What a great practice last night!! Kelly and I got to meet all 8 of our cheerleaders and we got to speak to some of the parents. It was fabulous!!
Before I start talking about practice, I just want to introduce Jeanine Calandruccio. She is Jordan's mom and will be our Tiny Mite Team Mom. If you have any questions comments or concerns about anything, she will be around to help you. She will also be GBC's way to send out information to you via email or text.
Tonight all the girls were introduced to Spirit Bear. Danielle was the first cheerleader to take her home for the week. Please be sure to reassure your cheerleader that each girl will have a full week with Spirit Bear before the season closes. If they aren't chosen right away, it does not mean they will never get chosen. We all will need to take turns and wait for our turn to have the bear, but I PROMISE everyone will have a chance.
Wednesday is Crazy Hair Day. Kelly will be giving a prize to the cheerleader who has gone above and beyond with their creativity! Craziest, most creative, wildest hair style wins!!!
Today was very productive. With all the girls at practice, we were able to start learning our Hello/Routine Cheer. This cheer is a longer cheer that will be performed at the beginning of every game to welcome fans, as a halftime show, and at the Expo in October. We learned a third of the routine and it is very important that everyone be at the next two practices this week to learn the rest. Crossing my fingers, praying for sun all week long!!
At all practices, I will be putting PolySpots down on the ground. These are plastic lettered circles that are placed on the floor to mark a spot. Each girl was assigned a spot where they will be standing at games to cheer sidelines and where they will stand to start their Hello Cheer. These spots will help the girls learn spacing and transitioning from place to place within the routine.
The following are the assigned spot letters for each girl:
A - Jordan
B - Gionna
C - Emily
D - Olivia
T - Gabby
S - Mikayla
E - Danielle
M- Jorden
Our Go Bananas Song has gone viral!! Starting Wednesday, our cheerleaders will be starting practice with the older cheerleaders doing our Go Bananas Song!! To quote a parent from yesterday, "It's Catchy!" And it sure has caught on rather quickly!
I absolutely love this song. It does 2 things for our team. 1. It gets their attention back. As you know, 5/6 year olds bore very easily. As soon as I see that we are losing their attention, I start and their eyes light up. And 2. It is great for cardio. Every cheerleader or any sports player, for that matter, needs to condition and get their heart rate up. I would rather the girls sing this song and jump around than do the traditional "run a lap". Now, if they were 8 and up, I would have the girls running to condition, but let's face it, 5/6 year olds are here for one thing....to have FUN and if I can get the same heart pumping effects with a dance, instead of running, I'm all for it!!
I will be posting a poll. (If viewing this on your mobile device, you may have to click 'View Web Version' all the way at the bottom of the page to see it.) I am thinking about delaying our practice time to start at 6:15 instead of 6. It may not have any impact on people during the summer, but I think it may help parents later on in the season. With a later start time, it will give parents a few extra minutes to get through traffic, or for those with more than one child, it will make it easier to drop off the older child, or the football player first. Practices will all start at 6pm and all teams will end up in different locations in the fall. This isn't something definite, but I would like everyone's input.
Here are the cheers that were learned today. Videos will be posted as they are created.
Cheers:
Beat 'em Bust 'em
Beat 'em
Bust 'em
That's our custom
Fight GBC Fight
GBC Beat
We've got the beat
The GBC beat
That Goes...Like...This
Go, Go
Fight, Fight
Win, Win
Fight, Fight
Go, Fight
Win, Fight
Go, Fight, Win
Hello/Routine Cheer
The Blue, Gold and White
Are here to rock the floor
Tiny Champions
Like you've never seen before
Get ready to
Sit back and relax
We're here to impress
Good luck to you
We wish you the best
Year after year
We keep getting better
Golden Bear Chargers
Now and (clap clap) Forever!
We also learned some jumps today!
Straddle Jump
Pike Jump
See everyone on Wednesday!!!
