Complete Cheerleading

Fire up the fans, inspire the team, and win it all with the help of Complete Cheerleading! This guide is your all-in-one source for mastering the increasingly challenging individual and team techniques of cheering. Packed with jumps, stunts, tosses, and more, this comprehensive book includes 84 skills that are essential to crisp routines and crowd-pleasing stunts. Helpful photographs and diagrams accompany the skills, along with coaching points from two of cheerleading's top coaches and judges. Chapters on choreography, competition, and conditioning make this an essential tool for improving both individually and as a supportive or competitive squad. Perform with precision and flair--Complete Cheerleading will make your next event your best yet!|n||n|About the Authors:|n|Justin Carrier worked for the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) for 11 years, most recently as director of curriculum, until 2004 when Varsity Brands promoted him to Director of Ozone Championships. As the curriculum director, he was responsible for training materials, manuals, books, and curriculum for youth, high school, all-star, and college levels. He has appeared in many of the NCA's training videos and speaks regularly at coaching clinics around the country. Carrier is head instructor for many of the NCA's largest camps and personally trains more than 5,000 athletes and 400 high school coaches each summer. In addition, he created and developed the coaches certification program for the NCA from 2000 to 2005 and coauthored curriculum for safety programs for both the United States All Star Federation (USASF) and the National Council for Spirit Safety and Education (NCSSE). |n||n|Carrier has coached high school and all-star teams to more than 16 NCA national titles. In 2000 he was named NCA Top Head Instructor and won|n|Innovative Choreography Awards each year from 1999 to 2004 for displaying the best choreography at nationals. He is a committee member for the USASF and a former member of the NCSSE. Carrier resides in Dallas, Texas.|n||n|Donna McKay has coached high school cheerleaders for almost 20 years. She has served on the National Federation of State High School Associations(NFHS) Spirit Rules Committee, on the National Spirit Group (NSG) Spirit Advisory Board, and twice as president of the Iowa Cheerleading Coaches Association. McKay was named the National Federation Section IV Coach of the Year in 1997 and received the NCCC National Outstanding Cheerleading Service of the Year Award in 1995. She compiled a cheerleading handbook, which was distributed to all Iowa high schools, and has twice revised the NCA Coaches Manual.|n||n|Her cheer squads and program have earned numerous national distinctions, including recognition as one of the NCA's Best of the Best and an NCA Top 1000 Squad, as well as selection to cheer at the McDonald's All-American Basketball Game on ESPN. Her squads have won two state championships, been awarded four Sportsmanship Trophies at boys' state basketball tournaments, and consistently received Distinguished Academic Achievement Awards. Almost 80 cheerleaders from McKay's squads have been selected to Iowa All-State Squads. She has judged competitions since 1993, speaks at conferences, and coordinates the NCA/NDA National Coaches' and Directors' Conferences. McKay holds an MSE degree in educational administration. She is a teacher and coach in Mason City, Iowa.|n|