For some reason I try to keep myself objective when I coach. I don’t want to play favorites; I want to be fair; I want to have logical reasons for why I do everything I do. This is one way to coach, but the more I think about it, the more I dislike this method. I’m not getting closer to the kids, I’m not learning about them, and I’m keeping them from learning about me. I’m hoping to change this. This post is about the first steps. ...
Today my CheerGyms open team competed at a Jamfest nationals. This is the second year I’ve competed at Jamfest, funny that both of the times I’ve competed at a jamfest, my team won. Both times we competed on purple mats, though I hear they have other colors as well. It was a good competition, though the awards were long after the cheer competition and they kept us there late. We were the only team competing in level six, so we won, but it was an empty win because there was no competition. Still the team started to come together, and I started to feel like a part of it. For the first time in a long time, I’m excited about next weekends practice. ...
I met a few great people today. A few weeks back I received an email from the Headquarters of Sigma Nu about joining the Alumni Board at a local college. For those of you who don’t know, in college I joined the Sigma Nu Fraternity and met many great friends. The problem was that I was overly committed to cheerleading, and while I wanted to help the fraternity, I didn’t get as much of an opportunity to do that in school. ...
A friend of mine just shared her personal blog with me. She is on an adventure for a year after college and she posts her thoughts and ideas on this blog for her family and friends to read. It’s really quite great. I haven’t talked to her in several months, but I was able to go to her site and read about what has been going on for her. The content is personal, but to some extent that is what makes it so powerful. ...