A year after starting Basketball Squad, I had several requests from parent and kids to offer a competition team. Competition cheer was in its infancy in Washington in 2001. The Washington State Cheer Coaches Association had very recently been formed with the idea of pe...

Twenty years ago I was teaching ballroom dance for the Bellevue Parks Department. As a former competitive ballroom dancer I was thrilled to be teaching something I loved. I was also coaching cheerleading at a high school, and I didn't really care for it, so I only last...

I honestly never thought about where I would be 20 years in the future when I first started EDE. Yet here we are...and I can hardly believe it.

Twenty years later I have learned, grown, shed tears, had frustrations. Losses, loves, friendships that will last a lifetime...

Summer is in full swing! But already I know we've started thinking about fall, and even about competition season too. Here are some reminders and updates regarding Rec Cheer in Washington State:
 

The Washington Recreational Cheer Programs must be non-school affiliated...

I'm a person who loves learning. I loved school...I love classroom settings...I love finding out new things. And then I love trying them out on my kids. So for me, Coaches Conference is one of my favorite times of the year. 

Coaches Conference is coming up in two week...

It has been an intense competition season this year! I've fallen behind on the blog because of it. We had a great year out on the Big Blue Floor, and we congratulate all the other teams we saw out there too. Here are the standings from the WSCCA Junior State Championsh...

Thank you to author Brett Klika and the American Council on Exercise (acefitness.org) for allowing us to re-post this blog post. Excellent information!

About one-third of American children ages 10 to 17 are overweight or obese, according to the Centers for Disease Contr...

All the info for the 2018-2019 Season!

The 2018-2019 Divisions for WSCCA Junior/Rec State are:

Mini - Age 8 and under

Mini Non-Tumbling - Age 8 and under

Youth - Age 11 and under

Youth Non-Tumbling - Age 11 and under

Junior - Age 14 and under

Junior Non-Tumbling - Age 14 an...

We have an amazing guest blog post this month by Victoria Prooday. She is a registered Occupational Therapist, Psychotherapist, founder and clinical director of a multidisciplinary clinic for children and parents. Victoria is an internationally-known educator, motivati...