Another Coach Pleads Guilty
Another cheerleading coach has pleaded guilty to charges related to improper conduct with an athlete.
All Star Challenge
I have not seen a merger or acquisition announcement, but All Star Challenge is listed as a Varsity Family Plan company on the “No Release Form” press release.
Varsity Eliminates Release Forms
Justin Carrier has hit send once again:
Coaches,
We are proud to announce exciting news. For those of you that plan on registering for the Varsity Family Plan during the upcoming season, we are excited to announce that you will not have to fill out ANY RELEASE FORMS to attend our events–not even ONCE. This should get rid of 99% of the headaches associated with doing paperwork and will give you more time at NCA/NDA events to do what you do best: coach your teams!Click Here for information on our new No Release Form Policy.
Click Here for a list of NCA/NDA Championships for the 08-09 Season.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Justin Carrier
Executive Director - Strategic Development
NCA/NDA
NCA’s Scoring Grid
Justin Carrier sent the following email on May 1st:
Coaches,
I wanted all of you to have a first look at NCA’s revised scoring system for the upcoming season. Point ranges, definitions, and values have been tweaked ever-so-slightly based on feedback from our customers and judges.
2008-2009 NCA All-Star Scoring Grid
The first page is a grid charting skills into specific point ranges. These point ranges are contingent on a majority of the team executing the skills with a high level of perfection. The second page is the NCA’s Sliding Criteria — examples of traits and qualities of the execution to help the judges determine skill placement within the point range.
Highlights:
- The 10 - 11 Pyramid Category has been opened up to 9 -11. This will move a majority of the Level 4 Pyramids into the 9 range and a majority of the Level 5 Pyramids into the 10 range.
- Level of execution of jumps will be a priority in placing teams within a jump range. Jump Combinations, Additional Skills, Difficulty Level, and Variety will be the sliding criteria that moves a team within the range.
- The Motions/Dance Ranges have been tweaked to take some of the emphasis off of choreography and directed towards execution and energy level. Remember, even though this category is listed on the AS grid, it will always be inherently subjective when scored by judges.
For those of you attending the NCA Coaches Conference this weekend, I look forward to seeing you there!
Thanks,
Justin Carrier
Executive Director - Strategic Development
NCA/NDA
Arizona State
Fox News is reporting the Arizona State University cheerleading program has been ended due to some racy pictures showing up on the internet.
May Websites
Occasionally someone sends me information on a cheer and/or dance website and I’m going to start sharing them with you. I don’t review the websites, just give them a little publicity. In some cases I don’t even visit them.
Georgia Allstars is Back
Jamie Parrish has decided to bring back Georgia Allstars.
Cheerleading Worlds Champions
Congratulations to the 2008 Cheerleading Worlds Champions.
Club Teams:
- Top Gun Large Coed
- Spirit of Texas Small Coed
- World Cup Large Senior
- Stingrays Small Senior
International:
- Stingrays Coed 6
- PACE Phoenix All Girl 6
- Gym Tyme Coed 5
- South Elite All Girl 5
- Cheer Athletics Small Coed
- Cheer Athletics Small All Girl
- University Cheer Junior Coed
- World Cup Junior
Good Luck
We would like to wish everyone good luck at Worlds and safe travels to Disney.
Cheerleading Safety
Reading about the tragic death of Lauren Chang has sent a thousand thoughts through my mind and I was wondering what reaction and thoughts others are having. Please share in the forum and I will expand on my thoughts later.
Rumor: High School Nationals
I’ve been told there will be significant changes to the divisions at UCA High School Nationals. The details are very scarce but changes include divisions being based on the size of the school, not just the size of the squad.
IALC Flyers
Here are a few of the International All Level Championship flyers:
Sad News
A member of the Energy All*Stars’ (Watertown, MA) Level 6 Coed team collapsed last weekend and passed away Tuesday night. Our condolences go out to her family, friends, teammates, gym, and coaches. Please keep them in your prayers.
The Boston Globe posted some additional information.
Official IALC Announcement
The official International All Levels Championship announcement was made today.
IALC Update
We were led to believe the International All Level Championship would be officially announced today, but if it was we missed the announcement.
Here is what we have heard:
- The inaugural IALC events will take place April 10-11, 2009, which is the Friday and Saturday of Easter weekend. The events will be held in Atlanta and Los Angeles and the winners at each location will be judged during the following week to determine the IALC Champion. The location a gym attends will be determined by the location of the gym, not the qualifying event.
- There will be 73 qualifying events, of which 41 are Varsity Brands events. ACA, All Star Challenge, American Championships, American Cheer Power, American Spirit Championships, Athletic Championships, Cheer America, Cheer Gyms Association, Cheersport, Deep South Cheer, Jamz, NCA, Pac West, Spirit Cheer, Spirit Sports, UCA, UPA, USA, and WSF will host qualifying events.
- Qualifying event winners will pay $50, runners up $70, and third place teams $90. Each event will be able to give 5 at-large bids per event. At-large team will have a $125 registration fee. Each event will also be able to award one free registration bid per event (travel not included).
- Excluding divisions offered at Worlds, all Youth, Junior, & Senior level 1-5 divisions will be offered, including Small Gym Divisions in accordance with USASF guidelines.
The announcement may be held up as they decide what to do with the central states. We’ve heard gyms located in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, & North Dakota will be sent to LA and Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, & Louisiana gyms will be sent to Atlanta. We have also heard the states listed will be able to choose.
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