Recreational Cheer

Rec Cheer Updates for the New School Year

As we head into the new school year I wanted to write out a few reminders of our new guidelines as it pertains to the WSCCA Junior State...

Wait, what? There are different types of Cheerleading?

Ever since the explosive success of the movie “Bring It On” back in 2000, cheerleading has grown by leaps and bounds in our country, and...

What is Rec Cheer?

It seems like an appropriate time to repost the original blog post from my blog, "What is Rec Cheer?" As the Rec Cheer Director for the...

2nd in the Nation!

Last month's post was about the Road to Nationals...now we've been there and the road home too. What a weekend! What an experience! ...

Extensive Resources? Huh?

I am definitely a proud mama, no doubt. I have spent the last 15 years building this program from one beginning cheer class to what it is...

Age 14? Age 18? What should the limit be?

I’ll admit it—my rec cheer program is different than others. Most traditional rec teams accept athletes until age 14, then those kids are...

Is it time to get rid of "Elite?"

So why do we keep the “elite” name? We’re not an all-star team, and that word is associated very much with all-stars and very much NOT...

What is Rec Cheer?

I'm coming at this from a Washington State point-of-view, so here is our coaches association's definition of Rec Cheer: Washington State...