‘Tis the Season of Change in Cheerleading – Big Change for Rochester Clients, Changing Location of Lessons in May
As many of you have noticed, over the past few weeks I have limited the ability to book lessons at Fame All-Stars, in Rochester, starting in May, 2013. This is due to the fact that, in all-star cheerleading, May marks the end of one competitive season, and the beginning of the next.
May can be an exciting month in cheerleader. Often times, gym owners make huge changes to their programs, including rolling out new services, renovating their facilities, and hosting special clinics and workshops before team tryouts. May can also be a difficult time, as high-school seniors graduate and age off of teams, athletes decided not to cheer another season, and coaches come and go.
This May will be both an exciting and grim month for me, as I, like the gym owners, make large changes to the services I offer. I would like to take this time to tell everyone some of what is to come at the end of this current 2012-2013 season, and the beginning of the 2013-2014 season! I believe that the changes being made are necessary for me to further improve on the high-quality instruction, positive learning environment, and outstanding customer service I offer to my clients.
Starting May 1st, I will no longer be offering lessons at Fame All-Stars, in Rochester, NY
The decision to leave Fame has been a very difficult one for me, both professionally, and personally. I have spent the past two seasons coaching Fame athletes, traveling around the northeast to competitions, creating close bonds with teams’ families, and coaching alongside of some of the best instructors in both New York, and Virginia. Many of the bonds I share with people at Fame go much further back, some as far as nearly a decade. But I feel that it is time for me to take the next step in my career, and begin the next chapter in my life. Although I will discontinue offering lessons at Fame on May 1st, I will be leaving Fame as a coach on May 6th, after US Finals in Virginia Beach, Fame’s last competition of the 2012-2013 cheer season. I wish everyone at Fame All-Stars, both here in NY and in Virginia, the best during the upcoming season.
Beginning the week of May 6th, I will begin offering lessons and classes at Core Athletix, in Rochester, NY
Core Athletix is a multi-purpose training facility, specializing in tumbling and cheerleading. Core’s large training area, and vast amounts of training and safety equipment, will allow me to better train athletes, and keep them safer while doing it. The facility also has a large, comfortable, lobby/parent viewing area, which keeps the training spaces free from distractions, such as siblings, crying babies, and parent conversations. Reducing of distractions keeps the athletes focused on training, improving their performance, while also keeping them safe.
Core Athletix is located about 10-15 minutes away from the previous location Core’s address is 1344 University Ave. Suite #5000 in Rochester, NY.
More information, including “frequently asked questions” about these, and other changes, will be posted in within the next few days. I will also be updating my online scheduling calendar to reflect the changes, and allow you to book lessons at Core Athletix as soon as possible! I am still working to finalize the times in which equipment will be available for me to offer lessons.
More Lesson Times Avaliable — In Multiple Locations!
Due to an increase in demand for lessons, and the high-school cheer season ending, I have added early evening time slots to my availability.
4:00 – 5:45pm will now be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays at the Sports Academy in Victor.
4:00 to 6:00pm on Wednesdays will now be available at Fame All-Stars, in Rochester.
I have now completely switched to my new scheduling page. Be sure to use the new scheduling page, by using the link that says “Book Now!” at the top of the page!
Thank you,
Coach Matt
New Scheduling Page Is Up!
As have told many of my lessons already, I am switching scheduling services to better serve you, my clients. The new service is up, running, and ready for booking!
I am still transferring lessons manually from the old scheduling service. So you have have your email accounts blowing up with “new booking” or “cancellation” emails. Also, I am still in the process of getting the lesson packages working on the new page. Once it is set up, it will be much easier to book, and keep track of packaged lessons. For now just chose the “private lesson” or “group lesson” option, even if it is a packaged lesson. For booking new lessons, please use the link below, or the link in the menu on the top of the page.
The old Genbook scheduling page will become unavailable in the near future to avoid confusion.
Thank you in advanced for your patience and cooperation. If you have any questions, feel free to email me at Coach.Matt@cheerfullout.com
-Coach Matt
Now Offering Lessons at the Sports Academy in Victor, NY
I am now offering a few openings on my lesson scheduling page for cheerleaders/tumblers at the Sports Academy located ay the Phoenix Mills Plaza in Victor, NY. Time is EXTREMELY limited! So if you are interested, book ASAP!
Q&A: Wobbly Single-Leg Stunts
I can never seem to get myself to sit down and write on a schedule. But I often find myself writing long replies to questions asked on the Fierceboad or sent by email. Most of those reply’s length rival those of my actual posts. So I decided I will share some of those questions/answers on here.
Question : I have a level 2 youth team and their one leg stunts have become weak and wobbly. Does anyone have any ideas to help strengthen this area?
Answer: That’s a pretty general question. It’s like going to the doctors and simply saying “I’m sick.” He’s going to need know symptoms, and details to be able to properly diagnose/treat you.
Likewise, on the forum, we will need to know a little more about those “shaky stunts” to be able to give accurate advise on how to fix them. A video would probably be best. But recording and posting videos can be a bit of a gray area legally, unless you have a release from all parents of the athletes involved. So I wouldn’t recommend it.
A few general suggestions:
-Look at the grip and building technique of the bases.
-Watch for any muscle compensations in the bases when putting up the stunt. For example, holding the stunt in front of their bodies, instead of overhead, excessive arching of the back, or knees turning in or out when holding the stunt. Any of these could indicate your bases need to get stronger to be able to control the stunt.
-Make sure the flyer has correct body positioning when loading and building the stunt.
-Look to see if the flyer has the ability to balance and stabilize their body throughout the stunt. Can your flyer do the skills balanced on a stable surface such as the floor?
-Make sure that your flyer has proper flexibility and strength to be able to hit each body position. Poor flexibility can cause altered movements in the air. An example of this would be poor hamstring flexibility, which would cause your flyer to drop their chest when performing a single leg heel stretch. Another would be inflexible/over-active hip-flexors which could cause the flyer to excessively arch in their their back in a scorpion.
Anyways, these are just a few general things to look for when diagnosing stunting issues. Like I said before, to be able to definitively tell you how to fix your teams stunts, I would need more information.
Hope this helps,
Coach Matt
Full-Out: Cheer and Fitness
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The business of cheer
One company controls cheerleading. So how does it grow? By inventing a new sport.
FORTUNE -- Like the company he built, Jeff Webb is cheerleading incarnate. In 1974, Webb, an ex-cheerleader, founded Varsity with $85,000. Today the company’s tag line rings true: We are cheerleading.
Webb helped launch the first televised cheerleading competition -- a 20-team invitational held at Orlando’s SeaWorld -- in 1980, and seven years later he helped start the American Association of Cheerleading Coaches and Administrators (cheerleading has gotten notably safer over the past five years, although it remained the second-most-dangerous athletic activity in 2011, ranking just behind football), but it’s his company, Varsity, that has the largest impact on cheer.
Its Almost Final’s Time. Finally.
Only one more week until I will be on break from classes! Once finals are done, I am hoping to have more free time to be able to write some new articles, as well as finish the half-a-dozen articles I started and never finished! So hang in tight! Meanwhile, join me in some discussions about cheerleading on The Fierce Board.
