your chances at making the team, you will want to be sure that you will be a good fit for the team and that the team is a good fit for you!  To do this you will need to know what the team is all about.  You know you want to join a new team but what kind of team?  What things should you be looking considering when choosing a team to tryout for?  Here are some things that you may want to find out.

What is the team’s style?
Look at the team’s previous members.  Are they bouncy and enthusiastic?  Athletic?  Fun and eccentric?  Be sure your style meshes with the team style and you will fit in well.

Does the team cheer for sports teams?  If so, what sports?
Be sure to have a basic knowledge and enthusiasm of the sports for which the team cheers.  However, if the team cheers for a football team and you hate football, consider another squad.

Is the team competitive?
If the team is competitive there will probably be a lot of focus on mastering skills and acquiring new, advanced ones too.  You will likely experience demanding practices and expectations will be higher than teams who do not compete.  Is this what you are looking for?

Am I expected to be capable of certain dance, tumbling or stunting skills at tryouts?
If so, be sure to practice them well in advance so that you can perform them to the best of your ability.

Does the team participate in many spirit activities, fundraising, community events or volunteering?
These activities can require a lot of time and commitment.  Is this something you are willing to commit to?  Are you outgoing enough to be comfortable with these activities?

What are the time and financial requirements for the team?
Be aware of the team’s schedule and commitments as well as the financial expectations of the team.  Be sure that you are able to meet these requirements ahead of time.

Do some research and talk to the coach before tryouts.  Express your interest in the squad and find out if there is anything specific that they are looking for. Not only will you get the information you need but you will have caught the attention of the coach.

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Create Cheerleading Uniforms and Cheer Routines, Competitions and More – Cheerleading Games for Fun!

Looking for something fun to do in your downtime between cheerleading practices and workouts? Check out one of these great cheerleading games. Whether it simulates tryouts, practices or competitions, each game will help you polish your cheerleading skills and knowledge while having fun. They also make great gifts for any cheerleader!

Video Games

All Star Cheer Squad (Wii)

Wii All Star Cheer Squad

In All Star Cheer Squad, players will follow a year in the life of a cheerleader as you learn new moves and cheers, participate in practices and create your own cheerleading routines in the hopes of making the cheerleading squad and eventually becoming its captain. High-energy game includes cheerleading squad competitions and cheer-offs using the Wii Remote and Nunchuk to perform real-world cheer and dance moves and full body cheer experience using the Wii Balance Board (optional). Customize the look of your team including facial features, hair, style & color, make-up and cheerleading uniforms.

We Cheer (Wii)

Wii Cheer 2

Putting players in the middle of a nationwide cheerleading competition, We Cheer uses Wii Remotes as virtual pom-poms to create a realistic cheerleading experience. Players mimic moves as directed on screen to learn cheerleading routines, using a full range of arm and body movements. Game includes 30 hit songs, character customization, and real, active game play.

Imagine Cheerleader (Nintendo DS)

Imagine Cheerleader DS

Become the new girl who wants to be a cheerleader. Learn different cheers, jumps, lifts, and cheer routines that will excite the crowds and enable your teams victory!

Online Games

High School Cheerleader – www.addictinggames.com

Want to make the cheer squad? Show us what you’ve got with this virtual cheerleading tryout!

Spirit Fever – www.spirit-fever.com

Your goal is to start a new cheerleading program and lead it to win a cheerleading competition. You can hold tryouts to gain cheerleaders for your team, create cheer routines, compete in cheer competition, and design your own cheerleading uniforms. You can train your team and individual cheerleaders to tumble, jump and stunt too. Achieve all this by playing mini-games that are fun and educational, teaching you about safe cheerleading. Spirit Fever is a good way to learn cheerleading basics and have fun.

Board Games

Cheer Monopoly

Just like the regular Monopoly® game, this cheerleading version will give you and your friends hours of play. Game references many cheerleading companies on the game board, money and playing pieces.

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Cheerleading Stunts – AMAZING!

Our video clip of the month goes to King and Katie for these Awesome Cheerleading Stunts!

A single word – Amazing!

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Stay safe while Cheerleading

Cheerleading has gone from an eye-candy sport for football players and sports jocks to an all out gymnastic type routine.  Cheerleaders are now asked to perform highflying stunts that reach heights nearing twenty feet…sometimes more!  With cheerleading injuries accounting for 55 to 65 percent of sports related injuries, safety is a concern for parents and spectators alike.  Below are some tips you may find helpful when it comes to the safety of our cheerleaders:

1.    Is our coach AACCA certified through the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators safety course and has our school conducted the appropriate background checks?

The American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators is the largest not-for-profit educational organization for cheerleading coaches. AACCA operates as an independent organization since it’s founding by Varsity Spirit Corporation. AACCA certification features safety awareness training with a safety test administered at the end of the training session.  The AACCA Safety Course is required for all NCAA cheerleading coaches, and by school districts and states around the country. It should be required for yours.

2.    Does our coach adhere to accepted practice and performance guidelines?

AACCA practice guidelines require direct supervision by a coach with practices held in a location suitable for the activities of cheerleaders (i.e., use of appropriate mats, away from excessive noise and distractions, etc.)  Most states require adherence to the skill restrictions put in place by the National Federation of High Schools. Your program should be following these rules and procedures, which include restrictions on skills such as basket toss flips and pyramids, which involve more than two persons high.

3.    Does our coach ensure that performance skills are taught in the proper sequence using skills progression training, with an emphasis on training all squad members in proper spotting methods?

Skills progression training ensures that cheerleaders build upon mastered technique when learning more difficult and advanced stunts or tumbling, i.e. cartwheel to round-off to back-hand spring. Spotters are responsible for assisting or catching the top person in a stunt with a priority to protect the head, neck, and shoulders of the top person coming off of a stunt.

4.    Does my child’s coach properly balance practice time between athletic training and spirit leadership instruction?

Cheerleading is an activity that builds self-confidence, leadership and communication skills and involves more than stunts and tumbling. Safety begins with leadership. Instilling these qualities in cheerleaders helps prevent accidents when all squad members hold safety as a priority. The stunts and tumbling involved in cheerleading should aid the cheerleader in generating excitement and participation by the fans. Performing difficult stunts only for the sake of athleticism should be avoided at games and reserved for competition venues with professional spotters and mats.

5.    Does our squad have an emergency plan in place?

A comprehensive emergency plan is necessary to provide a quick and effective response to an emergency situation with specific duties assigned to all responders. A sample emergency plan can be found at http://www.aacca.org/emergencyplan.asp.

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